Install timer for a pool pump
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Install timer for a pool pump
Hi, I am in process of installing a timer on my pool pump (it is currently wired to a toggle switch. Both the power supply line and pool pump have a black, white and green wire. If my understading is correct, the black wires are the hot wires and shoud be hooked up to the to the 1st and 3rd terminal. The green (ground) should be wired together with a nut and
jumped to the ground screw. I am not sure what to do with the white wires? Do I just connect them together with a nut or do I put them on the 2nd and 4th terminals. FYI, the timer is a Tork 1104-O. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
jumped to the ground screw. I am not sure what to do with the white wires? Do I just connect them together with a nut or do I put them on the 2nd and 4th terminals. FYI, the timer is a Tork 1104-O. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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According to this diagram
Tork timers and manuals
The timer does not need a neutral. It is for 240 volts.
Tork timers and manuals
The timer does not need a neutral. It is for 240 volts.
#4
Does that mean that I purchased the wrong type of timer for this application or should I just connect the two white (neutral) wires together?
How big is the circuit? You may only need to replace the toggle switch with the same kind of timer switch you'r mount in a wall box inside your house.
#7
Although an inwall timer would make an ideal installation.....I don't think the switching relay would last very long. I'd highly recommend using an Intermatic or Tork HD timer.
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If my understading is correct, the black wires are the hot wires and shoud be hooked up to the to the 1st and 3rd terminal. The green (ground) should be wired together with a nut and
jumped to the ground screw. I am not sure what to do with the white wires?
jumped to the ground screw. I am not sure what to do with the white wires?