Chore-Tronics 2 Control User Manual

Chore-Tronics® 2 Control Troubleshooting
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Equipment and Potentiometer Troubleshooting
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Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution
Water meter not recording. A.) Loose connection on Water
Meter and/or I/O Board on
Chore-Tronics
®
2.
B.) Wrong type of Water Meter.
C.) There is excessive noise on
the Water Meter. This can be
caused by not using a Twisted Pair
Wire for the Water Meter, running
the Water Meter wire inside con-
duit with high voltage wire, or
using a shielded wire and ground-
ing the shield.
D.) Faulty I/O Board.
E.) Faulty Water Meter.
A.) Check connections and cor-
rect.
B.) Make sure Water Meter is a
dry contact pulsed Water
Meter (Chore-Time part no.
13228-GP) and that the pulser
unit is working correctly.
C.) To prevent noise from bother-
ing the Water Meter, use non-
shielded Twisted Pair Wire part
no. 42208) and run the wire by
itself away from high voltage
wires. Preferably the wire should
also enter the Control in a separate
place from the high voltage wire,
but this is not always possible. Do
not use Romex, SJO cord,
shielded wire, etc. as Water Meter
wire.
D.) Replace I/O Board.
E.)Replace/repair Water Meter.
Low Water pressure switch alarm
going off constantly but water
pressure is NOT low.
A.) Wrong style or pressure
switch.
B.) Bad or loose connection on
water pressure switch and/or
I/O Board on the
Chore-Tronics
®
Control.
C.) Faulty switch.
A.) Switch needs to be a reverse
action low water pressure
switch (Chore-Time part no.
46597).
B.) Check connections and cor-
rect.
C.) Replace switch.
I2C Alarm. A.) Loose, mis-align, or defective
flat cable.
B.) Defective I/O, I2C, or Expan-
sion Board.
C.) Expansion Board address Dip
Switches set incorrectly.
A.) Check all flat cables and cor-
rect or replace as necessary.
B.) Replace Defective Board.
C.) See page 85 for correct Dip
Switch settings.

Chore-Tronics 2 Control Specifications

General

Brand	Chore-Tronics
Model	2 Control
Category	Control Unit
Language	English