Pentair EASYTOUCH PL4 - Using the Egg Timer (Countdown) Feature

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PL4/PSL4 Control Systems User’s Guide
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Using the Egg Timer (countdown) Feature
The“EggTimer”featureallowsyouswitchoffacircuitautomaticallyafteraspeciedtime.Thetimeperiodis
fromoneminuteto24hoursorruncontinuously.The“EggTimer”(countdown)featureisusefulforswitching
offlightingandspatherapyjets.Forexample,ajetpumpcanbesetuptoswitchoffin15minutes,evenifyou
switchitonusingtheiS4Spa-SideRemoteorQuickTouch
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IIWirelessRemoteorwheneveryouswitchyour
spaon,youwouldlikeittoautomaticallyswitchitoffintwohours.AllEggTimerprogramsarefactorysetto
switchoffafter12hours.Youalsohavetheoptiontousethe“Don’tStop”featuretorunacircuitcontinuously
untilmanuallyswitchedoff.
Intheeventofapowerfailure,the“EggTimer”featurewillnotswitchthecircuitbackon.Theymust
beswitchedbackonmanually.Forrunningthelterpumpcontinuouslyduringnewpoolstartup,itis
recommendedtousethe“Service”mode,whichwillautomaticallyrestartthelterpumpintheeventofa
powerfailure.
Thefollowingexampledescribeshowusethe“EggTimer”(onceonly)featuretoprogramthespacircuitto
switchthelterpumponandrotatethevalvesintothe“Spa”positionandswitchtheheateronforonetime
only.Thisexamplecanalsobeusedifyouwantedtoprogramwhentolterandheatyourpool,andswitch
lightorauxiliarycircuitson.
TosettheEggTimerfeature:
MENUsSCHEDULESwSPA
Press the Up/Down button to selectthecircuittoschedulethenpresstheRight
button.
Right button: SelectMode ifthereareexistingprograms.Skipthissteptocreatea
newprogram.
Up/Down button: SelectNewtocreateanewprogram.
Right button: Tocreateanewprogramandenterthe“Mode”settings.
Up/Down button: 1/1indicatesthatthiscircuithasoneprogram.Ifthereareexisting
programsassignedtothiscircuit,usethesebuttonstoviewandselecttheexisting
programsettings.
Right button: Toselectthe“EggTimer”settings.
Right button: Movetothetimesettings.
Up/Down and Right buttons: Setthehourandminutesfortheprogramtorun.The
countdowntimecanbesetfrom00:01to23:59andDon’tStop.The“Don’tStop”
featureallowsthecircuittoruncontinuouslyuntilmanuallyswitchedoff.
PresstheMenubuttontosavethesettingsandtoreturntotheSchedulesmenu
options.Pressthebuttonagaintoreturntothemainmenuoptionsorpressagainto
returntothemainscreen.
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SPA 1/1
Mode: Egg Timer
Time: 12:00
SPA 0/0
Mode: None (New)
SPA 0
POOL 0
AUX 1 0
AUX 2 0
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