Submersed unsubmersible pump

Oh, yes, almost forgot, the pool machinery pit was full of water too. We need to install a submersible pump there to prevent further submersions.

And no, the actual pool pump is not intended to be submersible, though it was. It turned out to be dry on the inside, with just a drop of water!

Irrigation irritation 2

Bigger pump with automatic switch, when water is needed. It's a "booster" pump, for some extra pressure. 25 liter / minute. Still not a great result. You cannot have all taps open. Perhaps it needs a bigger supply hose, as you can see the current one flatten..

Irrigation irritation

There is an irrigation network in our orchard, but someone is eating the tubes.

So this needs some work.


Shallow trenches with a hoe.


Someone is studying where the tubes are laid.


Yes, you.


Water!


The reservoir is above terrace level, and when full also above orchard level, so water flows automatically. But, when half full water flow becomes slow. Or nonexistent. We need a small pump.


An old external-disk 12V supply (4A!), and two hoses. A valve in between when the reservoir is full and the pump is not needed.


And see there's water with the furthest away trees.


It's not a complete success, as it does not work with all irrigation strings at the same time. There are 6 strings with 2-5 trees. One at a time works fine. So that's the way it is, or we buy a stronger pump. This one still is usable for a Manneken Pis, or something equally tasteful.

The Chlorinator

All very well, but there still is an electrical system to switch on to disinfect and clear the water: the chlorinator that is part of a saltwater pool.

This very interesting box has a lot of switches, an RCD, and a timer clock, etc. But, the swimming pool computer also has two timers. Which controls which here? The constructor, plumber and electricien did not know. Right.

Time for engineer Jansen to temporarily be not be a pensionista, and get to work.


There are two options.
A. you control the pump using the timer clock in the box on the right. If you have connected the whit cable as indicated in the installation manual's paragraph 3.3.3.1 and removed jumper LK2 from the motherboard of the computer, the computer checks if the pomp is getting power. As soon as that is the case the chlorination program starts. The two screw connectors are labelled "filtro0" and "filtro1" for clarity.
B. you control everything with the pool computer. You need an external relais to switch on/off the pump. We don't have that external relais, so we opt for option A.

(Jumper LK2 is now stored at the bottom of the computer box, under a piece of tape, to prevent losing it.)

The white cable is highlighted orange in this schematic. For clarity.

There was a little grid covering the entrance of the suction pipe the pump uses to suck water from the reservoir to the filter. The pump stopped twice, all by itself, and was quite warm. We think the grid was a bit too small. And it does not stop drowned wasps entering the suction pipe and ending up in the pump's fiter. Here is the engineer Jansen™ solution