Pool owners are demanding more and more automation, especially for pools equipped with multiple accessories, such as an integrated spa, in floor cleaning, water features, heating, swim jets and multicoloured LED lights.

The benefits of automating your pool are numerous. Here’s just a few:

Simplify maintenance
The main advantage to automating your pool is the whole process becomes much simpler. You have control at your fingertips and turn on the spa or heating or lights with the push of a button.

Save money on energy bills
How many times have you accidentally left some of your pool equipment running for longer than they needed to be? Having pumps, pool lights, and chlorinators on timers controlled by an automation system means they will only be running for as long as they need to be, saving you on associated energy costs.

The prevalence of multi-speed and variable speed pumps also lends itself to automation, as these devices can require a sophisticated control system to manage the speed and flow of the pump, maximising your energy savings without sacrificing the enjoyment of your pool

Complete control of pool temperature
Whether you heat your pool with solar, heat pumps or gas heaters, automated systems offer integrated pool heating functionality across the board.
This gives you the ability to check and control pool/spa water temperature and outside air temperature on screen from the convenience of your home.
You can also reduce heating costs by utilising integrated commands that maximise the use of free energy from the sun before activating conventional forms of heating, such as a heat pump or gas heater.

Save time and effort in continuous maintenance work
it can be quite time consuming to manage all the bits and pieces that go into making sure your pool is in running order. An automation system essentially does the hard work for you, such as turning on and off pumps, dosing your pool with sanitiser and monitoring the water chemistry.

Although installing an automated system definitely makes pool and spa care much easier, it is important to remember that you cannot simply ‘set and forget’. You will still need to check everything is running smoothly; this is, of course, much less time consuming than what you would be doing without an automation system!

Prevent damage to your pool and its equipment
When you let your pool maintenance slip by the wayside, you may find that your pool becomes host to a myriad of issues that could include anything from incorrect water balance, inadequate sanitisation, to a green pool.
These problems can, in turn, cause damage to your pool’s surface and its equipment. If your pool is constantly monitored and dosed with a sanitiser and has its pH monitored and controlled by means of automation, it is unlikely that these issues would occur in the first place, preventing damage.

What’s available?
Waterco’s AquaMaster Pool and Spa Automation system is a wall mounted panel that enables users to control their pool’s pump, filter, heater, cleaner, lighting and water features with the touch of a button.

The wall-mount touchscreen control panel can be operated from indoors, allowing homeowners to easily manage pool, spa and ancillary functions such as pump, filter, heater, cleaner, landscape lighting and water features.

An easy-to-navigate LCD screen automates and operates filtration equipment, while allowing one-touch switching between pool, pool and spa and spa modes. It gives users the ability to check outside air temperature and pool and spa water temperature, as well as monitoring equipment status.

The system can help reduce power bills through automated management of energy saving pumps and LED coloured lights. Energy costs can also be reduced with integrated commands that maximise the use of renewable energy from the sun with solar pool heating before activating conventional forms of heating, such as a heat pump or gas heater.

Features such as plug-in sensors for easy installation and intuitive set-up and programmable lifestyle settings make it easy for pool builders to install.

Alternatively, Waterco’s ChemfloPlus precisely controls set levels of sanitiser and pH balance in your pool using information from its inline sensors. This means the swimming environment is at its safest, with no excess chemicals used.

The ChemfloPlus offers automatic maintenance of chlorine levels throughout periods of high usage and seasonal fluctuations, giving you more stable, balanced water with fewer issues.

The LCD display shows you the condition of your pool water, and tells you what actions are programmed to fix any issues. The ChemfloPlus is designed to allow it the option of controlling a salt water chlorinator, in addition to pool lights, filters, pumps, in floor cleaning and more.

For more information, visit https://www.waterco.com.au/

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The ChemfloPlus has been created to continuously analyse pool water chemistry and accurately sanitise and control pool’s pH level, keeping the water safe and healthy.

“In the real world, chemical maintenance of pool water is a fairly complicated balancing act,” says Victor Quijada, Waterco’s water treatment product manager. “Sanitiser residuals must be maintained at a level sufficient to protect swimmers. Simultaneously, pH of the water must be maintained at a level that assures the sanitiser works effectively,while protecting the pool and equipment from corrosion or scaling and the bathers from discomfort or irritation.

“The ChemfloPlus automatic control system measures and precisely controls set levels of sanitiser and pH balance through feedback from inline sensors. This ensures the safest possible swimming conditions.”

The ChemfloPlus is also designed to be cost effective; it minimises chemical use and prevents excessive addition of chemicals that may damage the pool and its equipment.

“In addition, power requirements are minimal, as the ChemfloPlus’s dosing systems only operate when required,” says Victor.

Another integral feature of the ChemfloPlus is its ability to automatically respond to seasonal demand. It will automatically maintain the required chlorine level and eliminate problems associated with periods of very high or low chlorine levels throughout the year. “Fewer fluctuations in chlorine levels means fewer fluctuations in pH levels, which means more stable, balanced water,” Victor adds.

ChemfloPlus also allows for up to four filter cycles to be activated. This provides extra flexibility, especially during seasonal adjustments – e.g. one cycle for winter, two cycles during summer, or all four cycles during a busy pool use weekend, party etc. The unit comes with two cycles enabled as the default.

The ChemfloPlus is also specially configured to allow it to control a salt water chlorinator. It will constantly analyse the pool water while the pump is running and activates the salt water chlorinator when necessary. All that’s needed is to plug the salt water chlorinator into the ChemfloPlus unit and chlorine levels are maintained at a consistent set point, ensuring the pool is clean and safe to swim in.

Key features:

• Automatic response to seasonal demand
• Smart LCD display
• Multiple filtration cycles
• Controls pool and spa combination: It senses the water from either the pool or spa and adjusts accordingly, thus ensuring each is sanitised to an optimum level)
• Pool and garden light timer
• Additional timed power outlets: This can be used to operate other accessories such as in-floor cleaning system pump, pressure cleaner booster pump or pool lighting)
• Salt chlorinator automation
• Suitable for Tariff 33: The ChemfloPlus unit comes with a timer function built into the operation software. This timer allows the unit to ‘remember’ the latest set-up in case of power failure)

For more information visit https://www.waterco.com.au

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