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Pool timer

  • US 20120219428A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2011
  • Published: 08/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A pump control system for a swimming pool to selectively control the operation of a recirculating pump to prevent damage to the recirculating pump that could result from specific operating conditions and to optimize energy consumption by varying the run time of said recirculating pump throughout the year as a function of the sun'"'"'s energy impacting the earth'"'"'s surface as a measure of solar radiation incident on the surface of the pool water comprising a controller including a microcontroller to calculate said pump run time for a geographically specific location dependent upon the time of year or date based upon the solar radiation adjusted for specific swimming pool site, and at lease one sensor to monitor an operating condition coupled to said controller to deactivate said recirculating pump when the operating condition reaches a predetermined or set value.

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