So glad your video is still available. I dreaded calling a service to check on my pool timer. I’m 71 and my partner is afraid of all things electrical…OK plumbing as well 😆. I watched your video and knew I could do it so, I read the requirements for my pool (info was on the door of the timer box), took pictures before I started, to refer to. I did it! There was a ground wire with the original so it’s grounded. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
He was probably really scared of you getting hurt. Possibly the type of person who needs to focus and can't multitask (like doing something, explaining it easily to someone else, and making sure everyone stays safe). I have a hard time multitasking like that. Just a thought. But yeah videos like these are one of the best things about TH-cam!
cool dad and a good electrican thanks for the help you make it look easy i just hope that it is when i start i just have to make sure i get the right unit now
Thanks, this was very helpful I bought the T101R and noticed that it did not look right, now after seeing your video, I see that I needed to buy the T104. And like your video mine too did not have the green ground wire. Thank you very much.
Man you are awesome but I think I’ll give the credit to the person was holding the camera for you LOL thank you very much I replace mine is very easy by watching you
Awsome Video and a great instructor. I like you have my children at times with me out on service jobs with pool equipment ....that's a job alone so I commend you while filming your video and having your daughter with you ....Great job! Also you answered all my questions I would have had replacing a customer's intermatic time clock....thank you for taking the time to make your teachable video....two thumbs 👍
ORIGINALLY THEY HAD A CARDBOARD INSULATION GUARD THAT JUST PUSHED IN,AND THE ON/ OFF TAB WAS NOT PULLED OUT , SO IT WAS VERY EASY TO GET LIGHT UP ,ALMOST DIED I WAS YOUNG, AND GOT A WIGGY!
My pump was not running today. Found time in on position. Went to flip timmmer to off position and it sparked. All power off now. Think problem could be timer or something worse?
these intermatic clocks the 240 volt ones are rated 208-277 volts mainly used to control lighting. can be used in commercial refrigeration coolers without defrost termination just need multiple trippers to turn on and off the compressor be 3 more pairs of light and dark trippers but spaced together or apart for the defrost. as pump and light timers are just simple light can be 120 input for the clock motor and 277 volts for lighting.
Maybe this is an Amazon or vendor screw up, or maybe the T104M comes in different configurations, but i clicked the link posted for the timer only and it only has 2 terminals with hardware, so it's a 110V version. So either the link posted is wrong, or Amazon made a change at some point. All i can tell you is that the box says T104M, but it doesn't have all terminals configured. So i'm sending it back. I should have done more research than trust the parts listed. Good vid though, just disappointed i have to wait now longer to fix this. So do your homework people. Still, 5 mins to replace, super easy.
I watched the video several times before attempting to switch out the mechanism. I installed it and everything looks good, but the timer is not working. What do I do now?
When you said 'right there' in the video to the mechanism broken, could you edit the video with an annotation arrow pointing to it? It would really help future watchers to clarify the part that was broken. Good video by the way :).
How much would a job like this cost I do another type of work customer asked if I can change an old clock install new ive done irrigation timers in the past seems similar she is avoiding the pool company to take care of this im sure she doesn't want to pay the fee ! I said I would help what would you recommend as charge .?
She’s half way through kindergarten right now and HOLY SHIT is she a a handful!!!! I’m confidant as an adult she’s going to be just as amazing as her mother but I’m terrified of her teenage years....
Hi. Awesome video. I have almost this exact same set-up, but the red and black wires are all blue. Long story short, I had to cut them before I traced which went where into the 2-pole breaker. So my question, on your set-up you have two reds coming in from the breaker, and then two blacks going out to your pump. Does the order of those matter? I know the two reds go on 1 and 3, I'm not referring to that order. I mean does the order of the two wires going to the pump, 2 and 4, matter?
If after resetting the clock to the correct time and that time is within the run cycle, I should then set the manual switch to on? Unfortunately I had this scenario and set the manual switch to off....will the trippers correct this in a 24 hour cycle? (I ask as my timer is for a large water feature and a real SOB to access and it hasn't been 24hrs to see if it resets) Thanks for the video and get yourself a multimeter!
No, normally you tie in the heater to the same time clock as the pump so that it only turns on when the pump is running (really just another layer of safety redundancy)
i noticed only one wheel is turning when you power it on same as mu switch clock is that normal? because my clock doesn’t turn on and the gear in the very back of the mechanism is spinning . please let me know what is going on.
I hate to say this, but at 0:42 seconds you see why the pump is always running. The manual override switch is set to "ON". If you want the timer to turn the pump on an off automatically you have to move the switch to off. You may have just replaced a non-faulty product.
False. The manual override switch below the clock face is overridden by the time clock tabs attached to the moving clock face. If the manual switch is in the “on” position and the face moves the “on” tab past the actuator, the switch remains on. When the face moves the “off” tab past the actuator when the switch is flipped to “on” it will automatically switch the clock off. In short, the tabs override the manual switch on Intermatic mechanical clocks. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the feedback as it allows me to clarify further how this mechanism works.
Hot tubs are completely different from pool systems. Hot tubs are all in one and they only require power to work. They turn everything on and off as needed to keep the water warm. Pools are not like that. You have a bunch of different systems you connect together to make it one functioning unit and so you will need a timer for certain aspects of it....wait....you turn your hot tub off? I hope you don't mean that you literally turn the hot tub's breaker off because you're not supposed to do that. The water needs to pump through the system occasionally (and it takes care of that with it's built in timer) to keep it hot and to filter it.
Pools pumps need to run long enough every day to circulate the water through the filter to keep nastiness from blooming. Diatomaceous earth or zeolite as filter media act as a molecular sieve, trapping all sorts of microscopic critters and holding them there long enough for the residual chlorine to hopefully oxidize them. This is even more critical in spas and hot tubs, because of the heat. Without daily filtration and the addition of proper sanitizers (sodium hypochlorite or calcium hypochlorite) you are basically creating a hot swirling cauldron of bacteria the likes of which can rival the mouth of a Komodo dragon. Surely, hopefully, you were just talking about the blower.
The concept of outdoor breaker boxes will never make any bit of sense to me. Like...what? Anybody could just walk by, turn off power to your entire house easily and quickly. I suppose they could have padlocks (and probably do) but still, it's just...like...what?
I don't know why he did the video, he said the power is coming in where the white wires are. The white wires aren't actually the power wires. And he did not test the unit correctly. You are supposed to use a volt meter.
The TERMINALS where the white wires connect are your line side. That’s were you connect your power. Apologies if I was unclear in the video about that.
oh boy,,,,,,beep,beep,beep,,,I think we are good.....beep, beep,beep I think there's another wire with power.....man that's so stupid. and keeps calling it a "time clock" kids don't follow this fool. yeah, I know, he may know what he's doing but he's a bad teacher. the white wires are power coming in? and 220!!!!! oh, boy.....let me find another video....
Some electrician, I don't believe he hooked up the motor for the clock so it will not work. That supply is at the far left and the connection is empty when he closed out. Grounds missing, kid running around, no actual good test for voltage before working, didn't hook up the clock motor. Good luck!
Been running smooth with correct voltage, grounding, and bonding since I put this video together. Thanks for the “constructive” feedback and watch through 5:40.
FYI, the contacts on these timers, which you seem to not know about and should refrain from speaking on, are labeled, from left to right, A,1,2,3,4. 1 and 3 are line, 2 and 4 are load, and the green screw is for ground, which he addressed the lack of and the necessity for. Nothing connects to A(far left) in a standard configuration.
I know nothing (LITERALLY) about electrical work. I am a new DIYer (recently divorced) and haven't ever taken on a project that required cutting power before beginning. However, after watching this video, I had the confidence to do this project AND somehow lived to tell you that you are an effing idiot that should watch videos in their entirety before critiquing. (Plus, homeskillet in the video is SMOKIN' HOT!)
So glad your video is still available. I dreaded calling a service to check on my pool timer. I’m 71 and my partner is afraid of all things electrical…OK plumbing as well 😆. I watched your video and knew I could do it so, I read the requirements for my pool (info was on the door of the timer box), took pictures before I started, to refer to. I did it! There was a ground wire with the original so it’s grounded. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much, I'm 70 yo female and with your video I was able to successfully change out my timer. Thanks a million!!
Are you single?... 🏊♂️
You go girl!
Motivated from this
You are such a patient daddy to your toddler! Great demonstration! Thanks for the video for us DIYers out there trying our best to save money!!!
Thank you, you two! By swapping out the burned out timer and burned out motor, I saved at least $1200.
Thanks, brother! With the help of your video, I’ll be changing out my T104 in the morning.
PEACE!!
Best video of time clock install on the internet.
thanks..saved me 125$...good job. great helper there..
Good presentation. You are the first to show that the ON/OFF cam was worn. Great assistant you have as well!
Love the helper!! Makes it all realistic!
This video was exactly what we needed. Pool back up and running. Thank you!
Just changed mine thanks to you, appreciate your video being thorough and easy to follow, hope your helper gets her job back 🙂
Love how you have the kid around when i was younger my uncle kept me away from stuff like this.
He was probably really scared of you getting hurt. Possibly the type of person who needs to focus and can't multitask (like doing something, explaining it easily to someone else, and making sure everyone stays safe). I have a hard time multitasking like that. Just a thought. But yeah videos like these are one of the best things about TH-cam!
Great video, just replaced the timer.
Thanks
cool dad and a good electrican thanks for the help you make it look easy i just hope that it is when i start i just have to make sure i get the right unit now
This video helped a bunch! Thank you your clear and precise instructions! Awesome video!
Really helped me. I though I had to have an electrician to replace a times on a rental....I can do this myself in about 10 minutes.THANKS
Thank you! Excellent video! I now feel that I can change my bad pool timer. Thanks again for the awesome instructional video. 😃👍🏽
Way that you explained is perfect and yo the point. Nice and simplified. Thank You!
good presentation liked Willow the camera operator
Thanks, this was very helpful I bought the T101R and noticed that it did not look right, now after seeing your video, I see that I needed to buy the T104. And like your video mine too did not have the green ground wire. Thank you very much.
thanks !! I had no idea about the release tab
Man you are awesome but I think I’ll give the credit to the person was holding the camera for you LOL thank you very much I replace mine is very easy by watching you
Great video, I think I can change mine out now.
Nice illustration. Thanks for the video for I'm planning to replace my timer soon. It's starting to make noise.
Thanks for the information and the beautiful Ms Chloe is the boss 😊😊
Great show! Appreciate the tips!!
Very helpful, easy to understand and am working on the pool timer right now. Whish me luck.
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Great video and very helpful. Thanks!
Excellent irrigation pump clock replacement video✌
Thank you sir! Your vid helped me lots!
Great video. I was able to replace my timer in about 10 minutes.
Thanks for taking the time to do this, much appreciated!
Really professional explanation
Good video. Very Helpful.
Thanks for posting the video🤙⚡
Thank you. I needed this today. Very helpful!
nice work. helped me out a lot
worked well, thanks homie
Thanks man finally a good tutorial!!
Awsome Video and a great instructor. I like you have my children at times with me out on service jobs with pool equipment ....that's a job alone so I commend you while filming your video and having your daughter with you ....Great job! Also you answered all my questions I would have had replacing a customer's intermatic time clock....thank you for taking the time to make your teachable video....two thumbs 👍
Thank you for this video
Lt. John Sheppard from Startgate Atlantis is showing you how to install a pool timer, Cool!
Great Camera man
Awesome thanks man berry help ful
ORIGINALLY THEY HAD A CARDBOARD INSULATION GUARD THAT JUST PUSHED IN,AND THE ON/ OFF TAB WAS NOT PULLED OUT , SO IT WAS VERY EASY TO GET LIGHT UP ,ALMOST DIED I WAS YOUNG, AND GOT A WIGGY!
Great video ..... still no ground wire ?
Great video
Awesome video
Great video...thank you so much
thanks for instruction......Didn't sound like Willow was on board..hahhah
My pump was not running today. Found time in on position. Went to flip timmmer to off position and it sparked. All power off now. Think problem could be timer or something worse?
very good demo, thanks.
Muito bom Parabéns
these intermatic clocks the 240 volt ones are rated 208-277 volts mainly used to control lighting. can be used in commercial refrigeration coolers without defrost termination just need multiple trippers to turn on and off the compressor be 3 more pairs of light and dark trippers but spaced together or apart for the defrost. as pump and light timers are just simple light can be 120 input for the clock motor and 277 volts for lighting.
Thanks for help me
Thanks!
Maybe this is an Amazon or vendor screw up, or maybe the T104M comes in different configurations, but i clicked the link posted for the timer only and it only has 2 terminals with hardware, so it's a 110V version. So either the link posted is wrong, or Amazon made a change at some point. All i can tell you is that the box says T104M, but it doesn't have all terminals configured. So i'm sending it back. I should have done more research than trust the parts listed. Good vid though, just disappointed i have to wait now longer to fix this. So do your homework people. Still, 5 mins to replace, super easy.
Thank you great info...:)
Thank you simple and very helpful
Glad you thought so as simple and helpful are the goals.
I watched the video several times before attempting to switch out the mechanism. I installed it and everything looks good, but the timer is not working. What do I do now?
do the digital versions of the intermatic timers wire up just exactly the same?
Great video. I have a question, my manual "On" does not start the pump what could that be? Thanks in Advance
What is that first screw to left for?
Very well explained video
When you said 'right there' in the video to the mechanism broken, could you edit the video with an annotation arrow pointing to it? It would really help future watchers to clarify the part that was broken. Good video by the way :).
It’s the piece that hits the on and off tab as they pass by. Once it gets worn down from years of metal on metal rubbing you just need to replace it.
How much would a job like this cost I do another type of work customer asked if I can change an old clock install new ive done irrigation timers in the past seems similar she is avoiding the pool company to take care of this im sure she doesn't want to pay the fee ! I said I would help what would you recommend as charge .?
Very helpful - cheers! Do you know if there is a 'smart' version of these types of mechanism? One with a phone app showing on/off etc.
By first grade Willow's gonna be a journeyman electrician.
She’s half way through kindergarten right now and HOLY SHIT is she a a handful!!!! I’m confidant as an adult she’s going to be just as amazing as her mother but I’m terrified of her teenage years....
Hi. Awesome video. I have almost this exact same set-up, but the red and black wires are all blue. Long story short, I had to cut them before I traced which went where into the 2-pole breaker. So my question, on your set-up you have two reds coming in from the breaker, and then two blacks going out to your pump. Does the order of those matter? I know the two reds go on 1 and 3, I'm not referring to that order. I mean does the order of the two wires going to the pump, 2 and 4, matter?
You're goin to get fired from camera job LOL!!!! TY FOR VID didn't realize how easy this is
His son was hilarious 😂
If after resetting the clock to the correct time and that time is within the run cycle, I should then set the manual switch to on?
Unfortunately I had this scenario and set the manual switch to off....will the trippers correct this in a 24 hour cycle?
(I ask as my timer is for a large water feature and a real SOB to access and it hasn't been 24hrs to see if it resets)
Thanks for the video and get yourself a multimeter!
How do you replace it with a smartswitch?
And you neutral sr you don't connect . ?? Is a 220 timer or 120?? I need help
This is a 220 clock so no neutral.
@@SwimmingPoolAZ-SPS ok .nice video
how can i connect a 120 volt timer.can you help me sr
Need help to reconnect the freeze control on my new T104M
very nice.
You can get a wifi timer from Suraielec now.
Hi if I have a heater and a pump do I need a timer for each one
No, normally you tie in the heater to the same time clock as the pump so that it only turns on when the pump is running (really just another layer of safety redundancy)
i noticed only one wheel is turning when you power it on same as mu switch clock is that normal? because my clock doesn’t turn on and the gear in the very back of the mechanism is spinning . please let me know what is going on.
mines doing the same thing...will be changing out the clock tomorrow....I'll let you know what I find.....prolly an "apple-cored" gear.
I hate to say this, but at 0:42 seconds you see why the pump is always running. The manual override switch is set to "ON". If you want the timer to turn the pump on an off automatically you have to move the switch to off. You may have just replaced a non-faulty product.
False. The manual override switch below the clock face is overridden by the time clock tabs attached to the moving clock face. If the manual switch is in the “on” position and the face moves the “on” tab past the actuator, the switch remains on. When the face moves the “off” tab past the actuator when the switch is flipped to “on” it will automatically switch the clock off. In short, the tabs override the manual switch on Intermatic mechanical clocks.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the feedback as it allows me to clarify further how this mechanism works.
Why is a double pole timer required for pool applications as opposed to a single pole
Most pool pumps (at least in AZ) are 220V. There are a small percentage that are 110V and they take a single pole clock.
I actually live in the Arcadia are my customer is on 32 and Lincoln/ Camelback area
Howdy neighbor! We over near Camelback Highschool.
Thank u. gonna do mine tomnorrow. A real moron owned this house before me. DUCT TAPE EVERYWHERE!
Yikes! Duck tape and electrical were meant to be mutually exclusive.
Daddy showed me fireworks today!
So the t103 is 110 and the t104 is 220?
Smh! Man I wouldn't trust them widow makers.. I like to make sure power is off with a real meter!
Saazs vvvvvvvvbb.
test ur tester m8
Electrocute = Electrical Execution
What you’ll get here is an electrical shock, not electrocuted
Thanks for the informative video btw
I don't understand the point of the timer? When I use hot tub, I turn it on. When not using, I turn it off. What's the problem?
My pool pump comes on 7 days a week. Also, have one on my hot water heater. ( same timer) On at 5 am, off at 9am, on at 4pm, off at9pm.
Hot tubs are completely different from pool systems. Hot tubs are all in one and they only require power to work. They turn everything on and off as needed to keep the water warm. Pools are not like that. You have a bunch of different systems you connect together to make it one functioning unit and so you will need a timer for certain aspects of it....wait....you turn your hot tub off? I hope you don't mean that you literally turn the hot tub's breaker off because you're not supposed to do that. The water needs to pump through the system occasionally (and it takes care of that with it's built in timer) to keep it hot and to filter it.
Pools pumps need to run long enough every day to circulate the water through the filter to keep nastiness from blooming. Diatomaceous earth or zeolite as filter media act as a molecular sieve, trapping all sorts of microscopic critters and holding them there long enough for the residual chlorine to hopefully oxidize them.
This is even more critical in spas and hot tubs, because of the heat. Without daily filtration and the addition of proper sanitizers (sodium hypochlorite or calcium hypochlorite) you are basically creating a hot swirling cauldron of bacteria the likes of which can rival the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Surely, hopefully, you were just talking about the blower.
The concept of outdoor breaker boxes will never make any bit of sense to me. Like...what? Anybody could just walk by, turn off power to your entire house easily and quickly. I suppose they could have padlocks (and probably do) but still, it's just...like...what?
Fired his daughter - kinda kreepy..
Yeah, well, she just spilled water in the lap top I use to make these videos and it’s a paper weight now so she got her last laugh.....
I was looking for electrical hook up but you covered it too fast so the entire video was a waste to me
I don't know why he did the video, he said the power is coming in where the white wires are. The white wires aren't actually the power wires. And he did not test the unit correctly. You are supposed to use a volt meter.
The TERMINALS where the white wires connect are your line side. That’s were you connect your power. Apologies if I was unclear in the video about that.
oh boy,,,,,,beep,beep,beep,,,I think we are good.....beep, beep,beep I think there's another wire with power.....man that's so stupid. and keeps calling it a "time clock" kids don't follow this fool. yeah, I know, he may know what he's doing but he's a bad teacher. the white wires are power coming in? and 220!!!!! oh, boy.....let me find another video....
Ok, world’s greatest electrician. How should it be done?
Some electrician, I don't believe he hooked up the motor for the clock so it will not work. That supply is at the far left and the connection is empty when he closed out. Grounds missing, kid running around, no actual good test for voltage before working, didn't hook up the clock motor. Good luck!
Been running smooth with correct voltage, grounding, and bonding since I put this video together. Thanks for the “constructive” feedback and watch through 5:40.
what the @$@% does a "kid running around" have to do with anything? That is completely irrelevant. Wth?
FYI, the contacts on these timers, which you seem to not know about and should refrain from speaking on, are labeled, from left to right, A,1,2,3,4. 1 and 3 are line, 2 and 4 are load, and the green screw is for ground, which he addressed the lack of and the necessity for. Nothing connects to A(far left) in a standard configuration.
I know nothing (LITERALLY) about electrical work. I am a new DIYer (recently divorced) and haven't ever taken on a project that required cutting power before beginning. However, after watching this video, I had the confidence to do this project AND somehow lived to tell you that you are an effing idiot that should watch videos in their entirety before critiquing. (Plus, homeskillet in the video is SMOKIN' HOT!)
Where is the neutral
you can buy just the cover for the plastic box from
www.poolleakacademy.com/timercover.html
Excellent video, thanks for sharing!