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kootoomootoo
09-19-2008, 09:15 PM
Is there an option to install an outdoor pro c without hardwiring it.

ie plug into a gfi outlet on side of house.
FIMCO-MEISTER
09-19-2008, 10:26 PM
Is there an option to install an outdoor pro c without hardwiring it.

ie plug into a gfi outlet on side of house.

I hope not......
JeffY
09-19-2008, 10:40 PM
Yeah, get a pigtail for it. We do it all the time as needed. Just make sure to install bushings on the opening so you can prevent moisture from entering the small connection box.
kootoomootoo
09-19-2008, 11:12 PM
yeah this will work.

http://www.sprinkler.com/buy/item/9758
AI Inc
09-20-2008, 05:58 AM
Ive done plenty drilling a hole thru the clock and running a pigtail thru the basement. If poer is more then 9' away I will remove the transformer and run and interior transformer.
koster_irrigation
09-20-2008, 05:18 PM
we pigtail prob 50% of our outdoor clocks,
Mike Leary
09-20-2008, 05:32 PM
If poer is more then 9'.

I resent that, I'm from from poer folk.
AI Inc
09-20-2008, 08:13 PM
I resent that, I'm from from poer folk.

Fingers moving faster then the brain. Better then the world moving faster then the brain I suppose.
Waterit
09-20-2008, 10:58 PM
I resent that, I'm from from poer folk.

Too poer to afford spell-check
Waterit
09-20-2008, 10:59 PM
we pigtail prob 50% of our outdoor clocks,

Why do that?
DanaMac
09-20-2008, 11:18 PM
Why do that?

Because it's not always that easy to get an electrician to hard wire it. Of the systems I work on, probably 5% or less have outside controllers. Probably 2-3%. and of those probably another 5% are hard wired. It's just not done here that often.
Waterit
09-21-2008, 02:07 AM
We mount outdoor and hardwire whenever possible, whether an electrician is available or not. Probably 95% of the time.

Just finished a commercial install with a submersible pump, pump start relay, magnetic starter, and Pro-C outdoor, all hard-wired by us. Project electrician looked at it to be sure it would pass inspection, and said he wouldn't have done it any differently, probably would have been sloppier than what we did.

Yes, it wasn't exactly legal to do it like that, but I've had so many clocks, relays, and pumps smoked by electricians that I decided we'd just do it ourselves, then have them look it over.