Compool Cp3830 Manual

Compool
Cp3830 POOL-SPA CONTROL SYSTEM
Installation & Operating Instructions
05/01/98
941-1010

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Plumbing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
High Voltage Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Power Center with built in Sub-panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Power Center without built in Sub-panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Equipment Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adding Relays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Underwater Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Low Voltage Wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power Center Circuit Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Low Voltage Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Gas Heater Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Water Temperature Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Freeze Temperature Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Modular Crimping Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spa-side Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Multiple Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Valve Actuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Valve Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Heat Pump or Electric Heater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Solar Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Solar Booster Pump Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Two Speed Spa Filter Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Two Speed Pool Filter Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Telephone Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dimmer Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Backwash Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Floor Cleaner Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuration Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FREEZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I/L - Interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SYST - System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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SPC FNCT - Special Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HI SPD - High Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PHONE CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System Start-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Equipment Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Equipment Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Equipment Status Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Heater Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cleaner Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Canceling Heater and Cleaner Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Temperature Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fahrenheit/Celsius key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Programming additional Run Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Programming a Time-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Programming a Once-only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Canceling Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the Time of Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote Control at Spa key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Equipment keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3 - Hour Filter Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sensor Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Spa-side Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Spa-side Heat Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Telephone Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2-speed Spa Filter Pump Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2-speed Pool Filter Pump Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Spa Waterfall Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Freeze Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Winterizing the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Safety Notice
Important Safety Instructions
When installing and using this electrical equipment, basic safety precautions should always be
followed, including the following:
Read and follow all instructions.
To reduce the risk of injury, do not permit children to use this product unless they are
closely supervised at all times.
Water in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit may be hazardous to your health.
A terminal bar (marked for equipment ground only) is located inside the high voltage
compartment of the Power Center. To reduce the risk of electric shock, this terminal must
be connected to the grounding means provided in the electrical supply panel with a
continuous copper wire equivalent in size to the circuit conductors supplying this
equipment.
Save these instructions.

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Introduction
Package Contents
The CP3830/S system includes the following components.
CP-3830 Control Panel (w/ cable) (1 qty.).
LX-3830 Power Center (1 qty.).
SNS-KIT3 Sensor Kit (1 qty.).

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The CP3830/SL system includes the following components.
CP-3830 Control Panel (w/ cable) (1 qty.).
LX-3830L Power Center (1 qty.).
SNS-KIT3 Sensor Kit (1 qty.).

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Plumbing Requirements
Plumb system in accordance with recommended hydraulic schematic.
1. If a jet booster pump is being used, it is recommended that 1/4 HP per jet be installed. If a
single pump system is being used, it is recommended that 1/2 HP per jet be installed.
2. If a Spa-side Remote is to be used, install a 3” to 6” length of 1.5” Sch. 40 pvc pipe in the
spa wall so that the Spa-side Remote will not be submerged. Positioning the top of the
pipe 1/2” below the coping. The pipe should extend beyond the finished surface and will
be cut back after tile work is completed. Connect a 1/2” conduit and run back to Power
Center. Use sweep elbows for turns.
3. Plumb solar feed and return lines between the filter and heater. Install 3-port solar valve at
the feed line. Use Compool solar valve (model SOL-2T), to allow automatic draining of
panels.
4. Glazed solar panels require a drain valve (model HW-5B) to allow draining of panels. This
prevents damage from overheating water. Install drain valve at solar feed line and connect
to the pool fill line.
5. Plumb solar feed and return lines between the filter and heater. Install 3-port solar valve at
the feed line. Use Compool solar valve (model SOL-2T), to allow automatic draining of
SOLAR
SENSOR
CLEANER
PUMP
CVA-24
HEATER
CVA-24
SOLAR
PUMP
VACUUM
RELIEF
WATER
SENSOR
SKIMMER
FILTER
PUMP FILTER
MAIN
DRAIN
HW-5B
WATERFALL
POOL
LIGHT
POOL
7
3
8
5
FREEZE
SENSOR
CONTROL PANEL POWER CENTER
SOLAR
SENSOR
HEATER
CVA-24
VACUUM
RELIEF
WATER
SENSOR
FILTER
PUMP FILTER
JET
PUMP
SPA-SIDE
REMOTE
AIR
INTAKE
SPA
LIGHT
SPA
1
2
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panels.
6. A solar booster pump should be used when distance to panels exceeds 200’, or panels are
elevated higher than 25’.
7. Plumb cleaner pump after the return valve to the pool return line.
8. A Valve Actuator can be used to direct pool return water to a waterfall. This eliminates the
need for an additional pump.
Equipment Location
With the exception of the Spa-side Remote, all equipment must be located at least 10’ from the
water’s edge. Locate equipment in the following locations.
LX-3830 Power Center - at the equipment site.
CP-3830 Control Panel - inside the house or other weather-protected area.
SNS-KIT3 Water Temperature Sensors - spa and pool filter pump. Freeze
Temperature Sensor - at equipment pad.

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Installation
High Voltage Wiring
Power Center with built in Sub-panel
At the equipment pad, mount the Power Center within
15’ of all the equipment. Provide power from the
Main-panel (located at the house) to Power Center.
Power Center without built in Sub-panel
At the equipment pad, mount a 100 amp
electrical circuit breaker panel (Sub-panel)
within 15’ of all the equipment. Provide
power from Main-panel (located at the
house) to the Sub-panel. Mount the Power
Center next to the Sub-panel.