The sun is out. Use it.
Let the pump wait for solar surplus, with minimum and maximum run times so passing clouds do not keep cycling it.
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Run the pool on sunshine.
Skip the expensive hours.
See what the pool costs at your rates. Set its hours once.
The rules keep running when the internet doesn’t.
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Concept Concept: a product in development. Design, contents, and features may change. Demo values are simulated.
Make the pool fit your day.
Know what the pool costs.
See the pool’s share of today’s energy, estimated using your hourly rates.
The internet drops. Rules stay.
A Wi-Fi or internet drop changes nothing about the rules running on the controller. Phone alerts need internet.
Set its hours once.
Fit the meter
An electrician fits the energy meter to measure home power.
Enter your rates
Set peak hours, solar preferences and a daily filtration deadline.
Let the pool wait
Pump and heater wait for off peak or solar. With Pro, priorities pause pool loads when total load is high.
Power readings that do something.
Solar first, with a deadline
Use available solar while still planning for your daily filter hours.
Choose what runs first (Pro)
Give the pump priority over the heater when total load is high.
History you keep
Energy history stays on the controller. Review your pool’s energy use over time.
What’s included
A complete kit of its own.
The controller
Rules and energy history on the controller, with Home Assistant built in.
Meter and sensing
An energy meter and the sensors this product uses. An electrician fits the meter.
Pool control
The outputs this product uses to run the pump and heater. Your pool equipment and solar installation are separate.
Works with the Control Freak gear you already own: every Control Freak product is a complete kit on its own. If a Control Freak controller you already have has a free port or relay, Home Assistant can put it to work for this product too.
Home Assistant built in
How many apps do you open to run your pool and power?
Home Assistant is built in, with energy readings and pool control on your home network. No subscription. Rules run on the controller.
Choose alerts by push, text, email or alarm. Phone alerts need internet.
Through Home Assistant and its companion app, it works with Google Home, Siri, CarPlay and Alexa: ask Alexa or Siri how much solar you made today, tell Google Home to run the pool pump now, check it from CarPlay, and get voice alerts when something is out of balance.
Honest limits.
An electrician fits the meter.
This is not a utility or solar installer service.
Pool loads only.
It only pauses the pool loads it runs. It does not switch house circuits or replace electrical service protection.
Estimates from your rates.
Cost figures are estimates based on energy use and the rates you enter. They are not utility bill guarantees.
Put the rules to work.
Try the modes, switch pool loads and simulate an alert. These are example readings.
Concept · In development
Make sunshine part of pool time.
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