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Wiring for Taco 501 w/Primary and Secondary pump

mhausmann
mhausmann Member Posts: 3
in Radiant Heating
Can anyone give guidance on how to wire both primary and secondary pumps, 1/6 HP Grundfos pumps, to a SR501 switching relay. I have a single zone and want both the primary and secondary to turn on at the same time. Do I pig-tail the connections into one entry in the relay? Or will that blow the 6 amp fuse it the switching relay? Any guidance is appreciated

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  • pedmec
    pedmec Member Posts: 1,066
    What model boiler? That's all i'm gonna ask.

    @EdTheHeaterMan Take it away. You have all the beautiful colored diagrams.
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • mhausmann
    mhausmann Member Posts: 3
    Eco smart ECO 27. Motion activated.
  • JohnNY
    JohnNY Member Posts: 3,291
    Join them at the 120v pump terminals. Unless you experience a locked rotor or something, it'll handle the draw. I've done it many times, though I hate to admit it since there's really no good application for having two pumps tied to each other on separate loops.
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  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Member Posts: 2,113
    That's not a boiler, by the way. Make sure you get a fire suppression system in that room, there's a good chance you'll need it. The circs you're talking about, likely 26-99s, would only draw 3.6A combined. They'll be fine with the SR501.
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,380
    Is this what you were thinking of @pedmec?

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • pedmec
    pedmec Member Posts: 1,066
    Absolutely. I mean, You just cant get it any clearer than that.

    Is that CAD software your using? I hope you don't mind me asking
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,391
    Its a tankless electric water heater. It will need a highead circ no doubt, 26-99 as @GroundUp mentioned, a smaller one probably for the system.

    That is probably a 5 amp relay in the 501, just wire them onto the same terminal.
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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,380
    edited October 2022
    pedmec said:

    Absolutely. I mean, You just cant get it any clearer than that.

    Is that CAD software your using? I hope you don't mind me asking

    You are not the first to ask. But I don't have that technical stuff. I used to use a program called PAINTBRUSH when I had a Windows computer. Now with a MAC it is called Paint.

    I don't even know how to use PhotoShop.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • pedmec
    pedmec Member Posts: 1,066
    Well whatever your doing its pretty good. I like it. Better than the hand written messy drawings i slap together

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