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amfspirit
Jul 15, 2007, 03:29 PM
I have a T104R mechanical pool timer. The wires coming from the circuit breaker switch are red,black& white. Where do each of these wires go?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
ballengerb1
Jul 15, 2007, 04:22 PM
You should confirm the power in these wires with a tester. White should be neutral and the red and black are hot, this is a 220 vac timer. Describe the terminals in your T10, there should be three and they are normally labeled. If you don't have a wiring diagram you can get it from Intermatic.
Stratmando
Jul 15, 2007, 06:27 PM
This is info for T 104 R:
http://www.intermatic.com/images/catalog/pages/026.pdf
This is even better:
http://www.intermatic.com/images/instruction_sheets/T104.pdf
cyoung311
Nov 4, 2008, 01:45 PM
My wiring scheme has 2 red wires and 3 black wires. The two red ones are each attached to a ganged 15Amp breaker, thus they are the "line" wires. One of the black is a "neutral wire. The other two wires are the "load" wires. Now that I know which is which I can go to Home Depot and buy another T104 to replace the new one that got fried with the wrong wires in the wrong places.
hkstroud
Nov 4, 2008, 02:10 PM
Are you in US or Canada?
Stratmando
Nov 4, 2008, 02:56 PM
If in the US, I don't understand 2 reds on 2 poles of breakers and being neutral.
If you hook 240 volts to a 120 volt timer motor it will fry, don't know of anything else that can fry in that timer box. Is this 120 or 240 Volts?