Wireless Pool Equipment Control for Modular Electrical Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current swimming pool electrical systems are not optimized in design and coherence, making it tedious and complex to add new electrical equipment, requiring extensive wiring and frequent interventions in the technical room for maintenance and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
An integrated electrical system with wireless communication and modular control devices that can be easily added or interconnected without wiring, allowing for centralized or decentralized data communication and autonomous operation, reducing the need for technical room interventions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate/independent control devices are used for each electrical equipment, then each device can be controlled independently, but the system complexity increases and adding new equipment becomes tedious and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple control functions into a single centralized electrical box that can control various electrical equipment (pump, lighting, filtration, heating). This consolidation eliminates the need for separate control devices for each equipment, simplifying the system architecture and reducing wiring complexity while maintaining the ability to control each device independently through the centralized interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized electrical box is designed to perform multiple functions: controlling pump operation, lighting, filtration systems, heating, and potentially other electrical equipment. This multi-functional design allows the system to adapt to different electrical equipment needs without requiring additional separate control devices, thereby improving adaptability while controlling system complexity.
2Reliability
If extensive wiring is used to connect control devices, then reliable electrical connections are established, but installation time increases and technical knowledge requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By consolidating control functions into a single centralized box with pre-established wiring connections, the system reduces the amount of field wiring required. The centralized box serves as a common connection point for all electrical equipment, eliminating the need for extensive point-to-point wiring between multiple separate control devices and various equipment, thereby reducing installation time while maintaining connection reliability.
3Reliability
If frequent interventions in the technical room are required, then proper monitoring and maintenance can be performed, but operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized electrical box incorporates monitoring capabilities that provide feedback on the operational status of connected electrical equipment. This allows for remote monitoring and detection of issues without requiring frequent physical interventions in the technical room, thereby maintaining system reliability while improving operational efficiency by reducing the frequency of manual checks and interventions.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an electrical system dedicated to power supply and control of the electrical equipment of a swimming pool. The electrical system includes at least one electrical control device suitable for controlling at least one associated piece of electrical equipment. And the at least one electrical control device includes: a drive unit, suitable for controlling the at least one associated piece of electrical equipment; and a wireless communication unit, suitable for integrating the electrical control device to a local area network and suitable for data communication with at least one other electrical control device integrated to the local area network.