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Worth1 · March 12, 2016

I also want to add you need to dump the AC pump and get a DC pump.
Any time you change voltage and or go from 110 vac to low voltage DC you use up electricity.
I looked into putting low voltage DC lights in my yard and did the calculations.
I was going to use more electricity than if I would have went with 120 VAC lights.
This is the reason all of your irrigation systems use 24 VAC in their zone wiring.
In your case you are going from DC to AC.

March 12, 2016	#7
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I also want to add you need to dump the AC pump and get a DC pump. Any time you change voltage and or go from 110 vac to low voltage DC you use up electricity. I looked into putting low voltage DC lights in my yard and did the calculations. I was going to use more electricity than if I would have went with 120 VAC lights. This is the reason all of your irrigation systems use 24 VAC in their zone wiring. In your case you are going from DC to AC.