Timer Switch for Swimming Pool pump..

[drongo22]

Hello, I am going abroad to stay at a friends house. He would like a 24 hour timer incorporating into the wiring to control the swimming pool pump. At the moment the mains electricity is fed from a circuit breaker in the house to a secondary fused unit housed next to the pump. Unfortunately every winter this secondary unit floods so I am relocating it to the side of the house! Unfortunately I do not know how many amps the pump draws for a suitable 24hr timer, any ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

[johnboy6083]

the pump will probably run from some sort of contactor. put the timer in series with the contactor coil.