Recent content by Boeks

Hi everyone. Discovered a bit of an issue this morning when I checked my skimmer. The plastic piece at the top of my skimmer opening that holds the rubber stopper that prevents the weir door from floating back out toward the pool broke off. Pool is an in-ground gunite pool about 14 years old...

I live in Delaware. My pool is full sun, 24,000 gallons. I installed a heat pump two years ago. We ran it quite a bit last year all through the summer as my family likes the pool a little warmer (85) and it was a cool summer here in the mid-Atlantic. I think it raised our electric bill about...

I live in a more rural area with lots of dust as well. Pool that came with the house had an old FSN60 Pentair DE filter. I did exactly what you are talking about doing... converted all the above-ground plumbing from 1 1/2" to 2" from where the diverter valve on the intake lines from the...

I'm in northern Delaware and we're up and running already! I open early as my job gets me busy starting in April of each year. Never even think about swimming until late April/early May at the soonest, but at least it's one less thing I have to deal with later on and I don't get caught if the...

Just a few small items I noticed on your equipment pad. I would have them add unions on your inlet and outlet pipes to your pump in case you ever want/need to remove it for service, etc. Makes things MUCH easier than having to cut pipe. Also, if you have a Pentair VS pump (not the VF), I'd...

Ran the pump slow all night last night. Most of the Aqua Perl did settle to the bottom. I vacuumed to waste tonight and it appears that I've gotten the vast majority of it out of the water. Probably take a few more days to finish the cleanup completely, but a major improvement non the less...

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Decided to pull my FSN 60 DE filter apart this morning and give it a good cleaning. All went well, got things nice and clean and re-assembled the unit. I inspected the O-ring on the standpipe prior to re-assembly and noticed it was worn a bit, but it had not caused any issues all summer, so...

I don't disagree with the builder's concept of raising the equipment up to avoid water damage during heavy rain events. I do think, however, that the concern over the slabs cracking is valid. If nothing else, i would have them build you a gravel base to place those slab on. You could...

Just a thought on your stripped screw. I'm not even sure this would work, but you could give it a try. I've got an old hand-crank drill I inherited from my grandpa. You may want to see if you can track one of those down from an older neighbor (young guys don't use these anymore!) or a pawn...

It can be a bit overwhelming. The EasyTouch system can control everything in your setup without a doubt. It can also serve as your electrical sub-panel, housing all your breakers on the pool pad. It is available with the SWG included. Once you have figured out exactly what you want your...

Yes. ScreenLogic is an add-on to the base EasyTouch or IntelliTouch system. I really don't see any reason from what you've described you are planning on setting up to get anything other than an EasyTouch system for two bodies of water (i.e. pool & spa). It will do more than you'll ever need...

Pentair sells a ScreenLogic Interface kit. You can make hooking it up simple by buying their bundled Interface kit + wireless connection kit for about $375 on-line. I think it's Pentair part # 522104. If you can run a com wire from your EasyTouch Panel to a router in your house, you can just...

I am not running a spa on my EasyTouch system at home, but I did help my friend set his up which does operate a pool and spa combo with one set of shared equipment (i.e. one pump). Seems to be working as designed with little to no issues. We actually converted him over from a Jandy Aqualink...

For what it's worth, I did an upgrade to my equipment last year and went with all Pentair products. VS pump, EasyTouch automation with SWG. Also added a Pentair UltraTemp heat pump. I have to say, I'm very pleased with all of the equipment. The few questions I've had about the automation...