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Thanks.

No water movement in the basket. Takes a lot of force to get some manual movement in the impellor. What all might need to be replaced so I can get all the possible parts on hand.

My 7 year old Intelliflo VS is 4' above the pool and has always taken a while to prime. But even if it takes a minute, it eventually primes. In a recent freeze I found the motor running, but not primed, no water in basket. My guess is this had gone on for a day or more. Now the motor only...

A final update to this thread. My IC40 ultimately stopped reporting any salinity, i.e. 0. At that point the local Pentair rep sent service out to replace it. They did not even check the flow switch, just replaced the entire unit. He said he had replaced more units this spring than in the...

Another call to Pentair. They said iClor is only one that reports temperature to user. Intellichlor is what I have (IC40). They said Intellichlor has always had temperature sensor but never reports it to user. So I assume JamesW was talking about iClor. A quick google of iClor vs...

That is why I shared the video, because at times it can be any of the options except green. Initially after pressing the button it is blank while other lights are flashing. Then there is a second of solid red and then flashing red. So it depends on the definition of "When you first press...

It took me a while, but here is a video of using the More button. https://www.screencast.com/t/SMNMjFJ5SN You will need to let this buffer up some. If it stops in the middle just click pause, then play again. The quick presses did not give me a temperature reading, but maybe was setting...

After the long press, the % lights scrolled and other lights flashed, then 20% stayed on. Another quick press of More and no lights changed, just stayed on 20%. Another long press of More and it goes back through scroll, flash, 20%.

I bought my IC40 a little over a year ago. The date on the sticker is 09/09/2016 and Rev is 3110. When I do the More button I get 20%. Another quick press of More does nothing. A long press goes back through the flashing lights and then 20%. So it seems I don't have temperature, but is my...

pooldv, when you say "shut it off", do you mean just set it to 0%, or take it out entirely. pH continues to go higher as long as it is in.

A follow-up on this. I got the Taylor K-1766 kit which gave me a reading of 4500 ppm vs. Leslies Pool store reading of 3500 and IC40 reading of 2600. My pool re-modeler gave me the name of the local Pentair rep, who I called. She said that NO method would give accurate reading till water is...

Well, no joy from talking to Pentair again. A different person doubled down saying my unit is OK and I need to wait till water is somewhere in the 60s before the readings get better. She had "no idea" why the manual says reported salt level should be accurate to +/- 500 ppm. She can't account...

Thanks Jim for the info. Good to know how often the salt is sampled. I'll give Pentair a call. Bill.

Jim, I have 9" straight pipe to the IC40, then a 45 to a multi-port valve. I was trying to get a much straight as I could when it was installed. I asked the Pentair guy I talked to today about temperature compensation and he said it was a known issue for 10-12 years! The Pentair quote above...

is there a different SWG that has better cold weather performance than Pentair? This is my first winter after adding SWG. I added salt to my pool when "opening" it a couple weeks ago. (This is Dallas so it never really closes, but I pay less attention to chemicals over the winter.) From Feb...