Recent content by bsnelson

I had a big sand filter that probably just needed a sand change, but I let the repair people talk me into a new DE filter. I regret it. The sand filter was very forgiving if I let it get a little green; the DE filter (even though it's a big one) gets clogged way too quickly. Water clarity is...

Putting a bow on this: In what has to be one of the most blatant examples of "try the easy things first": Richard320 called it, the root cause was a poor seal on the pump housing cover (trap cover). It occurred to me to check that part for cracks, and when I took it off, I noticed that there was...

Have not yet done that, it's probably time. Brad

Apologies for the vague subject, but my problem doesn't really condense to a one liner very well. I've got a several year old 2 or 2.5 HP single speed pump, mated to a less than 1 year old Pentair FNSP60 DE filter. I previously had a sand filter, which was very forgiving of my sometimes lax...

I hope this isn't the case with your system, but when it happened to me (twice), it was an electric surge from lightening that "fried" my main board in the box outside, and one of the times, it fried my control panel inside as well. One of these babies on each side (in the box outside and in...

Paul, does that recommendation stand in light of the fact that mine doesn't have the "ribs" displayed above? Brad

Here's a good picture... Brad

I've got an aging (but still cookin') Max-E-Therm heater with a hairline crack in the outlet pipe. I've ordered a replacement, and the PVC union came right off with just a little effort, but I can't get the pipe out of the manifold. I tried dousing it with WD40 Rust Penetrant spray (it says it...

My system has a breaker for the pump and another one for everything else - the breaker that's tripping is the "everything else" one. This just started happening yesterday, curiously during the time that a company was staining my fence, and they had to move some things around (e.g. pool chemical...

Re: Control your Jandy equipment from your PC with a $15 ada Agent-p, thanks for your hard work on this! I'm going to give it a try here soon; my solution works, but is pretty tragically old school and could use something new, especially something that's multiplatform. Brad

Re: Control your Jandy equipment from your PC with a $15 ada Nice work, agent-P! I can see that you clearly went the "new school" approach, whereas mine is "old school" all the way. As mentioned upthread, I'm using a "classic" RS232 port and adapter, and my daemon process is written entirely in...

Well, I wasn't there to see it firsthand, but a houseguest was: We had an extremely close lightening strike during a storm about a week ago, and the report was that it seemed to be similar in intensity and proximity as the one that took my controller out last time. I'm happy to report that...

Two ways: 1. Remove the board from your power center and look at the sticker on the chip 2. Power off the power center, have someone stationed at the control panel inside, and power it back on. The display will show the revision of the main board AFTER it shows the revision of the indoor...

I think I know the answer, but wanted to confirm: I have a JVA2440 that's over-rotating. In one direction, it stops where it's supposed to, but in the other direction, it just keeps going. I haven't opened it up yet, but does this sound like a bad microswitch or broken cam lobe? Brad