Recent content by dmpizzle

How does one figure out how fast to run their pump in the following situations? FWIW, I have a Pentair Intelliflo VSF. 1. Heating the pool through pool solar (I have Heliocor hill-mounted solar). What’s optimal? 2. Just running my pool sweep for cleaning. Again, what’s optimal and how...

I’m not seeing where the Tag Manager you bought is HomeKit compatible. Which one did you get?

Hi folks, I have a Pentair Intelliflo VSF along with Heliocol solar pool heating. I’d really like to be able to measure pool temperature right at the pump, but I dont see any thermocouples or anything else that gives me that information. Is it possible to hook something up to the Intelliflo...

I am doing the last step. I will try the recommendation from pool kid, although I don't see how swapping will help since I'm trying to calibrate the solar sensor. Calibrating it on the air sensor side won't help me when I swap it back to solar?

I'm trying to calibrate my solar sensor, as I just don't believe what it's telling me. In the EasyTouch manual, it says to put the EasyTouch into Service mode, press the Filter Pump button, and then go to Settings->Calibration to calibrate the sensors. This works fine when I try to calibrate...

There's one correction to my initial e-mail. I'm using the "solar only" mode, not the "solar preferred" mode. One thing I'm still not clear on: should I always leave it in "solar only" mode, or should i leave it in "off" mode? If I leave it in "off" mode, will it automatically switch to...

Are the AmerBrites good for retrofit?

I want to replace my white pool light with the Intellibrite 5G color-changing LED. Simple me thought it would be similar to replacing any old light bulb, but when I try to buy it, I notice it has a 30' cord. What am I supposed to do with that...

Ya, knowing that now, I wonder if I really do get much of a savings. It's not cheap to run that pump at 2700rpm from 9a-6p every day!

Interesting. Again, it was cloudy and cold, so I'm skeptical, but maybe you're right. I am going to put a temperature sensor of my own up on the roof to try and calibrate it better. Also, I have 8 Sunstar panels that have a recommendation of 5gpm per minute. I bought a FlowVis flow meter...

Am I supposed to leave the system in Solar Preferred mode always? If I do, will solar ALWAYS run, or will it only turn on when it recognizes the solar sensor is a high enough temperature that it will actually result in heating the pool? I just got solar installed, and I'm still trying to...

I do have an Intelliflo pump. The problem is, in Auto mode, I can't turn off the filter pump at all! The only way is to put in Service Mode, but that's stupid because then my schedules won't work. I did notice that in ScreenLogic, it tells me that I have an Egg Timer of 12 hours, 0 minutes...

I've been having all kinds of problems since getting pool solar installed, and the latest problem is that I can no longer manually turn on/off the filter pump. The only way to do this is to put the EasyTouch into Service mode. The second I switch back to Auto mode, the filter pump immediately...

I just got a Heliocol pool solar system installed, and this morning, I just wanted to turn on the pump to make sure everything was still working. Everything *seemed* fine, until I went in the house and realized there was a loud humming noise that was never there before. The pipes are directly...

MasterTemp 300, which I believe is 300,000. Currently my flow rate is slightly above 30 GPM. I'm trying to get the pool to 80-82˚. Estimated pool size is 36,000 gallons. Air temp today and tomorrow will hit a high of 81˚.