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I try to keep TA 60-70. Latest TA - 80. Goal pH 7.8. I use MA 31.45%. Fill water has pH around 8.2 and TA around 120 using drop method. Thanks

I have 2 spill over fountains and 4 spitters. I’m trying to prevent pH rise. What is the minimum amount of time should I run these daily to prevent algae to form in these features? Currently run for a total of 2 hours a day. FC levels are always 6-8 and CYA 50-70, thanks for my SWG and friends...

Didn’t measure TA on that pH > 8. I did dip it before checking pH with drop test and it appeared TA > 100. I need to buy more reagents today. So I added acid about 35 minutes ago, retested pH and TA with drop test and currently at pH -7.6 and TA -90. I will watch it over the next few days but...

Decided to add boric acid to help with water feel and “sparkle” of water. Before adding Duda boric acid, pH -7.6, TA - 70. After added, borate levels was 50 on dipstick. pH the next day was 7.8. Usually check pH once a week or twice. Usually I can keep pH climb from 7.6 - 8.0 by adding acid...

Live in South Louisiana. Pool fill water has pH - 8.0, TA - 120 and CH - 20. Feel as though having to add lots of muriatic acid given my SWG as well as evaporation with our fill water living in the south. Also, have to add calcium chloride a few times a year to keep levels around 350. Any...

I followed the status when changing from pool to spa mode. It gave me a status of “max psi”. I haven’t had this issue until recently. I don’t know if this is helpful in helping me determine my issue

You are right again. Intellitouch. All these terms can get confusing.

You are correct. It was 3450 and not 3500. Don’t know where I got that from.

This attached device. I have the spa set at 3500 rpm but pool is at 35 gpm. I thought I had changed to rpm and not flow. Do you think this could be the cause?

Pentair i5 intellicenter. When I look at the status with my remote, it gets up to around 2700 rpm but stops. If I manually hit the button back to pool and then back to spa, it usually corrects itself and increases to 3500 rpm

For a few weeks now, I have had my pool programmed to my satisfaction with our spa and waterfall features. However, I noticed this week something that wasn’t initially happening. My spa is scheduled to turn on every Thursday for 30 minutes. The automated valves did their jobs, however, the pump...

This is our first full fall and winter after pool startup last winter. We don’t plan on officially closing our pool as we live in South Louisiana. I’m sure my kids will swim for a little while longer and we do plan on using the hot tub until it is just too cold outside. Question is, should my FC...

wanted to give update. Received the actuator valve. Installed and programmed yesterday. Watched a few videos to adjust cam, which was easy. Works perfectly. Now I’m able to run my water features for a few hours instead of total pump run time. This should help manage my pH changes. I really...

Is this common for a pool that’s isn’t even one year old yet? I’ve maintained slightly negative CSI since startup. My pH has been slightly high given my water features but plan on tackling that soon with an actuator and programmable feature to only run for a few hours a day. We have had a very...