Recent content by newpoolj

Doh! I just noticed my schedule was changed! Apologies, my pool person must have changed it to have the pump running right now for some reason. I updated the schedule so that the filter should not be running right now, turned the pump off and on, and now it's idling again as expected. Sorry for...

I have a Jandy VSP that's setup with a few different speeds: an idle speed of 1100 RPM, a filter speed at 1750, and a solar heating speed at 2200. I just noticed that my pump is running at 1750 even though it should be idling right now. I'm not sure if this is because the pool temp is too low or...

Setting it to 0 got the clicking to stop. Easy enough - thank you!

I have a Jandy SWG that is in need of repair, as it's clicking on and off internally every few seconds and saying "check cell". I'd like to turn it off so that whatever relay is clicking on/off doesn't get burnt out, but the normal way of holding down the power button doesn't work. Instead the...

Yes, I can do that. Do you think it would be a warranty claim/problem with just the cell or the main SWG controller as well?

I have a 2 year old Jandy TruClear setup, and I just noticed tonight that my SWG was making a sound like it's clicking on and off every few seconds while displaying either "Waiting..." or "Check Cell". Here's a brief video (may need sound up to hear clicking): The cell was cleaned once last...

IIRC Hotspot said 2 speed is fine, but you might want to talk to them to confirm. I can't think of why that would make the install any more complex - if the AC is on in either speed you'd want the pool pump to be sending water to the heat exchanger. For that 15 foot distance, I'd recommend...

Awesome! I'm going to try this before next season. Is there any reason you didn't just stick the Pi inside the Aqualink controller's box? When you change the pool pump speed, does it go through the priming delay?

That's really good to know. I might give this a try afterall. Is there a particular RS485 cable you'd recommend? Also, do you think this is one of those things where you set it up once, and it should run for years, with no updates needed, since the interface won't really change? I'd also be...

Ouch - that's really unfortunate. I was hoping they'd at least be able to support firmware updates some other way, but either way, they still need to update the product. I too wish I had Pentair, but oh well.

Thanks. I did come across that. The only downside is it appears to require a dedicated machine (ex: a rasberry pi) to interpret the RS485 commands coming from the Aqualink controller, as opposed to the actual Aqualink API which can be connected to and interpreted remotely via HomeAssistant or...

Does anyone know if Jandy plans to improve aqualink, to expose more settings and status information than it currently does? At present, the aqualink app is only somewhat useful, and I have to go into the old school OneTouch webapp to view important status information, such as pump speed and...

That's an over or under pressure sensor which was on the AC system when it was new, and wasn't part of the FPH install.