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Good to hear walmart is shipping them out. I discovered a full wall full of the $11 2-paks at a walmart I visited that was showing none available at a store! You all got me worried so I loaded up 10 boxes so I should be ok for a few months

Would love to see some pictures and atleast a short writeup :)

This was a valuable insight, Thank You! I guess, Pentair designed for the more common case where the pool was constrained in space and not designed well, putting those who did design the pool with more than sufficient space at a disadvantage of paying for the sins of who did not. Personally, I...

Fascinating. So the end consumer's way to use these plates are to use the ready made "true union" units (that has all the electronics inside with the cells with the power cable coming out and two unions on each side) and throw them out if the cells or electronics were ever to die (unless the...

Let us know how it goes :)

Keep us posted! I don't order more than 2 per order as more than that results in cancellations - I think they run out of these quickly and they cancel orders that don't match the quantity they have on hand right then Was it $6 each?

Is there a way to source the cell plates directly? How much do they cost?

I really would like to know this though - I want to use the right words to not confuse people: Are those bright white nuts on the two ports called "slip union nuts"? What's the industry standard term for those bright white nuts?

The analogy isn't apt. I am not talking about putting Chevy parts on a Ford or a Honda. I am talking about Chevy using non standard bolts that only they sell where bog standard bolts that can be purchased from any other manufacturer would have sufficed. I would imagine you would be upset if...

Would it be fair to say that is the "power supply board": File:GLX-PCB-RITE Low Voltage power dist R159.jpg - Further Reading while this is the "power routing board" File:GLX-PCB-RITE DC Cell Power Schematic.jpg - Further Reading If so, did I miss the schematic for the "control board" that...

If you go here right now, it will show Out of stock, but I assure you, I order 6 every 2-3 weeks. You just have to keep an eye on it https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pool-Essentials-Chlorinating-Liquid-for-Swimming-Pools-1-Gallon/48938023

I see - are there links I can read that dive into the actual design of a SWG - the modules in it - the components and what each module does?

The thoughts about telemetry are spot on Dirk. The robot doesn't have to be electronic - a little sensor block zip tied to a $10 vacuum head would work as well. If you don't want any batteries or wifi involved, you could run the cable through the pole Pools are not rockets or heart surgery - it...

Hmm, it doesn't feel right. SMPS are not designed to be toggled that way. Also, an SMPS isn't resistive unless it has APFC It would have been more reasonable to have a little terminal (as simple as a pair of wires or a block with two screws on it) on the SWG that would command it to turn on/off...

Sure, but a cheap $20 oscilloscope would really save you $2000 in time, so buy one from Amazon so its there next week The first thing you need to do is take clear, high res pictures of the ICs - we need to find out if these are custom parts or vanilla commodity parts