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We have had good experiences with cherry laurel, they are evergreen and ours actually survived the recent 5 degree cold snap!

Thanks for your inputs! I think I will aerate to lower my TA some more, and just plan to keep the pH at around 8.0.

My question remains, however: is a pH of 8.4 OK as long as the CSI is in the balanced range? Supposedly, that CSI value says that I should not have problems with scaling.

Good question--just checked it, its about 320.

Questions for some of you pool chemistry gurus: I have always had to add lots of acid to keep my pH down to 7.6 - 7.8, so I thought I would try adding borates. I lowered the pH to 7.6, added about 33 lbs of boric acid a couple of weeks ago, so I should be around 50ppm borates now. My...

Will probably check for a cheapo OneTouch from time to time on Ebay, but the smartphone is still working great! After using this for a while, I just might remove and sell my JBox/PDA combo on Ebay. It is fully functional, but now redundant unless one really wants a waterproof handheld PDA, and...

Well, it finally dawned on me that I could use my old Samsung smartphone to do what I need, for free. I just turned off the phone's login requirement, and have the web controller interface displayed on the always-open iAqualink smartphone app--so I now have a wireless, dedicated controller...

Thank you, HEaton02! Just what I needed to know. Sounds like it is similar to the display on my hand-held wireless PDA, once it is turned on and connects. The PDA turns off automatically after a few minutes to save the batteries, of course.

Thanks for your feedback, Allen--very helpful! Anyone out there using the Jandy One Touch wall control panel?

For those of you who use the above hard-wired wall-mount controllers on your Jandy controller, what does the display show when it is just sitting there on your wall? IE, does it show basic pool parameters, such as water temp , air temp, etc.? Background: I had started another thread (thank you...

I already have the app on my phone, and I also have a wireless "PDA" handheld. My issue is that I miss the convenience of just walking up to an "old-fashioned" wall-mounted control panel (the Pentair unit which I used to have in my former residence), and seeing what the pool temp and outside...

I read a few reviews for that one on Amazon, and one mentioned that "it won’t see or program Variable Speed Pumps." which would not be a good thing for me.

Here is the latest: I emailed Jandy support (now owned by a Spanish company, "Fluidra") with the information about my system revision, and was informed "Yes, the OneTouch and our All button controls are compatible with the system you currently have." So, I guess I'll start looking for a...