Recent content by Vegas Mike

Blew a 2-year-old, 400W incandescent in my spa and figured I would just go to LED. Installed a 12W, 120V, daylight-white LED (Kollniun brand) that the description said was a Spa/Pool bulb. Replaced the fixture gasket even though it was only two years old. Worked perfectly with great...

In case anyone finds this post, an update. The roller assembly should be replaced each year with the peristaltic tube. The rollers begin to stick, abrading the tube, and get very noisy. Found the Stenner Econ White Pump Roller Assembly EC350 (US Water SKU: 411-EC350) for $19 each. The Santoprene...

When visiting a friends house in St. George, Utah, I took a look at their new pool install: 4800 gallons, plaster, about 4ft deep, automated pool cover. Then I took a look at the equipment and was shocked to see three pumps, two of them variable speed! Check out the photo. All Pentair...

Hey Gene, missed your suggestion trying the mom & pop stores. Success! Of course the store is as far across Las Vegas from me as you can get, but they have 31.5% acid for about $12/gallon. Thanks!

Thank you both for your help in this and my previous issues. I really appreciate it. I'll track what happens in the pool and report back. With luck will prove out OK, otherwise, at least we get a lessons learned.

My closest 31.5% MA is the Bullhead City Home Depot. Have not found another source yet in Las Vegas, but still looking. Hmm... Just looked at Amazon again, and can get 31.5% for $26.25. Hazardous material shipping is expensive.

Anyone else using ACID Magic in place of 31.5% HCl in their IntelliChem? Any issues? This topic appears periodically, but now from me because Leslie's Pool no longer stocks 31.5% acid and sells this instead. Leslie's was the only place I had been able to get the 31.5% acid, a concentration I...

Marty, thanks for the comment. My reasoning is: I have to add chlorine in the winter, and was looking for a non-permanent, seasonal way to inject chlorine with my Stenner pump, hopefully a way needing infrequent attention once I find the correct rate. Glad you said the SWG cell did not need...

Was looking for an inexpensive dummy cell I could modify for winterizing my Pentair IC40. There's not enough space after the IC40 to attach a saddle for a permanent injection point (run into valves for spa and water feature), so thought I could modify a dummy cell to include an injection port...

Thanks for your insight Dirk, and taking the time to help. Actually, discovered that the acid tank continually develops new debris. Maybe stuff falls in when I take off the lid, or plastic scrapes from the container edge each removal. So my initial statement that you could clean the tank once...

Suggestions to eliminate acid check-valve plugging? Have a Pentair IntelliPH acid dispenser with a tank-mounted Stenner pump. The Pentair 522513Z check valve plugs once a year with what looks like fine black plastic shavings. I see a very small amount of black debris in the acid tank, but...