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    troublshooting intellichlor output, technical advice? always low FC

    Ok here we are, the night of the original post I decided to shock the pool. pool calculator gave me shock level of 25 ppm based on my high CYA. I threw in 10 scoops of 73% hypo and checked it in an hour. FC was at 13.5 using a 10 ml sample size. Threw in another 10 scoops and went to bed...
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    troublshooting intellichlor output, technical advice? always low FC

    I have approximately 38,000 gal in-ground plaster pool and I'm struggling to maintain a decent FC level with an IC40. I originally had a Hayward aquarite with T15 cell with 1 hp pump at 8 hrs /day and FC levels were always good at around 3-4 PPM I ripped that system out and renovated with...
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    Faulty GFI??

    Well, I swapped the GFI breaker to see what happens and both lights are on for over 3 hours, so it looks like it was the breaker after all. Nevertheless, I bought some THHN/THWN to replace the romex as well this weekend. Thank you for the responses.
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    Faulty GFI??

    Call me another one of those people. When I bought the house, it needed a lot of work inside and out due to previous owner neglect. A tree planted near the first light box needed to be removed and the roots had intertwined with the conduits. I was only able to salvage the run from the panel to...
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    Faulty GFI??

    Its a panel breaker, not a receptacle. White pigtail to neutral bus. Neutral wire to breaker neutral lug. There is one 3 wire pvc conduit feed (H,N,G) to the first pool light box where HNG is spliced to light and G is also spliced and connected to brass jbox with brass conduit connecting to...
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    Faulty GFI??

    Anyone have any experience with unexplainable gfi tripping? Brief history. Bought house and inherited pool. Equipment was fine for last 9 years. Last season had lights on one day for a few hrs and GFI tripped for first time ever. would not stay on more than 10 seconds after each reset. I opened...