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    We won a new Pentair Racer cleaner... one week after buying a Polaris 280

    Our local pool supply dealer had a contest involving keys to a treasure chest. Since we had been doing some major purchases the past week including a new Polaris booster pump and the 280, we received a number of keys to try. And as luck would have it, we won the top prize (the Racer)...
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    Polaris Booster Pump QuickConnectors redesign

    I contacted Polaris (Zodiac Pools) complaining about the QuickConnectors and the difficulty I had getting them to work. They emailed me back with this news: So good news. it would have been even better news if the new connectors were offered up as free replacements. Maybe my pool dealer...
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    New Polaris 280 running, but Backup valve seems "super-charged"

    Hi. Successfully replaced my old Pentair booster pump with a new Polaris booster pump and also replaced an old Pentair Legend Platinum with a Polaris 280. My pool is relatively small (15x30 and 6'-2" deep at deep end) in a lima bean shape. I ended up removing a bunch of leader hose (to end up...
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    Replacing booster pump - going from hard plumbed to flexible plumbed?

    I have a 7 year old pool, and the Pentair (AO Smith 3/4 HP motor I believe) LA01N booster pump. Pump (and thus the crawler) hasn't worked for over a year and the Pentair Legend cleaner was held together with duct tape so it was long since time to replace the cleaner with a Polaris 280 and...
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    New IC40 reads salt higher than pool store tests

    A few weeks ago I replaced my Intellichlor IC40. Seems to work fine (green lights, cell goes on), but when I bring my water samples in the pool store reading is always lower than what I get from the wall panel reading (about 500ppm lower). Is there anything can do to get the readings to better...