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I have a Hayward VSP with a Prologic that I control from the AquaConnect app. The app stopped responding last weekend, and the Prologic is throwing a VSP Comm Error. The pump does respond to commands from the Prologic keypad, so the error message is confusing. I tried power-cycling the Prologic...

Might not be the right thread for this. Mods, feel free to move it. I'm on my second failed Hayward salt cell in 5 years, and I'm beginning to seriously question whether salt water is worth it. It's cost-effective in theory, but having two cells fail in 5 years kinda kills that theory...

We got a big rain (dilution) and afterward my SWG was measuring 2200. It was at 2700 before the rain. Thought that drop was a little drastic for a 3" rain, but I added a whole bag of salt anyway since it was a little low before the rain. Let everything run overnight and it's still registering at...

My water has been a little cloudy lately and I'm wondering if it's because of the high CH. Full report below. I added some muriatic this morning, so my pH and TA are lower than usual. Is it time to do a partial drain? FC: 5 pH: 6.8 TA: 40 CH: 700 CYA: 70 Salt: 3200

I posted this at the bottom of another thread, but it's going to get buried on the third page so I wanted to create a new thread for posterity. For the last 3 summers in a row, we've gotten a massive rain that has caused my chlorine and CYA levels to drop to 0 and make my water super cloudy, as...

I have a Hayward C3030 cartridge filter, and it's either undersized or I just deal with more issues than most because of all the trees surrounding our pool, but I have to clean it way more often than I want. About 10-15 times a year. When there are a lot of organics in the pool like spring and...

We just had a massive rain that added about 4" of water to the pool. I drained it about 7" and then refilled a couple inches. Everything seemed fine. I then left town for a week and came back to super cloudy water. The salt meter on my automation equipment says that my salt is low and isn't...

I've had partially cloudy water for a few weeks now despite shocking twice. Measurements are below: FC - 5 pH - 7.4 TA - 90 CH - 550 CYA - 80 salt - 3000 Everything looks generally ok except CH, and even that isn't astronomically high. Would that be enough to cause cloudiness?

I've been googling and haven't found an answer to this. I have a Hayward Prologic with a SWG, and I'm constantly fiddling with the level of chlorine generation based on the season. Is there a way to close the feedback loop on that using an ORP probe?

I have two Globrites that have failed (after only 4 years - yay!) and I'm trying to swap them out for similar pieces from Florida Sunseeker. I pulled one of them out of the niche and yanked on it a little bit - it didn't want to budge on its own. I had my wife feed it from the other side and...

Here's the new story in my riveting pool saga. We built our pool in 2017, and our builder was either a scam artist or just completely incompetent. And he even came recommended from a friend, which just makes no sense. Anyway. I've always wondered why our pool lights (Pentair Globrite) didn't...

I've had this robot for just over two years (just past warranty - yay!). It was in the shop for an Error 10 back in March, and now it's doing it again. I took it apart and tested continuity on the cord - the middle pin inside the motor housing isn't beeping, so there we go. I notice that the...

This is a recent thing. All of a sudden my pump can't seem to keep prime. I made sure that the lid is on securely, the basket and skimmer are both clear, and my filter is clean. Am I looking at a suction side plumbing leak?

I've always heard that you want to buy a salt cell that is 2-3x the size of your pool, so I bought a T-CELL-15 in 2018. That cell appears to be failing just out of warranty (thanks again Hayward), and I'm considering replacing it with a T-CELL-3. Here's my logic. - my pool is only 10k gallons -...

My salt strips are measuring 3500 and my SWG is measuring 1500-1600. I tried cleaning it yesterday with no luck. Is that a sure sign that the cell is failing?

I have a small pool without a lot of features, so an Omnilogic is way overkill for me. It's also very expensive. I recently discovered the Omnihub - seems like a good solution for my problem, but my pool guy says he doesn't know anything about it and his suppliers don't stock it. Has it been...

Something very strange is going on. My salt levels were running low a few weeks ago, so I added a bag. My pump went out right before that, and my pool was down for about 2 weeks while I waited for the dealer to come out and replace it. Since the pump went out at the same time I added the bag...

Curious what people think of them. I'm looking to replace my single speed pump with a variable speed, and I'm debating a VGreen DIY solution ($800) vs a Hayward VS installed by a dealer ($1200 after city rebate). I have a Prologic controller, so the VGreen would take a little more work to set up...

My Hayward single speed just went out. I'm pretty underwhelmed with the quality of Hayward's products, so I'm thinking of replacing it with a Pentair variable speed. I have a Hayward Prologic. Anyone have any luck mixing brands?

I have a Hayward single speed pump. Two years old. It just stopped working. No humming or anything. I confirmed it's getting power. Any advice on how to troubleshoot this?

I'm getting a no flow error from my Prologic. This has happened a couple of times before and I've gotten it to clear by just unplugging and replugging the sensor, but that's not working this time. Should I just replace the sensor, or is there a way to test it?

I have Lueder coping that is dusting and pitting on a new build. Do I just need to be super diligent about sealing it with a SWG?

It seems like no matter how well I keep on top of my chemistry, I get scale over time. We have Ledge Loungers, and we constantly have scale buildup around them. I've used Jack's Magic Copper & Scale before - it works like a charm but it's pretty expensive. Has anyone run into a similar product...

I'm trying to bring my TA down from 90 to 60. I added enough muriatic to bring the pH down to 7 and I'm running the fountain to aerate. I realize this is probably a factor of water volume, but what's a reasonable amount of time to expect a change in TA? Hours? Days? Weeks?

I've gotten advice to drop my TA down a bit so I don't have to fight my pH all the time. My pH is constantly rising - I add about 5 cups of muriatic per week, give or take. My TA is currently 80 and I'm trying to drop it to around 60. I've tried multiple times bringing my pH down to 7 and then...

I have a SWG currently, and it works fine in terms of producing chlorine. But my pH is always creeping up, so I'm constantly adding muriatic. Kinda defeats the purpose of having an automated chlorine producer when I just have to battle pH instead. Are liquid feeders worth the money? I'd love to...

The pH is always creeping up in my pool - I add a little under a cup of muriatic per day, on average. I initially chalked it up to the pool being new (2018) but it seems like this shouldn't still be an issue. I've had pools before and never had pH issues, but they were all older. Is this normal...

Every time I reassemble my filter after cleaning, it leaks. Every single time. It doesn't seem to matter how much silicone I put on the o-ring, it always leaks right at the seams of the collar. So I take it off, slather a ton more goop on there and try again. And it leaks again. I have yet to...

I have a new-ish pool and I'm still figuring out the right balance for my SWG. I have a single speed pump that I'm currently running for 6 hours a day, which is plenty for water turnover, but I find that I have to run the SWG at 100% to keep up with FC. I'm burning through salt. I've tested the...

I have a Hayward Tristar 2HP single speed that is freaking loud and burns a lot of energy. I'd like to replace it with a variable speed or 2-speed pump to fix both issues. I'd like a drop in replacement (no plumbing) if possible. Looking for recommendations. I don't have a budget - I'll spend...