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    pulling wire for 12V Pentair LED retrofit through conduit

    I want to replace my dying 120V Pentair LED pool light with a 12V IntelliBrite 5G light. Besides installing the 12V transformer, this will involve pulling the new wire for the 12V light through about 50' of underground conduit by using the wire cut from the 120V light. Has anyone done this...
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    Pentair 12V Intellibrite retrofit in ET 8

    I have Pentair 120V color pool and spa lights on separate relays inside an EasyTouch 8. The pool LED light has finally stopped working after years of slow decline. I was thinking about replacing it with a Pentair 12V color LED light (Pentair 601011). After reading on this forum and the web, I...
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    Intellibrite 5G 619818Z repair

    Like many people with Pentair lighting, my Intellibrite 5G pool light has failed. The blue led no longer works. Other colors are ok. As I understand it from reading online, the common failure issue is the poor led light engine (619818Z) installed in these lights. The cost of a new light...
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    Silencer Air Blower Question

    10K gallon pool with attached spa. All Pentair equipment. I am having an issue with my Silencer Air Blower (1.5 hp), as follows: 1. Turn on spa. Works perfectly. 2. Turn on air blower. Works perfectly. 3. Turn OFF air blower. Bubbles continue at about 20% the usual rate even the blower is...
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    ScreenLogic IntelliBrite sync question

    I have a ScreenLogic setup with two IntelliBrite lights, one in the pool and one in the spa. With the lights on and both in a pre-programmed mode, such as Royal, I can get the lights to sync by using the Color Sync function in ScreenLogic. The two lights stay in sync for an hour or more, but...
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    Pentair Intelliflo 1.5hp single-speed pump temp

    Could someone measure the temperature of the motor casing on their Pentair Intelliflo 1.5hp single-speed pump, please? I have never measured the motor casing temperature, but when I was over looking at my equipment, the motor smelled "hot," which I have never noticed previously. I measured the...
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    odd electrical issue---looking for ideas

    10K gal Gunite pool with spa attached; all Pentair equipment I had two instances this afternoon in which the Pentair VS pool pump shut off simultaneously with the separate water-feature pump. The breakers did NOT trip on either pump (the pumps are on separate GFCI breakers). The pool pump...
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    Harvey Flooded Pentair Intelliflo VS #011018

    My Pentair Intelliflo 3-hp VS pump was completely submerged during the Harvey flood event. I opened the line voltage connector box on the pump, dried it out, and fired the pump up. It worked perfectly for a few days. After that, nothing. I disassembled the VS Pump Drive and unfortunately...
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    Harvey flooded Pentair Master Temp 400---need suggestions

    Problems with a flooded Pentair Master Temp 400 heater: 1. No blower operation, producing Service Heater (front) and AFS (back) LED lights on the control panel. The Fenwal Ignition Control Module blinked to indicate an "Air Flow Fault." I removed the back metal cover of the blower motor...
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    auto bleach dispenser experience

    Background: 10K gallon Gunite freshwater pool. All Pentair equipment. I use regular bleach from Costco as my chlorine source. I decided to build an auto bleach dispenser similar to the Stenner systems. I purchased or found the following items: 1. new 24-VDC peristaltic pump from Ebay for $10...
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    Stenner question for those with experience

    10K gallon Gunite pool using bleach in very hot south TX. The pool is mostly in full sun during the summer. I am contemplating the purchase of an expensive Stenner tank system (S1G45MFH2A1SUAA) to feed bleach to my pool. In the dead of winter, I use less than a pint of bleach per day of...
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    Easytouch not following commands or schedules

    I have an Easytouch 8 system with Pentair pumps, heater, and valves. I came home from a long weekend away to find my spa and pool lights on and the air blower to the spa running. The blower is not on a schedule, and the pool light schedule is only for the weekend (this was a Tuesday). Also...
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    Pentair Valve Actuator Fix: New Switches

    My set up: In-ground 10K-gallon Gunite pool with attached spa; all Pentair equipment and valves. After about two years of operation, the Pentair valve actuators that switch my valves between pool circulation and spa circulation sporadically got stuck in the pool or spa position. After reading...
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    Pentair VS Trips Dedicated 20-amp GFCI Breaker

    I have a two-year-old in-ground 10K-gallon Gunite pool with all Pentair controls and pumps. The electrical installation was done by an electrician who primarily does pool installations. The pool passed multiple electrical inspections by the city inspector. The filter pump is a 3-hp variable...