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Folks, my pool that is under construction has pool pump Arrangement that is a little different than normal. The main pump is a 5 HP Pentair commercial pump and I have a separate dedicated pump just to run the filter. I would like to use one of the inexpensive Dohenys variable speed pumps. In...

Folks, You may have read my previous thread about dealing with nasty well water here. I thought I had licked the problem completely with cationic and anionic resin softening plus aerated catalytic carbon and H202 injection. And I had for a while. But slowly over the next few weeks we had a...

Folks, A couple days ago I got a PM from a member asking if I would send him my OB schedule file using the open source software I had mentioned in the OB house project. A number of things delayed my moving forward on the pool until this week so I haven't actually started it yet but it's next...

Folks, My well water is turning out to be a challenge. Hardness is 10 gr/gal, Sulfide is 1 ppm, tannin is about .5 ppm based on color I'm waiting for lab test result, pH is 7.3. Hardness was easy to address with a standard cation exchange resin to less than 1 gr/gal. ^^^Edit: also well...

Folks, I'm up in Dallas trying to heat my brother's pool up so I can dive it to check for water leaks. He has a 25 year old Laars Lite 325 LLD heater that has a failed pressure switch. It is shorting to ground internal to the switch and leaking through the switch housing. When bypassed the...

Folks, This is the start of a thread that I expect will take a year or so to complete. We're finally getting to build a new house and pool exactly the way we want to. I think a little context is in order up front here since it will drive a lot of the pool decisions. My job has been to manage...

Folks, I have color blindness in the red-purple shades so I have to use a pH meter to get reliable pH readings. I've used a Hanna Phep portable pH pen-style for over 18 months with great success. There are several brands similar to this unit that have good reviews but I haven't tried them...

Folks, We are planning to close a deal in the next couple weeks to purchase a lot for our new home and pool. I'm going to OB the home and pool. We've short-listed architects and will decide that next week. I'd like to find a pool designer with experience in Florida so I can integrate the...

My Hanna Phep pH probe is 11/2 years old and still going strong. It holds calibration for 2-3 weeks and even then is never more than .1 pH unit off. So it calibrates quickly. I've even let it dry completely out a couple times and after re-hydrating in storage solution, calibrating it came...

We had a pretty good run for the past couple of months. But this morning here we go again just when I was starting to trust the problems were behind us! Looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and go through Ron's Nodejs setup for my Rpi once and for all! @MyAZPool Chris

OK, My wife coined that word. It happens when you can't stand to use strips for anything even borates when you say "there's no other way to test it". I way over-dosed when I originally and used a test strip that barely registered so I just went by the Pool Math calculation but this has...

Folks, Just want to document a problem I had last week that may help somebody else. About a month ago I had to replace the Intellicenter antenna and that was solved easily with generic parts from Engenius. Then a few days ago I got the "offline" display and lost all phone control just before...

Folks, The latest update is on the Intellicenter download site and works great! Solved all my issues with schedule and now I can say I have no glitches to work with. In addition to fixing the schedule glitch that kept me from adjusting schedules anywhere except at the outside panel it looks...

Now that I'm temporarily left-handed for a few months things seem to be going wrong. First my wifi antenna/transceiver now the discharge fitting on my pump. I noticed a very tiny drip a couple weeks ago. Wife and I did the "my left your right" routine with my gigantic Channel Locks and...

Folks, In keeping with my "everything breaks at the worst time" philosophy my Intellicenter WiFi stopped working just days after rotator/bicep tendon repair. Rehab is long-term (4-6 months). I'm right-handed so guess what shoulder? So I'm working left-handed with no right arm and I've...

Folks, I've been meaning to do this post with photos for a long time. May be helpful to those that have the color blind issue I do that makes it almost impossible to discern pH color shades above 7.6 or so. Also, helpful for those that want to know pH when FC is above 10. Digital probe pH...

I noticed this last week. Seemed to be quite a few times I couldn't connect. But it was on with a second attempt. Now today once again it's dead. Is everybody seeing this? My app and the 3rd party app from Monty are working fine with the local login. Internet is working great so that's not...

Folks, A hand-hold tile broke off the spa structure. I looked at it closely and looks like the original adhesive had not adhered to the tile at all. The grout must have been all that was holding it on. So question is how do I best repair. Can I use waterproof adhesive to glue it back on...

Folks, I'm on my 6th year of a crystal clear TFP pool but noticing splotchy light tan stains - classic iron. Failed the chlorine tablet test but passed vitamin C test with flying colors. I read up everything I can find on AA, citric acid, oxalic acid. I'm pretty sold on AA because of so many...

Folks, A friend of ours that has just moved in to their first house so on a tight budget has been given a Bestway 24x52" round pool with no liner. We'd like to donate a liner for them but I know nothing about these. What liner should I get? I see a couple of different types beaded, overlap...

Folks, With all the new swg installations and a few people with problems I thought it might be helpful to post a video of mine in operation with the bubble coming out. It's a Circupool RJ 30+ and the VS motor is running at 1600 rpm, roughly 17 gpm. Also there are reflections that appear as...

Folks, My salt system is so boring I got a little complacent. Couple days ago I noticed the low salt light flickering and sort of surprising since I brought it up to 3600 less than 2 months ago. Checked with my K1766 and sure enough my reading was 2800. Double checked with same result. Went...

Folks, Thought I'd document an "easy" heater problem. Couple evenings ago we were starting our normal evening swim. Solar had us up to 89 so I usually kick the gas heat on for an hour before. This keeps Sr. Management is happy. Got in and it was still 89. Went round to the heater and it...

Folks, Weather's lousy here today but I went out to check out to see if my new Alexa controlled Pentair Warrior SE was working as programmed. Yep, she sure is! Here's a short video of "Mattie in the Rain". OK... full disclosure I'm a little bored this morning! Chris

Folks, I often get asked about how well solar heat works for me. Today's a representative spring day for me with partly cloudy skies. We had 2 days of rainy thunderstorms and the pool temp dropped to 80. Pool pump starts at 10 am and goes to 8 pm most days. Here's the graph from roughly...

Folks, Had my Pentair Warrior a week now. We named her Waltzing Matilda (Mattie for short) and she's almost like a new pet in the family. Positive: Cleans very well. Way better than my suction cleaner. Really cleans doesn't just vacuum. Simple to set up. Really just put in the water, let...

Finally my new pool cleaner came today! The old faithful "ThePoolCleaner": The new Pentair Warrior SE from Marina Pool already hard at work: This is yet another step to make my pool even more Trouble Free! Chris

There sure seem to be a lot of people switching to salt pools and I've had mine about 15 months so thought I'd give an update: The unit I installed is a Circupool RJ30+. It has been running at 40% the whole time after leveling out in the first week or so and has no problem staying at target or...

Folks, We get a LOT of posts about heater shutdowns that are often from a failed sensor or something. It's frustrating and sometimes makes me wish they didn't have all that Crud that results in so many unnecessary failures. But every now and then something happens that makes me glad I have...

Folks, I'm about to pull the cord on the S200 or Pentair warrior. Is it worth paying the extra for the wireless connection? What does it do for you? Reason I ask is we swim a LOT. With my current ThePoolCleaner we end up coiling the hose up at the pool edge to swim. I'm hopeful with the...