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This thread got me thinking about my dead Kamado and I stumbled across http://www.kamadofraudforum.org that plots the demise of the Kamado company, the people who paid money for nothing and the people who bought something that failed. However, they do seem to recommend very highly...

I bought the biggest Kamado and had nothing but bad experiences from the Kamado company. My Kamado has basically fallen apart; the top has actually broken in two, the damper at the top has cracked, the lift springs have gone and 25% of the tiles have fallen off and the rest are on their way. The...

I put in an Aquamatic using the cantilevered track method 7 years ago. The cover is left closed during the winter and I do not winterise in South West France. The tiny Giant cover pump has failed twice, once probably due to people throwing it onto the cover to try and get it further towards the...

Re: Northstar died - Simply question regarding replacement m My Northstar presented with the same symptoms after 5 years continuous service. In fact the squealing got worse and worse until the pump seized. The pool guy had the bearings replaced and it worked well for 11 months then the noise...

For the the normal Autopilot one sets the percentage and that represents the percentage of each hour it generates chlorine per hour. Then if you only run your pump for 12 hours per day your output is halved. Ian

I have an inground 27000 gal pool and I installed a Pool Pilot Digital when I first built the pool 7 years ago, switched it on set it to 11% and done nothing to it. It is currently set to 11% which I know is too low and I should change the power level and I run the pump 20 hours per day, but for...

Is weight really an issue as surely the adult supervising your eight year old could extract a robot for her. I have had great results from Dolphin Dynamics over the years. My new one has three rollers so never gets stuck on the sump covers, or anywhere for that matter. Ian

This was my thinking; I bought the biggest Autopilot digital that they do; I installed it 7 years ago and switched on. I have not touched it since. My pool is in France and I am in England and I will go over to check it next week; the first time since the end of September. I fully expect it to...

When I was designing my pool in France my engineering challenge was for a pool to be autonomous for up to 9 months at a time. A salt water system was an obvious choice and I chose an over-sized Autopilot SC-60. I really am a manufacturer's worst nightmare as I put this thing in 7 years ago and...

I have recently changed from a Hayward Northstar single speed to the Pentair Intelliflo. I wandered down to the pumphouse this morning to check my flow rate. It is currently running at 23gpm, 160W, 1180 RPM giving me one 27 000 gallon water change over my 19 hour run time. I use an Autopilot...

I have run my Hayward Northstar 24/7 365 days a year for 5 years non-stop. And yes, it did lose its bearings in the end. I think that you will be safe for a couple of years, or until your algae disappears which I hope will be sooner. I have just replaced it, by the way, with a Pentair Intelliflo...

And one of the pump house itself

Dear David, No problem. You can see the hydraulic pump in the pumphouse for the Aquamatic cover. Pump has given me good service, sad to see it decomissioned this week. Ian

Dear Dave, Please find three images. The pumphouse is the small building with the traditional canal tile roof and lime plaster walls that we built for the purpose, and a custom door 40 inches wide in case I ever need to replace the filter. The Northstar is going this week as I am driving my new...

I installed a 27000 gallon pool at my house in South Western France. My challenge was the pool needed to maintain itself for months on end when I live in England. Seven years ago I bought the biggest Autopilot SWG, a 1.5HP Hayward Northstar and the biggest sand filter that I could buy (Hayward...