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  1. draythomp

    Cracked the Hayward Ecostar protocol

    I got together with another pool owner, and through email over a long distance, we broke the control protocol for the Ecostar pump. I've been annoyed by Hayward's tactic of only giving a high, low setting on their P4 controller (with a software upgrade naturally), so this was something I've...
  2. draythomp

    What's up with muriatic acid?

    I've had my pool for 5 years with it's SWG. At first, I would water down my acid to clean the generator and it worked just fine, and now it isn't. A little background, I'm in the desert and the calcium content is very high so the generator needs to be cleaned often. Sometimes as much as once...
  3. draythomp

    Controlling a Goldline Controller

    For several years now I've been annoyed at my Goldline controller. It doesn't have enough timers, flakey software on the board, various board problems, etc. Recently I installed a Hayward Ecostar motor and a nice man from Hayward updated the software on the board. Nice! Most of my problems...