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Hi angfiggy Thank you for updating your situation. Just found out my Intelliflo is leaking from the bottom. My pump just turned 10 years old. The hint about the model/part number is excellent. TY. I share your difficulty in believing that the pump was run dry is cause for your issue. This is...

Re: Intelliflow Variable Speed pump 1.5hp -- Is this realist 1. No, not over 100 months because you haven't included the cost of the WDFS 6 in the calculation. If you meant the WDFS 24, I don't see 107 - 67 = >100. I must be missing it. 2. Because you said >100 months payback, I thought you...

Re: Intelliflow Variable Speed pump 1.5hp -- Is this realist Mas, I've seen your posts elsewhere and they are pretty good. The chart you provided here is incredibly flawed. 1. When doing life-cycle analysis, ya gotta always include replacement cost of the base product. In your chart, you have...

Re: Intelliflow Variable Speed pump 1.5hp -- Is this realist Actually, BoDarville's analysis of the single/two/variable speed pump compariation is fairly solid. I own the Pentair Intelliflo VS (full variable speed). I replaced a 1.75HP single speed pump. Before I removed the old pump, I...

Re: Winter maintenance - do I really need it and to what ext Shackle: I pretty much echo bk406 and X'salloverit 1. Our situation: We're a bit south of you in No VA. We have a 30k gal in-ground plaster pool with an older mesh cover. We use a pool co to close the pool because they blow out...

Thanks for the response, however, my question was is why is a replaster needed? Why not use the Jack's Magic "Copper and Scale Stuff" since it worked on the shelf (see photo below). J.

Our contractor started replastering at the end of April. The replaster completed in May. Everyone agreed it wasn't a good job. A few weeks of an acid bath (no circulation, however), didn't improve things much. Contractor sub-bed out an acid wash, and the guys did a partial acid wash (pool was...

Re: Changed multiport; now air in lines FOLLOW UP I tightened the plugs on the multiport that cover unused ports. While these plugs did have new o-rings in place, and they were not leaking, tightening them significantly reduced the air in the lines. This agrees with what is presented in the...

Hi Guys Thank you for responding. One of the first things I checked was pool water level. It is fine. However, I recall that my skimmers haven't had the draw they normally do and was going to go out just now to vacuum the lines to see if I get anything out of them. My next step was to check...

Hi All! Problem: Air in system Question/Theory: New multiport too small, creating too much suction head, causing air getting sucked in through valve body pieces? Background: Just replaced my old multiport due to internal damage. Couldn't find one of the same make, so bought a different brand...

Thank you. John T. I thought the same, that Pentair was American Products (especially since the website I was ordering from listed the names under the Pentair brand) and I ordered a Pentair, pre-plumbed multiport. Unfortunately, it doesn't match up to my American Products Titan II filter...

Hey! Some great thoughts :-D (smileys not working) I like the flexibility: do it when it would make repairs easier. That's my situation....previous owners left no room for repairs. I also experienced cracking at a threaded fitting. Thanks again!!! AJGIII

Hey All: Any pros/cons, thoughts comparing threaded connections vs. slip connections for equipment plumbing? Threaded adds another place for leaks, but (with a union) allows for replacement without cutting. But, is the replacement aspect worth the risk of an extra leak place? Be well. AJGIII

Hey All Is it better to have a multiport and filter made by the same manufacturer? In my situation, I've an American Products filter with what was originally an Amer. Prod. multiport. The top of the multiport is now Pentair, but I'm replacing the whole thing and am wondering if I should get...

I've never used fiber clear or any other DE enhancer. I must say, I haven't had trouble cleaning my grids. We'll see the results after our replastering job. Regarding the VF alert to backwash. Mine's never alerted, and the "% filter numbers" are always very low. I noticed your psi numbers are...

Re: Intelliflo owners -- report in...Thanks ttmatsu ttmatsu Thank you for your note, and explaining how fiber clear behaves. Well, here comes some lower speeds and lower electricity bills, and less noise, and longer pump life. I REALLY like my VF!!!! Seriously, thank you. J.

Short answer: yes because you can pump at a lower rate which will cost you less electricity, and it will be much quieter. I don't know if the motor will last longer, but the impeller and housing should. In my case, I have the Pentair Intelliflo that I bought to replace an old Hayward Ultraflow...

I have the Intelliflo VF. The pump I replaced was an older, single speed, 1.5HP Hayward Ultraflow that was uprated to 2HP. Electric consumption of the Hayward was a constant 3,450 rpm, at 9.5 amps. This yields 2,428 watts (assuming a 90% efficiency factor). I measured 14.9 amps (3300 watts)...

I had the same leak in two separate scenarios, and I believe the short answer is to glue down the gasket. The first time, I simply replaced my spider gasket. This worked until I moved the valve, then I had the leak again. I'd take apart the valve, reset, and everything would be fine until I...

Hi All: Our pool is a Sylvan, built in 1988. Originally white with bullnose clay brick coping. Circa 2005, it was replastered to dark with paver type coping. We purchased the house in 2006. Since then, egg-shell cracking (20 this year) began and proliferated, and some plaster popped off. So we...

Hi Reebok Thank you. That's what I was thinking, but thought I'd see what someone else thought. :-) You wouldn't happen to be a runner? Reebok shoes... Thanks again, v/r AJGIII

Our pool could be 20 years old, we understand the current plaster is about 9 - 10 years old. Blue plaster. Short question is: Can water chemistry cause egg-shell cracking/plaster pop offs. Here's the scenario: Two years ago, we had maybe half dozen egg-shell cracks. No real pattern. End of...

J: Thanks again. :goodjob: J.

Hi Jason Yes, it is! Thank you! Do you know if it is any different from other algaecide? Do you use it/are satisfied? J. :)