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Good to hear walmart is shipping them out. I discovered a full wall full of the $11 2-paks at a walmart I visited that was showing none available at a store! You all got me worried so I loaded up 10 boxes so I should be ok for a few months

Would love to see some pictures and atleast a short writeup :)

This was a valuable insight, Thank You! I guess, Pentair designed for the more common case where the pool was constrained in space and not designed well, putting those who did design the pool with more than sufficient space at a disadvantage of paying for the sins of who did not. Personally, I...

Fascinating. So the end consumer's way to use these plates are to use the ready made "true union" units (that has all the electronics inside with the cells with the power cable coming out and two unions on each side) and throw them out if the cells or electronics were ever to die (unless the...

Let us know how it goes :)

Keep us posted! I don't order more than 2 per order as more than that results in cancellations - I think they run out of these quickly and they cancel orders that don't match the quantity they have on hand right then Was it $6 each?

Is there a way to source the cell plates directly? How much do they cost?

I really would like to know this though - I want to use the right words to not confuse people: Are those bright white nuts on the two ports called "slip union nuts"? What's the industry standard term for those bright white nuts?

The analogy isn't apt. I am not talking about putting Chevy parts on a Ford or a Honda. I am talking about Chevy using non standard bolts that only they sell where bog standard bolts that can be purchased from any other manufacturer would have sufficed. I would imagine you would be upset if...

Would it be fair to say that is the "power supply board": File:GLX-PCB-RITE Low Voltage power dist R159.jpg - Further Reading while this is the "power routing board" File:GLX-PCB-RITE DC Cell Power Schematic.jpg - Further Reading If so, did I miss the schematic for the "control board" that...

If you go here right now, it will show Out of stock, but I assure you, I order 6 every 2-3 weeks. You just have to keep an eye on it https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pool-Essentials-Chlorinating-Liquid-for-Swimming-Pools-1-Gallon/48938023

I see - are there links I can read that dive into the actual design of a SWG - the modules in it - the components and what each module does?

The thoughts about telemetry are spot on Dirk. The robot doesn't have to be electronic - a little sensor block zip tied to a $10 vacuum head would work as well. If you don't want any batteries or wifi involved, you could run the cable through the pole Pools are not rockets or heart surgery - it...

Hmm, it doesn't feel right. SMPS are not designed to be toggled that way. Also, an SMPS isn't resistive unless it has APFC It would have been more reasonable to have a little terminal (as simple as a pair of wires or a block with two screws on it) on the SWG that would command it to turn on/off...

Sure, but a cheap $20 oscilloscope would really save you $2000 in time, so buy one from Amazon so its there next week The first thing you need to do is take clear, high res pictures of the ICs - we need to find out if these are custom parts or vanilla commodity parts

Thank You for sharing these details - I will keep collecting valuable input like this and document what people would like in a new product One priority I have is the new product should use easy to replace and buy, commodity parts instead of proprietary ICs that cannot be replaced by the end...

frustration is a great signal for product designers to build something new Thank You for sharing your frustrations - I will keep looking for more people who are upset at what they can buy off the shelf and document what they would like in a new product One priority I have is the new product...

My apologies - I am talking about the driver that has a RS-485 connection. The Pentair driver in their VSPs aren't heatsinked adequately, hence they die an early death in an otherwise fully solid state design. The only thing that dies in there, most of the time, is a proprietary motor driver...

You have forgotten more than I know but is there a specific reason why it has nearly doubled?

To the wife's strong disapproval, I have taken on the baton from my late uncle to maintain his pool. The aunt appreciates it and messaged me last night that a dead gopher was sighted at the bottom of a pool that was just cleared by SLAM. It was a deep swampy mess before (unknown to me, my late...

Very valuable input - so except the pH, the FC and CYA levels should remain stable over a 24h period in a closed sample bottle if kept inside, out of the sun?

I do - I was just too tired when my aunt called me about the dead gopher last night, midnight to wait 30 mins to see if I had hit SLAM FC

I need to update my sig as the kit arrived weeks ago, I completed SLAM to a crystal clear pool now but I will create a new thread so that I don't make the OP upset for distracting people from their thread :D

1. Is it that the Cl gets released overnight? 2. and because the sample its out of the pool, it's no longer following the chemistry that is happening in the pool? 3. and does it matter if I have a tight locking cover on the bottle that holds the sample I'll be heading to the aunt's place this...

I am curious what geography has to do with calcium? Or is that that SoCal water is known to be hard and has more than necessary and sufficient calcium that a plaster pool would require for all practical reasons?

I thought so! I do have a plaster pool and I read CSI and LSI - Further Reading that seems to indicate I do need to maintain a certain (I am yet to learn what) level of calcium I need to have in the pool to not damage the plaster - maybe a new thread?

Definitely not if the light is off when the sensor array is being read, which is almost always the case unless you want readings at night or on an overcast day - what are the chances that happen to you? Remember - we don't have to build a product that works for everyone - a strong constraint a...

I am glad I have one more in the not smart team. Was afraid it would remain a team of one Circumstances have forced me to handle my aunt's pool myself (which is ironic because I have a person managing my own for the last 10 years) so I will be going through this heartache. My source has been...

Like the ones they sell in the laundry or cleaning isles?

Are there specific brands or sources you prefer that hopefully doesn't have fillers or anti caking agents that consume FC?