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Well it’s now been a year since bringing this to the attention of the pool builder who plastered the pool. He finally came by in January and drained the pool. They took a grinder to the nodules and did a quick patch on 3 good size spots where the plaster had fallen off the wall. He didn’t...

Hey guys I'm running an intelliph acid feed system and am now having some issues after 3 years. First I've had to replace the pump motor and now I think it's time to replace hose/ tubing as I seem to have same problem with it not feeding. I will replace motor again but think I'll have longer in...

Hey guys looking to finally install some solar thermal panels. Wondering if anybody had any good input on either fafco sun saver st or aquatherm sun swim panels. I have 2" lines ready to hook up tied to easy touch system. Thanks

Whenever we use the spa my ph goes up like crazy. A bright magenta color that is off the charts. Also free chlorine level drops considerably, sometimes to zero. I have 3 kids 6-11 who spend quite a bit of time in there and probably pee a lot in there even though they have been told not to. I...

How much air should be in the filter? When I open the pressure valve (with pump off) it always has air to release. Is this normal or should it be minimal? I assume it has some air creating pressure but how much is normal?

Anybody know what approach to take with an easy touch system to control a bypass valve ? The problem is that I need this valve closed when the pump is not running to avoid the spa draining and partially open when it's running in either pool (for spillover) or spa mode. I have placed the...

All my levels seem good to me except I feel like my FC might be a little high at 7.5 with a cya of about 50. Anyone see a problem with this as I turn on my ic40swg for the first time? Ph 7.6 FC 7.5 Cc 0 Ta 80 Ch 250 Cya 50 Salt approx. 3800ppm with aqua test strips. Sound ok, or let FC come down...

Ok. I've had water in my pool for 30 days now. I'm getting ready to switch over to my swg and feel like my calcium should be higher. It tests at around 175 now after chlorinating with cal hypo for the bulk of my 30 days. I keep hearing that it will go up on its own but don't feel that I'm...

This may be a stupid question, but after all I am a dumbcluck. Since I have a spa that overflows into the pool and shares equipment, is it normal to just test my water in the pool since they share water or should I be testing both bodies of water separately?

Is there another better option to drain the bottom of the filter? I just opened mine up for the first time last night to clean and didn't do anything with all the dirty water in the bottom. Mistake?

Anybody know of a decently priced DVDs projector that would be good for outdoor use?

The pentair manual says to use a dummy cell for the ic40 during start up after fresh plaster. Has anyone here used this at start up? Is it needed?

im thinking about adding some intellibrite landscape lighting to my pool remodel but cant really find any real pictures of them in action. does anyone have these and care to share any info and/or pictures of them showing what they can do? are they suitable for wall washers? are they constructed...

:confused:well we are at that stage where we need to figure out the safety aspect of our pool. no room for a fence. we like a good breeze so door/window alarms are out. don't really want unsightly alarms everywhere or nets or covers that need to screw into my new deck and take so much time to...

I'm thinking about adding an intelliph system into my remodel. I will have all pentair equipment except for raypak heAter for spa. It is my understanding that this works well with easy touch and ic40. I will have a 24" spillover from spa to pool. If spillover and swg both require more acid...

Anyone have any ideas for some decorative plants to go in a 4-6" space between deck and block wall that would be salt water tolerant? Wasn't really sure where to post this one. We are in the final stages of planning as we begin to remodel. Looking into plants and possible landscape lighting...

I know this is an old thread Split off of this topic. Please ask questions in your own topic, rather than hijacking someone else's existing topic. JasonLion but I am looking to do something similar. so, to add solar to an easy touch system, I would need the above listed parts (about $300 or...

if I wanted to control a Pentair vsp pump, a raypak heater, a Pentair ic40 swg, a Pentair 5g color light for both pool and spa and a solar panel would the easytouch syatem work or is the solar part not controlled by easytouch? confused by automation.:confused:

The time stamp on here ( at least for me) is way off. It usually shows me posting at like 4:00 am or so. Not the case, sleeping like baby at that time. Promise. Right now it's Friday and 9:29 am here in SoCal. Let's just see what the time stamp says. Yep, says 4:29pm looks like it's about 7...

hey has anyone ever dealt with polytech pools? they have some pretty good prices and free shipping with no tax. looks to be the cheapest so far, but that doesn't always make them the best. any and all input welcome. thanks. :confused: I do wonder however about the raypak heaters they sell...

ok, as we are nearing reality with the pool being brought back to life I feel it is time to get some real feedback on the equipment we are considering. it is not going to be cheap by any stretch of the imagination so we want to do it right the first time. some of you have offered ideas and...

hey has anyone ever used a solar breeze pool cleaner or have any thoughts and/or opinions on them? they are pretty pricey at around $500 or so seems like a roomba for pools. we actually had a roomba vacuum cleaning robot in our house for a while and it was kinda lame. my guess is one in the...

hey everybody, ive been checking out this site for awhile and im curious to know, what will it take for me to bring an old buried gunite pool back to life. it was buried in 1993 due to lack of usage according to neighbors. i want to dig it out and repipe it with all new plumbing and equipment...