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Hi All, So I'm fed up with my pool. It's too much maintenance compared to the time I have available to maintain it (_very_ busy life, unfortunately). I have no trouble spending 30 minutes on maintenance once a week, but there's basically no realistic situation where I don't neglect the pool...

Hi all, When I purchased my house about 5 years ago, it had a pool with an aqualink system. I installed an iaqualink 1.0 interface, which was a step in the right direction, but it still had a horrible user interface. A few years ago I upgraded to an iaqualink 2.0 interface, which was a step in...

"Sticky" water after borates Help! I've got sticky water! Here's the background: For the last year or so I've been having an issue with keeping my ph under control. I've let it stay too high and haven't added enough acid. Not so terribly surprising I now have a bad calcium ring...

Hi All, I upgraded to an iaqualink (v1) about a year ago, and I've been really underwhelmed. I seem to have nonstop issues with it. Mostly software issues (Waiting for connection forever, icons not loading, things getting stuck, etc), but I'm also having hardware issues. For some reason most...

Hi All, Curious for opinions: I have leaking heliocol panels on my roof. The leak is quite substantial (you can see it trickle off the roof) so it should be easy to identify the source of the leak and fix it. Here's the problem: The building the panels are on is approximately 21 feet from...

Hi All, So I've been pondering the difference between the recommended FC level for SWG/non-SWG pools at a given CYA. I'm curious if anyone has an explanation for why the FC requirement of a SWG would be less? I could see two possible theories: 1) Does the NaCl in some way make the FC more...

Hello all, I'm looking to upgrade to a variable speed pump. I recently placed an order for a hayward ecostar per my local pool stores recommendation. Their understanding from the hayward rep is that the iaqualink should have no issue communicating with the ecostar via the rs485 bus. After...