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Jim, You know it dawned on me that the behavior might have been some type of test but there is no mention of it in the manual! I pulled the impeller cover and sure enough there was some stuff caught on there. I also noticed one set of tracks had some stuff tangled in it. It looks like...

As the title says, my Dolphin Z5 has stopped functioning properly. When I turn on the power supply the robot rotates right, rotates left, and then just stops and does nothing. Any suggestions? ac

Didn't you have to have the bonding inspection BEFORE the concrete was poured?

Just to confirm, there are 4 wires, right? You'll need 2 hots, 1 neutral and a ground to set this up as a sub panel properly.

Exactly, I wouldn't get too caught up in the voltage drop. The calculations are done based on pulling the full amps through the wires. This generally is not a common condition to be under unless we are talking a dedicated circuit for a dedicated load. Kudos for you for actually getting an...

It's in and running, they are working on the patio around it currently. ac

Since this is all "existing", has it ever been inspected in the past? Clearly it all "worked", no? Are you adding anything other than the control panel/SWG? ac

I've chosen not to aerate purposefully. Instead I just track the pH and whenever it exceeds 7.8 I bring it down to 7.0-7.2 using Pool Math. I've been at it 3 weeks and put my 5th gallon of MA in today. My TA started at 400+ (gave up as I figured I was just wasting reagent. Before this 5th...

I'd be shocked if they even noticed. They will be checking for breaker vs wire size and proper grounding.

If you already have 1/2" conduit run, you already have the wires run too? ac

Jim, Yeah, I waffled about this over and over again. The electrician my PB uses said they do them all 30A. It's "all you need" I was told. I did more research. A lot of guys here say "100A". Well...that was a bit extreme. I've lived in houses that ran just fine on 60A! If my pool was...

I searched my local Lowes and Home Depot. Both had the same stuff. Neither had any MA in the "pool" section outside. They both had "pH down" powder. Both had MA in the paint section. Both offered 31% and 14% (skipping decimals). Both were ~$8/gallon for any flavor. I'm on my 2nd case...

I just passed electrical inspection with 3 #6 and 1 #8 wires feeding my Aquaplus (same panel) on a 60A breaker. The breaker feeding the panel doesn't need to be GFCI. Any circuit powering something NOT in the panel will be GFCI. I have 4 breakers in my panel: Controller NOT GFCI Convenience...

The waterline tile was attached by the pool manufacturer. I believe they simply use silicone adhesive. The grout is silicone. ac

Here are pics of our coping (Techo Bloc Portofino in Baja Beige): Here is the adhesive the PB used: ac

YES! Stop using the pucks. Your CYA is already above the recommended level for a manually chlorinated pool (not salt water generator). If you continue to use the pucks your CYA will continue to creep up and create problems. For levels: Pool School - Recommended Levels

We are getting a fiberglass pool installed at our house currently. My PB installed Portofino coping by Techo Bloc around our pool. The coping overhangs the fiberglass and is bonded to the pool beam and the concrete lock ring. Modern adhesives are quite impressive. Honestly, if they pop loose...

I've read that, and that's what I was hoping. ac

I just noticed last night that the return nearest my pump was bubbling profusely. It was very apparent with the pool lights on. I did a little trouble-shooting. I turned off that return and turned on another. The bubbles moved to that return. The weird part to me is that I have NO air...

Well I'm turning it back over to the PB for the week. The efforts this passed weekend were just to be swimming for Memorial Day. The pool will be a disaster zone for the next week + as they work coping and pavers. I'm curious to see how he "trains" me to run the pool. You know I'll be...

I basically gave up on the TA test when I had exceeded 40 (!!!) drops. I figured getting a reading of 400 was insane as I'd never seen one reported that high before so I did the test again. Again I gave up at 40 drops and just declared it "stupid high". My pH was 8.2 (or higher) the first...

My fill water was a different source than my "top-off" water will be. My fill water came from a pool filling company as we are on a well and there is no way it could keep up with the demand as they back-filled around the shell. I have an empty jug from distilled water, I think I should fill...

So realistically speaking, will repeatedly battling high pH lower TA over time or does one have to set out deliberately to lower TA? TA of my fill water appears to be ridiculously high and my pH climbs ~.6 daily. For my 20k gallon pool that is amounting to ~1 gallon of MA daily with my TA...

That gallon of muriatic brought me right down to 7.2. It's very clear to me that TA needs to come down or I might as well buy stock in Jasco!

Had 4 adults and my 2 kids in the pool for a few hours this afternoon. Had the pump on all day with the SWG set to 75%. FC: 1.5 pH: 8.0 I put another gallon of muriatic acid in this evening to bring that pH back in check for tomorrow. ac

Got it. It's definitely interesting trying to balance pump run times and swg percentage already. Hopefully that gets easier once we have some cya. I think I'll set the pump to run all day while it's sunny and the fc is being attacked by the sun. AC

What is the appropriate level for 0 cya? I'll go hit super chlorinate on the swg.

Test results from this morning: FC: 0.5 (there is definitely SOME Cl as the indicator definitely goes yellow, but we are clearly struggling without the CYA) pH: 7.8 Clearly the pH is rising quickly, I assume due to the really high TA? My understanding is that adding acid to bring the pH down...

We swam today and the kids and pooch had a great time! Did a quick pH and Cl test: FC: 0.5 pH: 7.5 I think the pH will work for this weekend so I don't plan to do anything with that. FC was low, but that was expected with the lack of CYA. I turned the SWG up from 50% to 60% for tomorrow...

Well, we don't have a patio yet so right now my "patio" is a few scraps of carpet we had lying around in the basement. By Tuesday the pool will be completely un-swimmable as they work to install coping and pavers and pretty much make a huge mess. I'm not worried about "long term" yet, just...