Hello,
I moved into a house about 6 months ago with a pool that was installed around 2006. I have been learning a ton about it mostly from this forum. The lights stopped working right when I moved in which were fiberstars 6004 fiber optic tower/color wheel. I have one light in the pool, one in the spa, and a strip under 2 waterfalls. I am looking at switching these over to LED (nichless) which seems fairly straightforward. While doing that I was debating upgrading the automation/control board so I can control it from my phone. I currently have an Aqualink RS-6 with a "one touch" panel inside the house. When I go into that panel and go to system setup diagnostics it tells me I have an RS-6 8157 REV K. Can someone tell me what I would need to upgrade this board or what I can add to it to control it from my phone? Does it make sense to switch to a different board/manufacturer since I am shopping for lights at the moment? Currently I only have a 2 speed pump but possibly looking at a VS speed next year.
One more question, my pressure side (return) I think it's called pressure side has a valve to go left spa or right pool which is simple enough. I also have this other pipe that comes off both sides with a valve in the middle. Why do I have this? Is this some sort of safety/pressure configuration so if one side has an issue it will go on the other side? My spa always has a small amount of water coming off the spillway even when in pool mode and I suspect this is why. I added a few pics of this pipe it's the one with blue lines on it. The red valve is basically stuck open and can't be turned.
I moved into a house about 6 months ago with a pool that was installed around 2006. I have been learning a ton about it mostly from this forum. The lights stopped working right when I moved in which were fiberstars 6004 fiber optic tower/color wheel. I have one light in the pool, one in the spa, and a strip under 2 waterfalls. I am looking at switching these over to LED (nichless) which seems fairly straightforward. While doing that I was debating upgrading the automation/control board so I can control it from my phone. I currently have an Aqualink RS-6 with a "one touch" panel inside the house. When I go into that panel and go to system setup diagnostics it tells me I have an RS-6 8157 REV K. Can someone tell me what I would need to upgrade this board or what I can add to it to control it from my phone? Does it make sense to switch to a different board/manufacturer since I am shopping for lights at the moment? Currently I only have a 2 speed pump but possibly looking at a VS speed next year.
One more question, my pressure side (return) I think it's called pressure side has a valve to go left spa or right pool which is simple enough. I also have this other pipe that comes off both sides with a valve in the middle. Why do I have this? Is this some sort of safety/pressure configuration so if one side has an issue it will go on the other side? My spa always has a small amount of water coming off the spillway even when in pool mode and I suspect this is why. I added a few pics of this pipe it's the one with blue lines on it. The red valve is basically stuck open and can't be turned.
