I was asked in another thread to write up a review for their new system, so here goes. Any questions, ask away!
I saw Circupool’s Facebook announcement that they were introducing a new system, so it got me interested. Called up Discountsaltpool to ask about it, they said it’s not advertised yet but had some in stock and they’d sell me one. The owner called me shortly after that and said he has been beta testing it for about a year now and has really liked it.
I was torn between this and the Aquapure 1400, but after a less than stellar Jandy warranty experience, I decided to shy away from them.
This unit got my attention because it had app control, an 8 year warranty and seemed to be a relatively easy DIY install. Also, some new functionality that will be available over the next year or so. No idea if I’ll ever take advantage of any of it.
The biggest pain point was wiring up the electrical. The power cord it comes with is about 5’ long, and wouldn’t work for my situation. I wanted to wire it to the aux1 relay on my Jandy pump and have the pump control on/off. I landed on 1/2” conduit to run the electrical to the pump and here was my first challenge. I’m guessing the punch outs in the control box are metric, and the 1/2” conduit fitting was a little bit too big to fit through. So I used a 1/2” tap to get it to fit. Problem solved. Then it was on to figure out how to wire it up to the pump, and this was the easy part. 14 gauge wire was the easiest one to fit into the Core Control internal connections. Thought about using wire nuts to make the connections, but future versions of this controller I believe will utilize this space for additional boards.
Getting to this area was also a little annoying. There are 3 small screws that attach bottom up in order to make this area water tight. If it’s not perfect, it won’t get a good seal. There is also a mounting point underneath this cover, so you’ll want to make sure you have space underneath to at least fit a stubby screwdriver in there to secure it. Because you’ll have to attach it to where ever you’re going to put it, then screw this cover back on. Other than that, I don’t anticipate ever getting in here much. The WiFi connection is in here, and I have the WiFi module attached to the back of the cover I made.
I got some more unistrut and attached the unit there. There is a QR code and serial number on the side of the box (left side as you’re looking at the pictures) that you’ll need to setup the app. Make sure you can get to it. I could not and had to take a phone pic, zoom in and hope I could read it. The serial number is also on the box, but in my case…they were different.
The cell itself was very easy for me. The Jandy adapter they sell was plug and play to remove my Fusion Nature2 and screw this in. I set it up where I could easily see the flow switch when I’m at the pad. Wired up to the controller and turned it on.
The ring will light up either blue or red for each zone on the controller to tell you what is/isn’t within range. There is temp protection on this one where it will automatically lower output at certain thresholds. Once the pool is over the threshold, it turns back to blue. The box itself can adjust in 25% increments, and the app lets you control it in 1% increments. It didn’t seem to like being set closer to 10% with the temp swings in the water, and seemed to get more steady closer to 20%. Set at 12%, the output would fluctuate a bit between 10-20. I didn’t really have a need to test this out any more, just an initial observation.
When I first fired up the app, it said 2 probes weren’t working and gave me an error. It shipped as the “G+” and not the “G”, which required the vendor to make a change to my setup. Once they did this, all was well. It’s the Magen Resilience G/G+ behind the scenes.
I also made a very simple “hat” out of a cedar fence plank. The control box itself has vents on the top, and you can see the Meanwell power supply. I wanted to give it a little bit of cover from the weather and UV as the sun would hit this thing all day long traveling from left to right over the box.
So far, it’s been nice. 30% power between 8am-6pm seems to keep my chlorine in the low 6s. I still need to get my CYA from 60 to 70.
