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Tips on how to clean intelliPH acid injection fitting ?
- By ajw22
- Everything Else
- 21 Replies
Pentair Intelliph - Further Reading
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Short version: You replace it periodically.
Servicing an IntellipH Injector
Short version: ya don't! You just replace it periodically. This isn't definitive, this is just what I found when I took mine apart. And there's no way for me to know that someone else's IntellipH (IpH) injector isn't designed some other way. Pentair parts do evolve, so who knows (probably only...
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CC - Wont go down!
- By JoyfulNoise
- Testing and Balancing Your Water
- 21 Replies
Haha … my water hits 31°C from sun exposure on any given afternoon starting June 1st …
The Dryden Aqua people are in your neck of the woods (Scotland). You might look into their filtration systems to see if that’s something you’d invest in. They do sell an Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) cell that uses UV/peroxide injections to reduce CCs. The only issue there is that a peroxide based AOP system will reduce FC levels so its use would have to be timed in such a way as to not compete with your chlorination process.
New Plaster & Vacuuming
- By ajw22
- Pool Cleaners
- 2 Replies
Welcome to TFP.
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Why no wheeled cleaner for first 30 days? Plaster is sufficiently hard once the pool is full of water. Pool cleaners can be installed and utilized after about two days if there is no plaster dust forming. The reason that tracks develop is usually from plaster dust being "packed down" by the pool cleaner wheels and then not removed by brushing. So it can look like an "indention" (and discolored) but it is not an indention. Brushing afterwards can help prevent the plaster dust from sticking on the plaster.
Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading
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Why no wheeled cleaner for first 30 days? Plaster is sufficiently hard once the pool is full of water. Pool cleaners can be installed and utilized after about two days if there is no plaster dust forming. The reason that tracks develop is usually from plaster dust being "packed down" by the pool cleaner wheels and then not removed by brushing. So it can look like an "indention" (and discolored) but it is not an indention. Brushing afterwards can help prevent the plaster dust from sticking on the plaster.
Upgrade Options?
- By Alexr54
- Pumps, Filters, and Plumbing
- 18 Replies
Im going to see what other options are out there for pumps compatible with prologic controls.
I guess getting a 2.7hp may be a bit overkill. I have a 1.7hp now for the pool and its perfectly fine.
Was thinking stronger was better just if i wanted the waterfall to be stronger and the fountain to go higher/further.
Im just trying to justify if the cost is worth it.
The pumps i have now are both a simple on/off control through the prologic even though they are both Hayward.
I guess if you dont have anything better to compare it to, you dont know what you are missing out on
I guess getting a 2.7hp may be a bit overkill. I have a 1.7hp now for the pool and its perfectly fine.
Was thinking stronger was better just if i wanted the waterfall to be stronger and the fountain to go higher/further.
Im just trying to justify if the cost is worth it.
The pumps i have now are both a simple on/off control through the prologic even though they are both Hayward.
I guess if you dont have anything better to compare it to, you dont know what you are missing out on
IC-40 Dead???
- By Gnarbrah
- Salt Water Chlorine Generators (SWG)
- 99 Replies
Hi all - just getting back to this (stupid work got in the way all week!). I did however get my reagent refill kit from TFT so I'm good to go on that front. Tonight is the night for the overnight test!
I just checked using the drop test and my chlorine is at 5.5 and CYA is around 50 or so (I'm never sure on that test...). Will report back in the morning with chlorine level.
Just to complicate matters I noticed this white scaley stuff in the deep end. It's very brittle. Still holding on to hope my SWG isn't dead...
I just checked using the drop test and my chlorine is at 5.5 and CYA is around 50 or so (I'm never sure on that test...). Will report back in the morning with chlorine level.
Just to complicate matters I noticed this white scaley stuff in the deep end. It's very brittle. Still holding on to hope my SWG isn't dead...
Spa Leak
- By 1poolman1
- Pumps, Filters, and Plumbing
- 2 Replies
Not sure what the third hole is, but the two with the yellow circles appear to be the sumps with side ports to connect the two together as main drains are required to be split and then connect under the surface to the single suction pipe that goes to the pump. Here's an example of a Hayward (upside down):
