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Why didn’t you all tell me about the Wall Whale?
- By toddclare
- Everything Else
- 0 Replies
Oh wait… you did! 
Got mine a couple days ago and took it out to the pool to just see how it worked, without the time or energy to brush the whole pool.
I brushed the whole pool. I figured it would make a small difference and maybe encourage me to brush more often, but it really was a different and much easier experience!
The actual brush itself is… fine… but I’m already looking on how to pull the tail off and put it onto a brush that better fits my pool curves and corners. Hmmm…
Got mine a couple days ago and took it out to the pool to just see how it worked, without the time or energy to brush the whole pool.
I brushed the whole pool. I figured it would make a small difference and maybe encourage me to brush more often, but it really was a different and much easier experience!
The actual brush itself is… fine… but I’m already looking on how to pull the tail off and put it onto a brush that better fits my pool curves and corners. Hmmm…
Nasty stain on Pebble Sheen!
- By dndrich
- Swimming Pool Start-up and Closing
- 2 Replies
Trouble free Pals:
I have a nasty brown stain below one of my returns in the shallow end of my Pebble Sheen pool. The pool is 18 years old and has been terrific. I usually ignore the pool other than a dichlor float during the winter and then start opening the pool around April. I live in Northern California. Well I am paying this year because there is a nasty brown stain in the Pebble Sheen. It brushed off a bit with a metal brush, but appears to be in the Pebble Sheen at this point. I have a little stain remover cup like thing where you can put in some muriatic acid, and then use it at the end of a pole and hold it on the stain. It seems to lighten it a bit, but is very labor intensive and the stain is big! I am including a photo here. Any thoughts on what to do here??
I have a nasty brown stain below one of my returns in the shallow end of my Pebble Sheen pool. The pool is 18 years old and has been terrific. I usually ignore the pool other than a dichlor float during the winter and then start opening the pool around April. I live in Northern California. Well I am paying this year because there is a nasty brown stain in the Pebble Sheen. It brushed off a bit with a metal brush, but appears to be in the Pebble Sheen at this point. I have a little stain remover cup like thing where you can put in some muriatic acid, and then use it at the end of a pole and hold it on the stain. It seems to lighten it a bit, but is very labor intensive and the stain is big! I am including a photo here. Any thoughts on what to do here??
Attach pergola to patio -- worried about gas lines under patio
- By Newdude
- The Coffee Bar
- 13 Replies
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Running DE filter without backwash valve
- By Jimrahbe
- Pumps, Filters, and Plumbing
- 6 Replies
CP,
I had two rent houses that had DE filters with MPVs.. I too never backwashed, and just took the filters apart twice a year... I bet I could have gone a whole year, as the IntelliFlo pumps ran at 1200 rpm most of the time..
Both MPVs started leaking, or being really hard to turn, so I just removed them.. I ran them that way for 3 or 4 years, without any problems at all.. I recently changed to large cartridges filters and will Never, Ever, go back to DE...
The "recommendation" to clean or backwash your filter at 25% over clean is just that... A recommendation.. it is not an absolute!!!
At my house, I have a large cartridge filter that I clean once a year.. At my normal operating speed of 1200 RPM, my filter pressure is about 1 or 2 lbs. and even after a year usually about 3 psi.
Thanks,
Jim R.
I had two rent houses that had DE filters with MPVs.. I too never backwashed, and just took the filters apart twice a year... I bet I could have gone a whole year, as the IntelliFlo pumps ran at 1200 rpm most of the time..
Both MPVs started leaking, or being really hard to turn, so I just removed them.. I ran them that way for 3 or 4 years, without any problems at all.. I recently changed to large cartridges filters and will Never, Ever, go back to DE...
The "recommendation" to clean or backwash your filter at 25% over clean is just that... A recommendation.. it is not an absolute!!!
At my house, I have a large cartridge filter that I clean once a year.. At my normal operating speed of 1200 RPM, my filter pressure is about 1 or 2 lbs. and even after a year usually about 3 psi.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Help in Overhauling Load Center / Automation - Mostly Pentair
- By cbabula
- Pool Automation
- 0 Replies
Hi TFP Community,
Had my 16x32 inground pool renovated last year with all new plumbing, liner, coping and patio and even extended shallow end by filling in deep end to raise it to only ~6' making it now about a 19k gal pool. No spa, no water features, and only 1 light.
I'm adding pool heater and SWG now and with it need to make some electrical upgrades / clean up but can't splurge and also don't need sophisticated automation. Any recommendations for 'semi-automation'? Since the pump already has a built in timer but want to control when the SWG is on, what options do I have or how would you build this out? The only convenience other than making sure the pump and the SWG and heat come on and off when they should, I may want to turn on the heater while not home to give a chance to heat up for when we get home.
I likely need a load center / subpanel which I don't have now for the Heater + Pump + SWG. I was looking at the InteliConnect for ~$500 but still need to add the load center, I can find the Pentair 522353 EasyTouch PL4 Control System w/ Screenlogic for ~($1200 on ebay), or can try to do something with the Load center and wireless timer below for the SWG?
Any other recommendations welcomed!
https://a.co/d/75H80OJ <- Load center
https://a.co/d/a5fKOh7 <- Wireless Controller / Timer
Here's the equipment I have:
Had my 16x32 inground pool renovated last year with all new plumbing, liner, coping and patio and even extended shallow end by filling in deep end to raise it to only ~6' making it now about a 19k gal pool. No spa, no water features, and only 1 light.
I'm adding pool heater and SWG now and with it need to make some electrical upgrades / clean up but can't splurge and also don't need sophisticated automation. Any recommendations for 'semi-automation'? Since the pump already has a built in timer but want to control when the SWG is on, what options do I have or how would you build this out? The only convenience other than making sure the pump and the SWG and heat come on and off when they should, I may want to turn on the heater while not home to give a chance to heat up for when we get home.
I likely need a load center / subpanel which I don't have now for the Heater + Pump + SWG. I was looking at the InteliConnect for ~$500 but still need to add the load center, I can find the Pentair 522353 EasyTouch PL4 Control System w/ Screenlogic for ~($1200 on ebay), or can try to do something with the Load center and wireless timer below for the SWG?
Any other recommendations welcomed!
https://a.co/d/75H80OJ <- Load center
https://a.co/d/a5fKOh7 <- Wireless Controller / Timer
Here's the equipment I have:
- Pentair IntelliFlo 3HP VSP Model 011018 (overkill, but I got it cheap years ago)
- Pentair Mastertemp 400HD 460805
- Will install manual bypass with check valve
- Hayward Goldline AquaRite power center + 40k W3T-Cell-T15
- Pentair diverter valves
- (1) Pool Light
- May have landscaping lighting that would tie back to same load center
Swim Spa Open when Pool is closed
- By PoolDanimal
- Swimming Pool Start-up and Closing
- 2 Replies
Hello,
New pool owner here (via home purchase), and had some questions about the spa.
What would be required in order to use the Swim Spa year round, even while the pool is winterized? Would you recommend using in the winter? The heater for the spa is gas, so I'm presuming it could keep up with the colder temps.
Also, where would be the best place to find covers for the swim spa? It has a spillover ledge, so cover would need to cover up that to stop heat loss.
Thank you!
New pool owner here (via home purchase), and had some questions about the spa.
What would be required in order to use the Swim Spa year round, even while the pool is winterized? Would you recommend using in the winter? The heater for the spa is gas, so I'm presuming it could keep up with the colder temps.
Also, where would be the best place to find covers for the swim spa? It has a spillover ledge, so cover would need to cover up that to stop heat loss.
Thank you!
