Mine went a couple of years ago, and I really want a light this year. A replacement is ridiculously expensive. I'm seeing Florida Sunseeker lights, and they have a PoolTone replacement for around $540. Has anyone used this, and how are the brightness and colors compared to the Intelibrite? As always, thanks in advance. This forum is great!

Hi all, I use a solar cover/blanket during spring and fall which I started using 1 or 2 years ago. For the first handful of years with our pool (without the blanket), keeping the water in balance was super easy for me. I'm not sure the science behind it, but I notice that when I put the cover on, I have been struggling to keep the water in balance. The issue seems to be with keeping the chlorine level up. This surprises me as I expected with no sun light on the water that the opposite might happen with the chlorine.

With the cover on, i know i need to test the water more often as a start, but can anyone give me some insight into what having the cover on does to the water balance as that will help me understand what is likely going on.

Thanks!

Hello guys .sorry for my bad English. I have a problem I have never met before .despite working some years in pools .went to a clients pool that was working with chlorine salt generator for some time until last year. It broke and waits replace. This area has a hard water with ph goes high if you doin maintenance and since i was sure he never test ph and he propably didnt kbow swg affect ph . I asked him and i was right . The pool is with overflow tank . And has a sand filter with very old sand i told him to replace. he told me that every year he emptys the pool for the winter and when he first adds water he add only a little for the pump can suck for the bottom and push in the return jets for some time so they get clear . That was nice from him i did thw same . Return jets seem very clear. And then he fill the pool and i go there to start maintenance . I test ph about 8.0 ( always testing only with weekly calibrated electode ) and u add ph minus .goin 2 days later and ph is at 7.2 , i assume for sometime i went little lower . And i saw some small brown hard flakes comin our of some return jets . I vaccumed went the next day same thing was haplening was there vaccuming for 1 hour . Changed the valve to recirculate to be sure it isnt inside inside filter and it wasnt . I managed in a small depth side of the pool to anscrew completelt one return jet and boom huge and small piexes where xoming out as crazy .i was 3 hours rhere already closed the return jet and left . He told me it still comes out little pieces of jets . What is goin on guys .? He told me thay its the first time he see this in his pool . I asuume that it happend it was the first time someone brought ph pools down ..so it started brake all that thing . I believe pipes is full of calcium . But why ? I have visited pools in same areas that had never foxed ph and i have bever seen such a thing . Can it be from swg ? Usually from swg is white flakes not brown . I can describe it as brown egg shell pieces . What can i do to solve this and stop popin out of the pool? Bring ph lower and leave it there ? I cant imagine poppin out all the summer vacuming and then same again .ill try to upload photos .thank you

I replaced a 1 hp single speed Superflow with a new Superflo VST. I am having trouble figuring how to get the pump and my Haward Aqua Plus
to communicate with each other. At present I have changed my pump program in the Aqua Pluws and it now powers the pump 24 hrs a day. This has confused the salt cell so my chlorine is out of wack. My big concern is this winter. The way it's set up now I won't have any freeze protection.

I know I will need the Pentair Communication cable but I'm not sure what else. Right now Aux 1 is wired for the patio lights and we use this button almost every day. Aux 2 is the power feed for the pool heater.

The easiest solution is to go get a new single speed pump, but I like the variable speed option if possible.

Anybody tackle this problem sucessfully?