Recent content by balanoff

Keep it at least a foot or two from the router. This solved my issue. I'd posted this in a thread that included other info on such a problem but the mods deleted it and asked me to post a new thread. Just wanted this out there in case someone runs into issues and is searching.

I close it in the winter. No spa.

Appreciate the help. Do you service your heater yearly? I did not know anything about that and certainly my pool builder and company that maintains equipment didn’t either. When I showed them the part of the manual that talks about cleaning it and doing routine maintenance each year and they...

Flame adjuster has needed adjusting 3 times. An electrical failure at one point due to a leak onto a circuit board (requires a metal part not commonly sold separately), stuck valves and clogged exchanger, etc. and I keep my ph, alk and cl tightly controlled. I know they can get finicky after a...

Did it bit of searching and I’m trying to find a good thread on here for heater recommendations. I’ve got about a 23,000 gallon gunite/plaster pool in Kansas City and my Pentair ETI 400 has been nothing but trouble the last couple years. It’s only 6 1/2 years old. When it works it’s spectacular...

Thank you

Moved from here. I currently have a Pentair 920 robot. I know it goes by a bunch of different names and is made by other companies as well. My question is… Are there any pool robots that have brushes and will save me from having to brush the plaster by hand?

I use 2 nice wired outdoor speakers on my patio. JBL I think. Old Apple TV has optical audio out. Converted that to RCA and into my receiver. iPhone can control all audio now from the pool. Including volume. Only issue is surfing the web...auto play videos can be a pain. I suppose I could use a...

Obviously everyone will have a slightly different experience. If I don’t run mine in the spring and fall, I have at least 20 minutes of skimming to do when I get home. And then again every couple hours. Lots of tree debris, especially from the elms. In the spring the tree blooms stick to the...

I’m on year 3 of the NX2. Love it. I’ve had to modify it a bit to keep from getting stuck under ledges/skimmers and it requires the pool level to be just right. The pvc pipes do the trick, but it took some trial and error. I will be happy to get 3 seasons out of it. I have LOTS of trees that put...

I don’t know. I’m suspicious the pool company updates the panels that they service so that they can login remotely. But I just don’t know. All I can tell you is that freeze protect worked flawlessly for two years on my system and then when we opened the pool this spring it did not. I hadn’t...

No but I will be sure to tell them not to change anything without discussing with me first.

Nope. Can the pool company do it from the panel?