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Hi. I have a 15000 gal in ground salt water pool. I recently noticed that the salt level was falling. I turned off the auto fill and the salt level stabilized and I noticed that the water level fell several inches over a few weeks. Once the water level was nearly down to the bottom of the...

Hi, I have intellichem system with easytouch8 controller and pentair ic-40 chlorinator. Recently my chlorine levelshave been falling. I checked system and noted that system start up and runs normally for awhile. After a bit, Intellichem displays above error message and chlorine production...

Just wanted to mention that the mx6 doesn't have the "scrubbing action". For that, need mx6 elite or modified mx6.

Ok Thanks. Love when the answer is to back off, not make more changes. I will let pool drift up to 7.8 and see how it goes. Thanks.

I read that desired TA for gunite pool is 80-120. pH is not so stable. Tries to drift upwards. Have to add acid fairly frequently. I've read higher TA helps stabilize pH but not sure if will help to keep pH from rising. I am using a reagent kit for HD (ph, total/free chlorine/ acid demand/...

Hi. I have a 15K salt water inground pool in SoCal. My water is crystal clear and I have no algae but I can't ever seem to get TA into acceptable range. Chlorine levels (free/ total) are about 2/2-3/3. pH is 7.6 CYA ~50. TA has been ~40. Yesterday, I put in a total of 7 lb of baking soda...

I agree about leaf canister. I have a zodiac cyclonic with a skimmer sock installed and it really keeps a lot of the debris out of the filters.

If anyone is interested, I thought I would review the new zodiac pool cleaner I recently installed. I had a Hayward Navigator from forever ago that I had already rebuilt several times and I was intrigued by the "scrubbing" that the Zodiac Elites offer. I wanted an MX6 elite but figured out that...

Hi. I remodeled my pool about 5 years ago (15x30 ~15k gallons). Pool originally had a single incandescent light (that didn't work) at deep end of pool. Replaced with a Pentair Intellibrite (w easytouch controller). Was originally planning to add additional light but due to cost, decided that...

Just trying to achieve recommended levels. Level should be around 50, no? Mine is below 40 (how much below, I don't know). Don't know if this is important. I appreciate your input.

I have a 15k gallon inground pool with variable speed pump, IC40, and acid injection. I live in San Diego where tap water hardness is very high. My pool chemistries are thus: Hardness 500 Ph 7.6 FC 3 TC 3 CYA ~50 TA < 40 I've tried to correct the low TA in past by adding calculated amount of...

My situation may be slightly different as I have not had issues with reported temp or salt levels. But I do seem to not be producing adequate chlorine and getting same diagnostic codes as you. After shocking the pool, I've added stabilizer (my levels were <50) and had turned the generator...

I have similar problem. Noted chlorine levels running low several weeks ago. Turned up SWG and came back from vacation 2 weeks later to lots of algae and free chlorine of 1. Checked chemistries and pH was good (7.6) with high calcium (we have very hard water in SD) and low TA. Shocked pool...

Thanks, that all makes good sense. I may experiment with ORP dosing to AUX and see if screenlogic will control SWG. I'll let you know.

Hi I have a 15k gal with IC40 and intellichem outdoor pool in SoCal. Was eating though a ton of acid prior to adding borates, now my pH is rock steady. pH 7.6 TA 80 CYA 50. Chlorine levels seem to vary widely (0-5) with ORP levels 650-750. (set at 670). I would like to try to get intellichem to...