Recent content by bk406

They put it in today. It’s a 10 hole cover with a gasket on the back side. Seals up the light niche water tight. If you change the liner out, you put the cover on flush and put the new liner over the top. I just got a new liner last year. If I knew the epoxy was going to Crud out I’d have...

Anyone ever use one of those lexan light niche covers? I have a leaking light niche that can’t be repaired unless I dig up the deck and replace it. I’m just going to get a cover and a gasket and seal the thing off. If anybody has ever gotten one if mine some feedback on how it worked.

Hi all, I’m thinking I’m of changing to a cartridge filter from my current sand filter. Any recommendations would be apprecited with regard to size, brand, etc. My pool is 15000 gallons

I have the same pump. Use a rubber "dead blow" mallet to remove and replace the lid. Couple of strikes with the mallet on the ears of the lid do the trick. Dont use a hammer. Any box store will have a dead blow hammer. EDIT: Yes my sig says I have a Hayward pump, but I haven't changed my sig in...

Gas. Heat pumps are junk in the northeast unless it's mid june to mid august. But i like my pool 84-88 degrees.

Suit yourselves. Its not my money. I'd run aluminum everyday and twice on Sunday's and never think twice. And yea, #4 copper would work on 80 amps. Id run the #3 if i were using copper, but that's just me. Depends on which temperature rating you want to use. If the termination lugs aren't...

Oh, and conduit size needs to be at least 1.5 " PVC, and I'd use 2"at that distance. You can also use #4 copper for the ground.

At 150 feet for <3% voltage drop on 80 amps, you want #3 copper or #1 aluminum. If it were me, id run 100 amps. If you ever wanted a heat pump, you'd need it. I'd never go through all that work of installing a sub panel out by a pool to run all the equipment with less than 100 amps. For 100...

Gas, you'll be happier, I promise.

I agree. If it's not leaking, don't mess with it. Leave the poly alone. It's fine the way it is. I'd replace the pump with a 2 speed. Variable speed pumps are expensive and the electric rates in a Massachusetts are cheap enough that you wouldn't get the return on investment. I have a 2 speed...

Just my opinion. I live in Massachusetts. I have a heat pump. Aquacomfort 100,000 BTU. May as well be a boat anchor. In practice, they only work down to about 65 degrees. I bought it when I put the pool in 9 years ago. I used it 2 seasons and said enough of this and got gas. I figured id use the...

I'm all good. I got it working. My issue was the pool name. I tried to name it Pentair: XX-XX-XX, just like on the screen logic home screen. Turns out the skill didn't like that. I just named it "My Pool", entered the brick ID, and it added it to the skill. Works great. My pool's closed, but I...

I just got an Echo/Alexa. Having trouble getting the skill for the Pentair set up. I enter the name and brick ID, but it says the verification failed. I need to call Pentair and see what's up. I don't get home until 6:30 most nights and haven't had a chance to call them for a trouble shoot yet.

^^^^ This x100