Recent content by BowserB

I wish Pentair could read this. Everything I have going through the Intelliconnect relies on Internet connecting to Pentair servers, so if Internet is down, so is Intelliconnect.

Hey San Antonio, you should be convinced already, but let me add a "me to" to what others have said. My pool builder strongly advised against a SWCG, but when the price of liquid chlorine jumped in 2021, I decided to do it. It was the right choice. I still keep a couple gallons of 10% on hand...

Hey, Lake Jackson. We're a bit farther north than you here in Katy, but here's our story from 2021. During the big Texas freeze in February 2021, freeze protection kept my Pentair Intellifo going all the time. A problem some in my neighborhood had, though, was electricity outages. Over about...

Thanks, guys. I restocked muriatic acid, CYA, and baking soda yesterday. Unusual weather hasn't helped, with treated water going out to the street and storm drains with recent rains. Now I see we're looking at two rounds of storms this afternoon and overnight. Not much point in fixing the...

I just noticed after a recent set of tests--following many inches of rain--that the target ranges for two Pool Math items changed. Example FC is now 2-7ppm. pH is now 7.2-8.0. If you look at my latest test, it's right after the rain finally stopped and I shot from the hip pouring some...

Use your Taylor test kit to get numbers you can trust. Do you know what the phosphate level is in the pool? If no algae, then under 2,000ppb determined by a real test method shouldn't be a problem. Phosphate removers have their own problems. And yes you may need to check with the city or...

Minor detail. I don't see that the OP cleaned or checked the IC40. Also, Pentair recommends 3600ppm as both minimum and optimum salt level. I have zero confidence in what the IC40 reports as salt level. Compared to the Taylor test, the IC40 sometimes report lower and sometimes higher. In...

I see differences too, with my IC40 and Taylor tests, although I find that as the salt level is at or near the optimum (3600) the IC40 reports lower than the Taylor drop test. When the salt drops to say 3400 according to the IC40, Taylor may report 3200. I'm pretty careful with my drop tests...

That FC of 1-3 comes from, as I recall, the CDC. Down here in southeast Texas FC of 1-3 is only if you're growing algae as a cash crop! I treat 6ppm as my objective. For all other specs, I follow TFP recommendations. If I tested at 1.5, I'd be adding liquid chlorine in panic mode. No time...

Please update the forum with your experience at 6 months, 12 months, and later intervals. With Wax Myrtle trees on two sides of our pool, I'm emptying the skimmer socks at least once a day and twice a day when the wind shifts (just got lucky when we were away for five days with low wind...

One more little thing. Pentair, for example, only includes a full warranty when installed by an authorized Pentair dealer-installer. DIY gives you a drastically shorter warranty. I don't know if other manufacturers have a similar policy, but it might be worth checking. My Pentair IC-40...

Hey Drew. I'm only five years into my first pool, but I can tell you one thing for certain. The people here will give you good advice. As to pool store and pool service companies, they are all a gamble. There are probably good ones, but there are almost certainly more who will give wrong...

Whoaaa, Jim. IMPORTANT! [Credit to "Casablanca" screen writer.) Could you expand on that exploding cell thing? I have my Pentair IC40 powered on with a mechanical timer, thinking it's not good to power things that aren't in use. My time is set so that it turns on a few minutes after the pump...

Thanks, Hootz. I have wondered that too, since we've never had the multiple days of 100+ that we're having this summer. And my equipment is on the west side of the house, so I moved a patio umbrella to shade it. It was shaded all afternoon yesterday. I don't have anything to say that made it...

Thanks again everyone. To generesser: You described exactly the cartridge cleaning procedure I use. I use a thing called filter flosser on the water hose. Has about a dozen tiny streams in an arc that converge about 3 inches out, so I can hold it close to get a bit of water in every pleat...