Recent content by bradgray

Just to clarify, the item that determines if it's salt-ready or not is a transformer. You can't see the transformer unless you open the high voltage panel, but a giveaway is that small rounded terminal underneat the front left corner of your EasyTouch. It looks a lot like a MIDI or MIC cable port.

I think this good information in general, but the OP was asking about check valves, not diverters with CVs built into them. It was described as a 'flap' and there was no reason to suspect it wasn't a conventional CV. We can ask OP to clarify if they have confused their check valve with a...

Not really clear why the auto cover tracks are your priority. Tracks are easily replaced inside the encapsulation if they get damaged. Anode won't protect these - they aren't submerged in the pool water unless you have a negative-edge pool. A sacrificial anode will be placed in the plumbing...

I'm not familiar with any check valve manufactured with holes. This defeats the purpose of a 'check' valve.

You can snug the bowed slats back to the backing with trim screws. Glue is always temporary. You can add backing where it's lacking support. You can refinish the panel as well. Paint will last as long as the quality of the paint and prep permits. I'm looking at plastic oils or heat treatments...

Is your Easytouch salt ready? Easiest way to tell is to look for the small black 4-pin connection on the bottom front-left of the panel. If so, IntelliChlor is a logical choice. If not, you will need to purchase the power center for the cell. Adds a measurable cost. You'd then have to Rs485 to...

Our area is mild and we have dozens of 'evergreen' trees, and they are deceptively high maintenance. Rather than total leaf loss 1 month of the year, you will find them dropping the entire year in small amounts with emphasis in the spring. Much like human skin - we never 'lose' our skin, but we...

Ideally you will terminate in a junction box. Jbox will then connect to Xfmer via carflex. Xfmer carflex to IAqualink. Bonding wire from Jbox to IAqualink bonding lug. It's best to airgap the conduit from your panel.

A picture behind the deadfront panel where the breakers are located, will help us. Is you pump wired to a relay? Or direct to breaker? Single SPD or VS? Is your heater wired to the same relay as your pump? Is it on a relay at all? Have you confirmed voltage on the Line side of the relay for...

You most likely have a leak on the suction side, as many have suggested. A worn or loose impeller may fail to 'build' prime but it sounds like it draws the initial gallon through, it just chokes on air rapidly thereafter. You don't have any valves, so this really only leaves the items you've...

I would stick with a shop vac. Why do you wish to use your dust collector? Mine is massive and clunky and built into the shop walls. If you could get yours to the pool, I would be worried about the higher CFM preventing me from managing the wrinkles in time.

sarcasm? You're not wrong categorically and this isn't a criticism. Just sharing some examples of when I wished it had been 2 or 3 valve position mistakes before someone blew it up, instead of 1. Yes, this. All that needs to occur is for the pins/posts on the Pentair valve to break or go...