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Conclusion - The new Membrane Pad came today. I plugged it in and problem solved. The Pentair Mastertemp 400 heater turned on and stayed on with no weird gremlins. Ran it for several hours on both the spa and pool mode with no hick ups. As a preventative measure against future failure, I put a...

If the problem still exists after replacing membrane pad, that will be next to check on my list. Thanks! Quick update - After Tennis today I wanted to use the hot tub (Spa). Put on the heat and the same thing happened, it starts and kicks off after the Spa light switches to the Pool light with...

The heater works, then it doesn't work. Runs for 5 minutes, then shuts off and tries to turn on then sometimes successful, sometimes not. But no error codes. Hmmmmmmm. What could it be? It is very hard to diagnose an inconsistent problem. However at this point, I am pretty Dang sure it is the...

Its been a colder than normal in SoCal and my pool has been in the 66 degree range with a cover and solar that hasn't done much good recently. But the other day we had warmer weather and my solar helped a little getting water up to 72 degrees. I used the heater to kick it up to 78 and we are...

I now have to replace my second IC40 flow switch within 2 years. History: Pool Built in 2016. In 2017 I had to replace the flow switch on the original IC40. I chose this aftermarket one which is worked fine...

A solar covers main purpose is to prevent heat loss from evaporation. My best guess is that a pool cover will help raise your pool temp by about 3-5 degrees which can be quite significant.

For the last week morning low temps have been 86 with daily peak temps at 89-90. This is with a cover and solar panels.

Well, yes and no. Yes because obviously what you said is true. No because if your 50% coverage panels heats the pool up to 88-90 degrees which I will call the upper limit, and you don't want your pool any warmer, then there is no way to store the heat and the extra heat from additional panel...

On solar panel sizing - pooldv, I noticed that your pool is 20,000 gallons and yet you only have 240sf of solar panels. While I don't know your surface area, my pool is 11,500 gallon and 432sf of surface area with 200sf of solar panels. The result is that my ratio of solar panels to pool surface...

Is your pool new? PH rise is greater on new plaster pools for the first year.

http://www.h2otsun.com/PG5ht.html The above link will help you understand the installation process. I also used their products. It took quite a while for me to wrap my head around all of the plumbing required. I have not installed my PV panels yet, but used the roof seam clamps on the water...

Results: for the last 6 months I have been tracking the results of my new solar panels. I even bought one of those cheap infrared heat measurement guns to measure heat on the roof. As of the last week daily high temperatures here in Long Beach have been only 69-70, but it has been sunny. Yet my...

Good point with a TA of 200 PH should be much higher than 7.2 and always floating up.

I should have added that my CH is 400 and I am getting no calcium chips. I believe the calculated CSI is the overall determining factor with regards to CA buildup, and the biggest contributing factor to a high csi is ph. But your csi is very low right now. Did you just drop your PH?

Hmmmmmm....... My SWG used to spit out calcium chips as well. My assumption was that my calcium level was too high, but my conclusion was that my ph was too high allowing scaling. Once I the pool got past the one year mark and I lost my fear of using MA to keep PH under control I haven't had...