Recent content by CFlaPool

One thing that was odd is that the Pentair actuators don’t have the spring on the shaft, unlike jandy and Tork. At least mine didn’t.

Installed and working fine. I don’t like that the cable is not removable. I had to pull out the old one amidst a dozen zip ties in the panel and outside, and then thread the new one. Also, it is very difficult to get the board connector out of the panel thru the access hole it used. I had to cut...

Thanks, Just ordered a Tork from Amazon. $90+

What are people's recommendations on brand for a valve actuator? This Pentair installed by PB four years ago is ailing, one of the two Jandy actuators I bought was not working after a few months. In that case, I think the exterior switch failed. I just hooked it up again and it does not rotate...

Given the picture above, do I remove the two screws holding down the motor to access the gears? Will it all fall apart if I do so? I don’t want to totally break it.

I found older threads here where people had the exact same problem, with it stuck at same places. But several of those got it working correctly by just taking it off and putting it back on. That hasn’t worked for me. The actuator gets stuck when taken off the valve and holding it my hand

Yes. It moved fine.

I still am not sure how to access the gears. Here is pic with cover off. With the actuator removed from the valve, it still gets stuck at same places.

Ugh. To me, it looks like 6 screws to remove the tray with the motor and cams attached, and then the gears should be accessible. I'll follow up after I attack this tomorrowe. Thanks again! At worst, I have a reasonably new Jandy actuator on the shelf, which works and obeys EasyTouch but does not...

Thanks. That's what I thought from the diagram, but wanted to be sure. So does that mean I have to dissemble most of it to get at them? Take out the motor and everything else? I don't think those gears are accessible after only taking the top off the actuator.

I took off the cover, and it all looks ok. I don't see anything that is stopping the cam from turning. Where exactly are the steel gears you speak of. I assume you don't mean the cams. Do I have to take the entire unit apart?

I searched here but what I got did not help me. I have a 4 year old Pentair valve actuator (outflow spa vs Returns) that is having trouble turning. It gets to around 5-10 degrees the motor is on but the valve makes clicking sound. I applied a little turning pressure to the handle and then got it...

Thank you all. I wanted the same setup as PP. The Spillway circuit does not provide adequate filtering of the spa water for me. Dirt sits at the bottom. Running a Spa Low circuit can filter out that dirt at lower rpm.

I see it now. I needed to scroll down on page. Thanks Jim.