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Worked perfectly!

The pump is an Intelliflo 2, VSF. I will check out the Solar/Extra Aux option this week and post back. I have been using time out until now. I like the idea of pushing one button instead of 3, and also not having to wait for the pump to realize the panel is in time out.

Edit: Well, nevermind. I just read through the manual and it says that the Solar button can only be used in Service mode. But it also says the same thing about the Heater button, and also that it does not activate the pump(!), so now I'm curious about what I thought was going on with Customer...

I have a customer with an EasyTouch 4. They have an attached spa and gas heater. There is a Pool High circuit that runs on a schedule, but it's not assigned to any of the aux buttons. Right now, the 4 aux buttons are programmed to Pool Low, Pool Light, Spa Light and Air Blower. It seems to...

I'm thinking I will need to replace the electrode. Can I simply use the next bigger electrode on this thing or are the power supplies rated for each cell?

I've started working on my brother's pool. It sat with no chlorine or filter running for a few days and started turning green. I hit it with shock levels of chlorine and after about 30 minutes I tested for FC and CC and was surprised to find there was no CC. Does it take a while for the FC to...

So one must wonder then....what good is the warranty? How can they exclude scale and rust on a metal object that sits outdoors through all types of weather?

The guy that did our plaster said the issue with adding salt too early is with staining and brushing every 30 min or so until the salt dissolved would help prevent the stains. I added salt on day 2 after a replaster and didn't get any stains, but as always, YMMV

My brother's got an old sand filter with the push-pull type backwash valve off to the side (Pentair?). The valve is leaking and won't go all the way up to turn it into the 'locked' position. I'm guessing the tank is probably 20+ years old. Its is made of fiberglass and the surface layer of...

This is what I have been trying but my TA comes right back up with the Ph when I aerate. I'm just using the built in aerator that sprays pool water out over the surface because I don't have a way to connect anything else to any of the plumbing (the returns are flush with the plaster), so maybe...

Yeah, I saw this already. I emailed a few of them and didn't get any positive responses so I thought I would see if anyone here knew of a place before I started calling around.

Anyone know where I can get them?

I checked 2 different Leslie's and neither had the R-0014. They didn't even have a place for them on the shelf so it wasn't like they happened to be out. I looked in the other test kits they had there and the only one I saw that had the R-0014 was the DPD Deluxe so I figured they didn't carry...

The two are very closely linked. In fact, I haven't been able to raise/lower one without the other moving a proportionally equal amount. I aerate 8 hours a night and my Ph goes up overnight but so does my TA. I add MA and both come down but the next morning they are both right back up to...

1 gal of acid a week sounds about right. I had mine re-plastered in May and this is about what I'm adding. I try to spread the gallon over two or three adds a week to keep the Ph and TA from getting too high. I have the Leslie's DPD Deluxe test kit (~$35) and managed to keep the pool looking...