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Both actually ;) The panel is set to increase the flow from 20gpm to 35gpm when the heater kicks on. It gets too hot otherwise. But when the heater is off, I'd like to bypass it as it draws nearly 100% (250-300watts) more at 20gpm when the when the water is pumped through the heater. Moving...

I've noticed that my Intelliflow pump works nearly twice as hard when the heater is in circuit. I already have a manual bypass valve in place and an spare actuator. I'd like to program the panel to bypass the heater when it's not in use. I can see a couple of "straight forward" ways of doing...

From the charts I've seen, pH is another of those factors. I'm all for eliminating as many of these factors as possible. My controller does a great job of keeping the pH at 7.5 and I've kept the CYA under 30ppm. I'm curious though, what else should I be keeping an eye on? Also, if CYA is...

Nah... you are not thinking lazy enough. The truly lazy use salt generators,

Thanks JasonLion, CYA could explain what I am seeing. Last season I ran without any. I have a 20,000-ish gallon pool but am running an SC-60 so I figured it could handle the demand. It did. This year I decided to switch camps and went with 30ppm CYA at the start of the season. It's lower...

I have a Pool Pilot Total Control that is giving me what I think are odd readings. Tech support told me to simply lower the set point... to 560. My test kit is showing 6ppm of FC with an ORP reading of 585 and pH 7.5. This with a set point of 650. Under those conditions, and I understand the...

I have a 20,000gal gunite pool that's about 20 years old and in need of new plaster and tile. It also has a concrete deck with Kool Deck that is in pretty rough shape. I am wondering what options are available to repair the Kool Deck. Is it possible to just put blue stone over it or does the...

Thanks Sean, I had no idea there was a shelf life on the sensor. That's certaintly good to know! How about the failure mode or the factors that might necessitate more frequent cleaning? I went all of last season without a hitch. This season I have had to clean the sensor twice already. Is...

It turns out that the cleaning did help. It seems to be functioning again. It just took it a couple of hours to start showing a reading. I suppose it's possible that moving the wires about as the sensor was removed and replaced could have had an effect as well. Regardless, it sounds like I...

I have a PoolPilot Total Control and just came back from a week out of town to find an error message on the display telling me to "Check ORP sensor". This is only the start of my second season. I expected the sensor to last a bit longer. Is this normal? When I opened the pool last month I...

I like the answer! Anytime I can feel good about not changing something is just fine. Early in the season I seem to have trouble with the pH being too low. So when I hear the acid pump kick in I guess it just bothers me knowing that water in the spa is going to make it's way back into the...

My current setup includes a Pool Pilot Total Control and an Intellitouch. The way things are wired right now, the intellitouch controls the pump (Intelliflow) and the valves. Independently, the pool pilot controls the chlorine generator and the acid pump. It all works great. However, due to...

Alright... so I'm guessing the answer to my question is that the numbers are further off than might be expected. I did store the probe wet per the instructions but have not cleaned it. I'll give that a try. Of course waiting a day is pretty easy to do too. Thanks for the welcome. This is a...

Last spring I installed an Autopilot with the chemistry control... wow, talk about making things easy. I love it. I just opened things up again this year to find the display reading a pH of 9.5, my pool supply store (machine read strips) telling me that my pH was low at 6.4, and my test kit...