Recent content by Dirk

PS. If I tried the above and ruined the female threads beyond use, I would probably just epoxy in the new part and hope I never have to do it again.

This is the gist of it. This 'tube is about how to do this on metal pipes, but the MO would be similar with plastic.

It looks like the acid tank Pentair sells with its IntelliChem system (same tank as the IntellipH, without the pump). And it's pretty beat up, and yours is about 11 years old. As you say, if you can't get the old parts out, there's not much to be done. If you're ambitious enough, there is...

I just abandoned a ReoLink (too late to return it, so it's in my closet collecting dust). It was too slow and too loud and the resolution sucked. Maybe they have better models, but I won't use them again. I don't have any experience with the auto-tracking and AI that newer cams boast. I don't...

As Allen points out, with the exception of certain types of bypasses, flow is constant throughout your pad. The velocity of the water might be different at point A vs point B, but the amount of water passing points A and B is the same. So where you put the FlowVis doesn't matter, and it won't...

You have a Pentair IntelliFlo pump and a Pentair IntelliBrite light. If you ever would consider adding a pool automation controller, then a Pentair IntelliCenter would be the obvious choice. Which would mean a Pentair SWG would be the obvious choice. They would all work together in ways that no...

If you measured the salt in your pool, you'd find plenty. You probably already have a salt water pool! All chlorine-sanitized pools are salt water pools eventually. Chlorine, pool acid, and people all leave salt behind when they are done with what they do in your pool, and that salt doesn't...

The flip side... How old are you? Your panels are telling you that they are going to give up in the near future. If this was happening to me at my age, I would do this calculation: This is just the first of a slew of repairs in my future. 19 years is pretty good, and might be close to all I can...

Here's a "universal" repair kit on Amazon. Here's another, that "implies" Fafco. Here's one that claims to be a Fafco repair kit (but looks just line the Amazon clones)! And the fact that some of these kits call themselves "clones" implies that there is an actual Fafco kit somewhere, I just...

I have Heliocol, not Fafco, but I expect the answer is the same. If/when I get a leak, I will use Helicol's repair kit and follow their instructions religiously. Fafco most likely offers the same. I would not attempt to reinvent the best way to repair a leaking solar panel tube. $206 might...

Pentair considers the cell a user replaceable part. It is very easy to do, and Pentair will honor their warranty if you do the work. Otherwise, you're going to be paying your "pool people" about 500 bucks for 10 minutes of work. Service people today consider their drive time, and gas and auto...

That's how everybody has to do it. Every pool is unique (shape, size, weather patterns, geographical location, surrounding foliage, color, material, etc), and so every runtime scheme is unique. The mention of "turn over" means whoever set up your pool is using "old school" methods which just...

I had horrendous ant issues when I first moved in. Found a "bug guy" who eradicated NINE ant colonies on my property. He used a chemical called Termidor, though I don't know if that is a brand, a line of chemicals, or a specific chemical. Anyway, it's something only licensed bug guys can use (or...