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I had an air leak caused by a split o-ring on the drain plug at the bottom of the pump basket. Caused all kinds of gurgling on the returns until I found it and replaced the o-ring. There was no air accumulating at the top of the pump basket but when I looked closely I could see very tiny...

Dan, Can you tell if the wires that connect your relay to the 24V power supply are spliced in to the wire that connects the power supply to the circuit board or is it directly connected to the terminals on the power supply along with the wires that connect to the circuit board? I opened up my...

This sounds like the same type of setup for the jandy relay board. Correct me if I'm wrong here...you need a 2 pin wire connected to an empty relay slot and the other end connected to the midtex unit. Additionally you need a power supply wire connecting to the 24V slot on the power supply and...

It's hard to see in the picture but does your valve actuator plug in to that midtex 187? The midtex is a lot cheaper than the jandy relay board so if that's all that you added to control another valve, that seems like the way to go. Is there anything else that you added (in addition to the...

I asked pentair about this already and according to them, is not recommended. I have heard that it will work but may cause one or both actuators to burn out quicker. I also read somewhere that some types of actuators won't move together when wired together....one will move and when it stops...

Thanks for the info on the Jandy relay board. I may use it as it seems pretty straight forward. Have you guys used this before and if so, is it easy to hookup? Another option that I was trying to figure out with pentair was to connect the actuator(s) directly to a relay. On page "v" of the...

I have been looking for a way to add 5 actuators for a long time now. I have talked to pentair and several pool builders and they all say that only 4 actuators can be installed on the easytouch. They won't offer any non standard solutions. The relays are 24v just like the actuators but I...