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Ideally, I'll run this for a week or so and then stop. Then, I won't be running pool water through it, I'll just be running city water from the hose for top ups. Yeah, I was worried about this. But, hopefully they will last a week or so. After that, I'll just run the city water. uh oh. So...

I've seen a few discussions of this idea, so I thought I'd share my wacky project (mods move if I picked the wrong spot). I have a 23k gallon in ground vinyl liner pool with a Circupool salt generator. I love it. One of the things I love about it is the Autocover I added. It keeps my kids...

Thanks for your insight. I guess I didn't mean to imply that the ORP sensor did "nothing". But I was looking for something that would tell me if my FC was 6 or 9, and I struggled with getting that level of output. I'm happy to try using different software to read the probes, but I was just...

Can you post how you did this in case it happens to others?

I waited to backwash until my flow started dropping off (it was easy to see the skimmers weren't working well anymore). That said, this corresponded to between 25% and 50% increase, so the rule of thumb seems to work. I will note that my days of having to do this every 30 days also...

I went down the Atlas Scientific ORP, pH and temp probe path a couple years ago. Spent $$ for a system that essentially ended up being a clock (periodic drift during the day/night). And that's for readings in the "shade" under my opaque Autocover, using isolated supplies and isolated I2C. My...

I ended up coating the new part with CRC Marine Heavy Duty Corrosion Inhibitor. Not sure how effective it will be since I had to press it back into the bottom of the filter, which may have rubbed off some of the coating. I probably only have to clean my filter once a season, so I'll look at...

All fixed. I ended up getting the "Swimables" brand replacements from Amazon since they would arrive here the fastest and I was worried about the freeze coming Wednesday night: Amazon.com: Swimables SuperFlo & SuperFlo VS Pool and Spa Pump Replacement Unions - Replacement for Pentair 350157 -...

I guess we'll see how the inyopools part works. Can't be worse than the Pentair part that broke after 1 year... I think I can just cut flush against the elbow and then put a coupler and a "street" 90. I actually have those parts in sch 40 already and it seems pretty close. My main concern is...

Started up and there was a trickle of water. Tightened with a rubber strap and... snap. One year old. I see that inyopools seems to carry an alternate brand? Custom Molded Products Union Kit for Pentair SuperFlo - 350157 - INYOPools.com Or I can get the Pentair one. My bigger issue is that...

I had the same debate with myself when I got my SWG. I have a 23k gallon pool was was deciding between the RJ45+ and the RJ60+. In the end, I went with the RJ60+. Because I generally leave the autocover closed when we aren't using the pool, my chlorine use is very low. Luckily, the RJ+ series...