Recent content by dshuster

Hi, I know this question has probably been asked over a hundred times but wanted to get peoples experience that have done this in the past. Ten years ago, my wife and I bought a house with a pool/spa combo in Hunt Valley, MD that did not come with a heater. In all the years living in the...

I figured it out. I found an old power supply that outputted 12VDC. I wired one end to120VAC in the pool box and attached the other end to the low voltage cables going to the house. Then I connected the USB cable converter to the low voltage cables.

I put the raspberry inside the house. The controller at the bottom of the hill has a bundle of 16 low voltage conductor cables running to the house. Similar to this: I cannot figure out how to convert 120VAC or is there something on the board that will give me 12 VDC. I also connected...

My LCD went bad on my Jandy OneTouch and I decided to replace it with Aqualinkd with a raspberry pi. I am going to remove the Jandy OneTouch and put an ipad in its place on the wall. I got everything to work except I am cannot get power to the ipad. I bought the following to power my ipad...

This is the first year I decided to maintain my pool after 3 years in our house. I have 3 stains that the pool guy said was from plaster wear and rebar stain. He said the only way to get rid of them was to replaster the whole pool that would cost around $10k. I think the pool is around 25...

Here is a photo of updated pool: Thanks again, -Dimitry

I just wanted to thank everyone that helped me get this pool under control. I was ready to give up but now the pool is clear and chemical levels are correct. My major in college was Biochemistry/Computer Science but I have not used my biochemistry for close to 20 years. I knew my...

Scoop, Thanks for the reply and other thread. It was very helpful. A couple of questions: 1)How long did it take you to replace the top assembly? Just trying to allocate my time. When you have kids, it is difficult to have a lot of time to work on projects:) 2)How did you finally get the...

How do I know if I have: Pentair - Praher 2 SM20 Parts - INYOPools.com or Jandy Side Mount Valve-DE (SM20-2) Parts - INYOPools.com or are they the same? Thanks -Dimitry

My old pressure gauge had water in it because the pool guy left it out over the winter in the filter lid. The pressure gauge would show 10-12 as normal pressure with backwashing above 12. This year I decided to take care of the pool myself and after opening it, the pool was green. I...