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Good math! I am unlikely to stay in the same house for another 10 years though...

Maytronics provided me a one-time-free service given the failure happened right after the warranty. They did a good job not only fixed my machine, but also replaced the old cord with a brand new latest cord with swivel. Thumbs Up for Maytronics! The only thing I do not like is the robot stops...

I’ve finally figured it out why my heater, Pentair MiniMax NT, stopped working. It showed air pressure issue with blower motor running smoothly. I replaced the air switch and motor running cap; no luck. Finally, I decided to dig out the blower and took a look. Then I found out all of the fan...

It suddenly starts to run after powered on for about 1 hour, then stops again after 20 min...

This is the 2nd time my dolphin stops working in two years of service. It shows exactly the same failure as what I experienced last year. At that time the service center noted it was a bad motor and replaced with a new one. Unfortunately, my warranty expired last month. I open the unit and see...

Makes sense Dan! Is there a way to check the vacuums pressure switch is good? I turned the heater on, measured the output pins of the vacuum air switch ,which was kept open; meanwhile, the blower was kept at lower speed and I could feel air pressure at the exhaust, but definitely not as strong...

Hi Dan, Thanks for the reply. The igniter is measured 123Ω. I measure no 240V or 120V on the igniter. Is it true that the igniter should fire when a 240V is presented? My feeling is that it is either the blower or the blower control, which is inside the DDTC, is gone bad. In the past, the fan...

Thanks Marty!

There's an error LED flashes which indicates an air pressure issue. The blower fan keeps running at the low speed when the system is on, which is pretty strange. For a normal system, at the start up the blower fan should run at at full speed for 15s (pre-purge period), then slow down to half the...

Hello, I've updated my pool with the Pentair VSP. I'm wondering what is the right RPM for the solar panels. I read that one solar panel needs 3~4 GPM for the best heating efficiency, but how do I know under which RPM my pump can generate 40gpm given there are 10 solar heater panels? Right...

I put more details in the above reply. Thanks!

Hi Jim, Thanks for the reply! Would it be possible that with the 011018 pump installed, someone mistakenly set the max RPM and thereby the pump HP is too strong and blow up the plumbing system? Per Pentair, the 011059 is identical to 011018 except for that the impeller and diffuser size is...

Hi Friends, I'm using an old 1HP SF1.65 3450RPM single speed star-rite pump (AO Smith motor SQ1102) for my pool and spa. The motor consumes 9.6A max at 230V. The pump runs great but it is noisy and consumes 1.8KW read from the electric meter. I would like to change to the latest VSP with as...

Yes the test button trips GFCI. I think the GFCI only detects the imbalancing current downstream at the load side. It doesn’t care how the upstream is provided.