Recent content by FattyLumpkin

Just wanted to close the loop on this for anyone else that has a screen issue with their EasyTouch. I worked with @ogdento, and he was able to get me set straight - back up and running! Awesome guy, great communications. Highly recommend reaching out to him if you have any issues with your...

Thank you both - I came across that after I posted. I know, search is my friend. Anyway, I have never soldered anything in my entire life, but I ordered the part anyway. I figure, worst case, I'm getting a new motherboard anyway. And the part is like $5.

Hi all - opened our pool this past week, and after the winter, the LCD screen on my automation panel isn't working correctly. It's a 4-line scrollable display, and the bottom two lines are not showing. This makes it impossible (at least as far as I can tell) to see/update the schedule and other...

Thank you both. The salt LED is red. But my manual says "Low Salt" and "Add Salt" are *both* red (?)... definitely not intuitively written, but I suspect there may be different strengths of the red LED? Since my panel reads 2750, I suspect it's the "Low Salt" reading. I've gone ahead and added...

Thanks for the input. I always trusted my K1766 quite a bit more than the panel, and while the previous IC40 also always reported less than my K1766, it wasn't anywhere near the difference now. My concern is that I'm either harming the cell or it's not running at all (i.e., not producing...

Hi - just purchased and installed a new IC40. The lights on it are telling me I have low salt. I checked the panel, and it's reading 2750ppm. I performed a salt test with my kit, and I'm getting a reading of 3400. Also, my prior IC40 (as of this morning) wasn't reading low salt. Is this an issue...

Water clear, going to hit it hard starting tonight and hopefully can get it leveled off so I can actually test my cell's output soon. Thanks again.

I always understood it as "FC up to SLAM level", but not at or above.

Thanks Jim. The OCLT I passed must've been too long ago. I did the reverse OCLT, and over a 9 hour period last night, I actually *lost* 2.5 ppm. That's with the cell @ 100%. I was hoping to avoid a SLAM for now, as there's very nice weather (finally HOT) moving in tomorrow. But not sure it's...

Hey all, noticing a drop off in my IC40 output. It's roughly 5 years old. Have cleaned it regularly (1x per year, only if noticeable scaling). Question is: how do I tell for certain if it's failing? All my testing numbers are optimal (except now, FC) with TFP saltwater standards. Passed OCLT...

I second splash's advice: you need to get your FC up and keep it up, or you'll be fighting with your water until the end of time. The first thing I'd recommend is investing in a quality test kit. I have a link to the one I use in my signature. If you're going to follow the TFP approach, you'll...

I get the draw to "let someone else do it for me", but after 3 years with TFP, I can't imagine giving up the control to someone unless I was sure they were coming over every other day and were using the TFP approach. I need to ENSURE my water is safe for my kids and their friends to swim in, let...