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This is why this website is amazing!! So it sounds like I should be OK with the filter I have and getting a pentair pump that's vs and 2,7-3 hp? Anything else I should think about while doing all of this? Going to try to do it ourselves as much as we can. A new pad definitely needs to be...

Thanks :D That one I don't trust myself to do, I'm terrified of pipes bursting so I pay someone to close it (Plus just got a brand new cover so they are going to fit it at the same time)

Yup! Every couple weeks maybe? It's not too bad especially when I run the betta to decrease the amount that gets pulled into the skimmers. Sounds like Pentair is the way to go since we have Pentair for automation. We are just going to close the pool early to avoid having to pick up leaves and...

Great question! I have a picture of the unit in case that helps? Unfortunately I don't have a picture of any labels on it so I'm not sure exactly which one and there are too many misquitoes outside right now to chance looking. I haven't ever had to clean it? I don't know if I just get lucky, but...

Hi all! My pool pump has finally died (It was installed by the prior pool owners, either new to the pool in '04 or maybe in '10 so either way quite old). I could use help on suggestions for replacements. I believe we might also have to upgrade our filter, based on what one company said 2 years...

Thanks! Did you get quotes from others? Were they reasonably priced?

My vinyl liner finally needs replacing. Does anyone have a good place in Raleigh/Durham NC to start to look for someone who will replace it? I know the pool was originally installed by rising sun, I don't know if it is easiest to go back to them? We also need our cover replaced 😒. Any...

That's what he said too! But it was over a year old and a self install so they told us to get lost

No problem! I had the same worries (though mine was out of warranty). I didn't want to be out of a pool for the whole summer.

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Well I have a 1 year old who doesn't understand he can't just run into the pool, so my ability to do testing myself is somewhat limited this year. It's better than no reading :)

Has anyone managed to get data out of the WaterGuru Sense? It seems to be relatively accurate for me, so I would love to be able to get the data out somehow so I can turn on my SWG automatically etc. Or at least get better notifications than they seem to do!

I would not have either. I would have just run the serial inside and powered it like normal, but I don't let him tell me how to do my home automation, I don't get to tell him how to electronic :D The whole IntelliCenter was installed by us, so there is definitely no warranty left. I now have a...

He was trying to power the raspberryPi equivalent board running the nodejs code. He plugged it into the red circled place and the purple is what fried. He checked that the pi-equivalent was within spec for the board and pulled less than the ethernet adapter that came with for that port (he...