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I’m glad Pentair came out with a new design. Too bad they won’t replace defective, cracked units with water in them since they had a poor quality product that would only last 1 or 2 years. I contacted Waking and they confirmed they are CE certified for Europe, but not UL for the United States...

Thank you for your information. I’m sure they have not been tested to UL since they sell to Europe, SE Asia, Asia, and the Middle East. I am using the Pentair transformer which I assume meets all us specifications and the branch circuit is a dedicated 120v line with a 15 amp gfic circuit...

I purchased two Waking LED lights from China that are a direct replacement for Pentair GloBrite. They cost me $90 each plus shipping, and the total for two lights with shipping, sales tax, and a 3% fee for using a credit card on Alibaba was just under $300 ($150 per light). Took less than 2...

It's in a screen enclosure and the original SWG was a 30K (iChlor 30). Since I already have the transformer unit, I only need to buy the IC 20 or IC 40, and the price difference is very small ($850 vs. $930 at one online store), only $80 for twice the size. I assume running the IC 40 at 1/2 of...

Thank you for your help. I think I will take your advice and just go with the IC40. It's the simplest change, as I just need to cut the pump and install the two new unions that come with the unit.

Can you mount flow switches vertical? If so, I have 12" that I could vertically mount the Hayward or CircuPool flow switch in the pool return line and I would not need to use the relay. If I went to CircuPool which model would you recommend (my pool is 11.5K gallons, so I assume I would want...

I've had too many issues with my IC40 SWG (the unit has been replaced 3 times under warranty and additionally two times they replaced the flow switch only under warranty -- 5 total warranty repairs) so I want to replace it with another company's SWG unit the next time it fails now that it will...

For an Easy Touch PSL4, is it possible to program the aux 3 relay to only be on when in pool mode (off during spa mode)? If so, how would you program it?

I will be out of town for three weeks and was wondering if I will do any damage if there is no pool maintenance for several weeks? I live in SW Florida, it's an inground pool inside a screen enclosure, it will have a solar pool cover on the pool/spa, and the temperatures are in the 50's...

The pool is 3 1/2 deep to 5’ deep so about 6’ maximum dig depth. The overdig is about 2’.

The PB is wanting to backfill the Gunite shell 2 days after it was shot. Is this too soon

Thank you.

Thank you for your response. Do you know if the Gunite price is fair -- 7 additional yards for $1100?