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Same here. Thanks for the tip!

Allen, I know your Step 3 regarding “let stand 2 -3 minutes; briefly shake again” has already been questioned but I must agree that neither my Taylor CYA testing instructions that came with my test kit nor the on-line Taylor YouTube CYA testing instructions include that second part of your...

I confirmed the pump addresses were correct for both feature pumps. I then requested a service call by my pool company. The tech came today and, after troubleshooting and discussions with the regional Pentair rep, determined that both of the new Super Flo VST drivers had failed (they were both...

Jeff, excuse my ignorance - how do I confirm the addresses are set correctly for the two Super Flo’s?

Thanks Allen.

Both feature pumps are controlled by RS-485 and each are properly set in my Intellicenter: 2250 RPM for my bubblers and 1050 RPM for my scuppers. FYI, Pentair, under warranty, replaced both drives in my Superflo VSP’s several weeks ago (to correct their firmware). Maybe an issue has developed...

OK; good point on the reset message - but regardless, when I push the panel Reset button and the panel shuts down and restarts, the filter pump never shuts down. Shouldn’t it shut down and then restart? And I still cannot get the feature pumps to run. Any thoughts on what the problem could be...

I think I may have an Intellicenter issue. We recently noticed that our 2 feature pumps stopped working. The filter pump is running fine and the pool lights work fine. When activating the feature pumps from the main Intellicenter panel, I hear the relays click, but the pumps never come on (see...

Thanks Allen. I keep finding details out about my Intellicenter system and equipment that were either set up wrong or not setup at all! The “Chemistry” icon on my Intellicenter main screen was set to “Off” and I had not known that that included my Intellichlor. Once I activated that, I was able...

I run my filter pump 24/7 at low flow rates to maintain continuous skimming as well as continuous chlorine generation from my Intellichlor IC60. When we are away from the house for several days to several weeks, we have someone come by to both water our outdoor potted plants as well as clean...

I worked with the Pentair Technical Support to finally get to the bottom of my issue. In summary, I recently had my two Model No. 011056 SuperFlo VST feature pumps connected to my IntelliCenter via RS485 cabling. My Intellicenter had been upgraded to the 2.017 firmware. Both SuperFlo VST drives...

Thanks Allen. After this Easter weekend, I will try reverting to the 1.064 Intellicenter version and monitor results. I’m not sure of how long I have had the 2.017 firmware. It may have been updated a month or so ago when my pool company tech installed the Pentair GFCI breakers and RS-485...

Just as a point for comparison. Our pool is half the size of yours and we are in Lake Charles, LA. We seldom use our gas-fired Mastertemp 400K heater but used our Glacier GPC210 chiller daily last summer. Our pool gets little shading during the day, has almost white plaster and would reach...

I re-distributed the RS-485 cables between the available connector blocks and eliminated the pigtails (see photo). I restarted the system and turned on the two feature pumps (for the bubblers and scuppers). They ran for 22 minutes and shut down again like before. This only happens when...