Recent content by mtech

Thanks everyone! I am now proceeding to open the pool. Super excited that I don't need to fix anything in the skimmer.

So is the consensus is that it just snaps into place? Mine is not moveable on one end, yet it wiggles on the other. From what I'm gathering, I should just leave it alone so that it can be replaced in the future if needed. My pool was built ~1999, so not sure if that helps narrow down the...

Thanks for the responses! Here are the requested pictures of the lid and basket. I bought the house with pool a few years ago, and this is what came with it. The color of the basket looks like it might have been replaced recently. The lid looks old and original.

Last fall when I closed my pool, after lowering the water level, I noticed that the ring that supports the skimmer basket was loose. Looking around it's edges, it appears the ring is starting to separate from the main body. Should any action be taken before raising the water level. I spent...

Your plan sounds good. Some ideas from my recent IntelliConnect install. I have a sub-panel just like you and decided to add breakers for each of my components (pump, heater). This includes a independent breaker for the IntelliConnect. The way the IntelliConnect is designed, the power for...

Circling back to share my resolution. Pentair was great to work with. I worked closely with an agent over the course of a few weeks. Long story short, there was a bug in software. The sent an OTA update, and all my issues resolved. SW Version with the problem: Controller SW: 1.6.2.5 IoT SW...

As another data point, when backwashing, I run in backwash mode until the sight glass is clear. I then shutdown and change to rince. At this point, the sightglass fills with some sand. Is this normal for rince?

Thanks for the reply Texas Splash! You bring up an interesting point about confirming what I am seeing. I saw this post early enough where I was able to run out in the morning and take a FC reading. I compared it to the result I logged from last night and it only differed by .5 PPM. Although...

One thought on the way you have this wired. Wire colors could mean anything, which is why they need to be checked and not assumed. So I can't tell exactly what is going on, but in your picture, the load you are switching has a black, red and green wire. Is this a 240V application? If so, you...

I just purchased and installed a Pentair IntelliConnect. Overall, it works pretty well, but has one nasty bug. When I power it down, such as when I flip the circuit breaker off before performing work on the pump, it does not come back on with all of its settings restored. We had a few power...