Recent content by sackmonkey

Three years later, I'm bringing this one back from the dead just in case it might help someone else who has an SI controller. After replacing the rectifiers and some melted wiring, it worked pretty well through 2018 and 2019 summers. I got into the habit of checking the unit every week or so...

I take back my comments. I felt it the other day and it was cooking hot again (140 degF on the panel surface). It must have been cycling when I tried it the first time. Also, I saw the overall power flicker a bit again.. tapping the panel made it come back to life. I only replaced one of...

I found the same issue was happening on my PCB. The backside of the output driver solder joints were touching the metal frame of the box. There were two dots where the solder had poked through the white paint. I added 7-8 layers of electrical tape, as well as a few on the lower standoffs so...

Hey mdwallace, Thanks for the tip on the circuit short. I'm going to take a look at my PCB and see if it has a similar defect (that apparently Discount isn't aware of!). Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I'm hoping it's helpful. Let me summarize my experience with this piece of...

ll let you know after I open it in a couple weeks. They supposedly fixed the fuse blowing issue last Fall, but I haven't tested it yet. In terms of capacity, it has zero issues keeping up. I run my pump around 6-8 hrs per day and keep the chlorine control dial set at only around 20%...

The Circupool RJ series was never a consideration for me. I think I'd still go with the Si series over either of them, honestly. But I may change that opinion after a month or two. I feel like I don't have enough data to make a firm conclusion (or recommendation) quite yet.

I sent it in to Discount and it was repaired under warranty. They replaced a couple bridge rectifiers as I recall. My pool was closed for the season by the time I finally sent it in, so I won't know if the problem is truly fixed until I open in a month or two.

I spoke with Discount about my fuses slow blowing (3 times now). They were very nice to talk to, but didn't offer many suggestions. He said that the fuse should blow instantly if there's a controller board issue. I question this though because mine seems to run VERY warm and it seems like...

Fast forward one month and my third fuse has blown! I've been traveling for work most of the past two weeks and according to my wife, I now have a green pool back home thanks to my unreliable Circupool Si60. I'll have to call discountpool to sort it out. Not happy...

I'm about 3 months into my unit (si60), and its blown 2 fuses. Very frustrating! I was about to call and complain, but this fuse has been working fine for a month or so, so I'm waiting for it to fail first. The fuses that blow show signs of the plastic melting slowly.. Not a fast blow...

This is my first year with salt. Since I'm not 100% confident in my pool's volume, I was conservative and added the salt in three stages. All three times, I noticed that the salt reading on both the SWG and my drop test kit said that I'd added more than I expected, then the level came *down*...

24 hours later, with more mixing and water temp up to the low 70's, the water returned to crystal clear. :cool: I fired up my SWG for the first time and it seems to be doing something.

Looks great! Time to update your sig!

I didn't add any chlorine today, so I expect it will be below 10 tomorrow and I'll be able to get another PH reading. Also, I "fixed" (hot wired) my broken heater thermostat, so I'm actively warming up the water now.. maybe that will help.

I have installed my Circupool Si-60 SWG, but haven't powered it up yet. I wanted to get the water balanced and warmed up first. Yesterday, with 63 degF water, I dumped 15 bags (600lbs) of Diamond Crystal blue solar salt into it. If I'm doing my Poolmath correctly, starting from 400ppm of...