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The light in my pool is a Hayward Colorlogic 4.0 (SP0527SLED100 120V) self contained unit inside a Hayward Niche. It failed after about 6 1/2 years of install with very minimal use. I can find the exact part to replace it, but not sure I want to spend a $1000 on a product that fails this...

good to know, thanks so much for your reply!

The light is a Hayward SP0527SLED100 Colorlogic 4.0 120V LED assembly in a Hayward Niche. Both the Niche and the Light say, "For Fresh Water Pools Only" on them. Well, this is the original light installed in a now 7 year old pool which is of course Salt Water. Should I care, or should I just...

I hope it is just the salt cell, as swapping out the main board seems like a PITA. I see those big 15000uF Electrolytic Caps and think to myself, yeah, those are probably failing after 7 years in SC heat.

I kept chasing the salt levels and finally took the water to a pool shop and found that the salt level was way high (>5000) even though system says it's low. Now that I drained about 2 feet of water and refilled, chlorinator turns off due to low salt (<2000). The test strips i bought at the...

Re: White Pebble Tec pool gray spots after removing stains with pumice stone and/or a Update, the surface is not pebbletec but rather SmartBright Blue Quartz finish. Installer kept referring to it as pebbletec, but it is not.

Re: White Pebble Tec pool gray spots after removing stains with pumice stone and/or a Here are a couple pics Sorry, the big spot in the second picture is my shadow, but i think you can see the 3 little spots as well. . - - - Updated - - - Also, the most likely culprit of the initial stains on...

Hello all, I've had my pool since December. Initially I got a few rust colored stains on the surface and tried rubbing them out with a pumice stone. This got out the stain but left a grey spot in it's place. Later I a got some other stains and tried muriatic acid and also ascorbic acid...