Recent content by whackit

Hello pool people. I have a pentair 4000 series DE filter that has been nothing but headaches. - like 6 years old. I had the lid replaced twice under warranty for cracks and now the base has cracked. I'm done with this thing. I do like Pentair equipment but this has been a failure. I'm...

I do have the valve and diverter. And it does work still. Shockingly.

Bottom of skimmer.

So would you suggest plugging the line pre-emptively or just going for it with the knowledge I can plug if it fails?

Thanks Jim, That's pretty much my thinking as well.

Hi pool people, We just got our vintage in ground pool lined with fiberglass (it's great - second pool we have done this to) and are considering converting it to salt water. I can't seem to get a straight answer on whether our copper floor drain line (which we couldn't replace for various...

Yes. That’s the same thing I do. About once a week we drain spa into pool and refill otherwise we get chemistry issues. I would like to avoid this and if I put a simple overflow between spa and pool I can run it In very low spillway mode via automation every day and eliminate the manual...

Yes the equipment is shared and valved. Easytouch panel. It’s all plumbed properly. I guess my main question is if it’s okay to dump the return end into the skimmer. I don’t really see why not. I’m leaving the pool alone so this is really the only way for me to do it.

Hello folks, So I have an oddball situation with a separate pool and spa that share the same equipment. There is no spillway. The spa waterline is about a foot above the pool. It works okay but needs a lot of Maintainence. Water changeovers in the spa are a manual affair and a Pain. The spa...

Good idea... The relays would work, although I think I'm out of relays on my ET4 to control them. I have been messing around a bit with connecting the valves to the A/B positions rather than pool and spa. It seems to have some more flexibility. The reality is I spent a bunch of money on an...

Yes, That seems like how I will do it... So much for automation. Ironically one of the reasons I got this system was so I could have it help with the manual water changeovers we do every month or so (separate spa). EG schedule it to pump out to pool for 5 minutes then back into spa for 5...

Right? It's insane! I could have probably knocked out a raspberry pi interface that could do all of this and more in the time I have invested... there are more steps to programs than there are variables!

Okay. Got the screen logic hooked up. At least that was easy. My question is still sort of the same. Let me talk specifically about my example. Here is what I want: 1. A daily schedule that runs the spa at low speed for cleaning 2. An ability to turn the spa "on" eg heat on and pump rpms...

I think I understand... Im going to hook up my screen logic and go from there. Seems WAY more intuitive. THANK YOU for your explanations and patience.

Okay.. So just so I understand the overall logic (or lack thereof)... I cannot call a feature directly (via schedule or a button)? So I need to set the pool to switch to spa (or pool) and then apply the feature to that to make any changes?