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Looks like a good plan to reuse the square plastic Liquidator tub, no need to spend money on anything else. It looks like a heavy plastic tub and was designed to hold chlorine - so no reason not too. I had not heard or now was I aware of the water floating on top of the chlorine - if you can...

You'll have a great set up, glad you thought about the lights while you had the deck torn apart. There are many options, but you might consider a switch with a timer or some access to sunrise/sunset so the lights come on automatically for you and possibly a dimmer function depending on which...

The boxes are somewhat weather resistant, and mine is mounted on the side of the house, but I'd want it protected a little more than just on an open board at the pad. I'd put some sort of covering over the top of it. The low voltage cables to the pump and automated valves are only about 10'...

+1 on Jim's comments. He covers the automation well. Your question is do you need it? To get real technical, no one needs it because it didn't even exist a few years back, it keeps improving and making life easier. Get your PB to break out the cost, evaluate what it can and can't do for...

Very nice - sounds much much better than a jackhammer ! Oh - and welcome to TFP. You should hang around - lots of good people and very proven effective ways to take care of your pool chemistry.

I don't see any need. Each of those should have a valve so you can shut them off or adjust them individually, but I don't see a need for automation. You'll dial them in and then rarely touch them. I have the main drain turned off and skimmers on full and never touch them, this helps...

Maybe he meant it smelled good because he couldn't smell any chlorine at all. I would take that as a compliment as well.

Looking good, just seeing this thread for the first time. Two things - the tanning ledge, I had wanted about 8 to 9" of water on the ledge, builder messed up and I have 5 to 6" - I would really really prefer 9". The step down might be a bit - 12 to 14" at that level, but I think worth it...

Still really like the app and the continued changes and tweaks. Great job Russell.

We just built our pool 2 years ago, last year was the first full year. No kids and I'll say we don't actually get in it that much - maybe once or twice a week (compared to people with kids where it is non-stop), but it has made our yard and house so much more inviting. So while we may not...

You must get the emails from smarthome.com - I got the normal promotional email from them this morning where they were featuring that device. I had to go google and read about it a bit. I have no comments on how it might work, but I did read somewhere, that it does have a life span of 1...

Those look like some very nice lights. They are a bit pricier than Home Depot, but if they are quality it is worth it to spend up front. I've completely replaced all of the landscape lights I have 3 times now (about every 5 years) and I replaced the bulbs in each of those once every year or...

There have been a couple of other postings about this pump in just the last couple of weeks. I don't know if this line is new, but when I researched I didn't see a lot about them. May likely be the perfect pump since it has a timer already built in. I had an easy way to handle the timer...

City code here requires it be dumped into sewer - so at install time, backwash/bypass line gets plumed into sewer cleanout.

Was back in Wal-Mart Sunday and saw they had 2 packs of the 10% PE and it was about $1 cheaper - 2 packs for $6.44, $3.22 a gallon, actually 128 oz vs the other stuff at 121 oz each bottle.

Congrats - glad to hear. Nothing like being able to take control and make your own equipment work. The problem at play here is some very lame issues on the side of Pentair. From what I understand you should be able to do most anything you want with an Aux circuit or a Feature Circuit - the...

Is the ET panel new? You noted earlier you had set speeds up on the pump from the pump control pad. If the ET panel is communicating with and controlling the pump, the pump display will change to "Display not active" or something like that and you won't be able to do any local pump control...

OK - we're going to get this kicked. I finally sat down to look at my setup. While the Aux might work - For my valve control I'm set up on the "Features". So you've set up your Valve already, but In (Step 2 of 5) look for that at the top of the set up screen Clear what you did on Aux1 -...

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Sorry. I was referring to the Circuit Function and you now have that set to Generic which should be correct.

I can confirm that the Master Cleaner and perhaps all "Cleaner" circuits have a 5 minute delay built in. You select it and it won't come on for 5 minutes. At the panel you can cancel that delay in one of the top level menus or wait 5 minutes. At a minimum the pump shoul shut off as Jim...

I'm thinking you want to be plugged into the 3rd or 4th plug of those 4, Aux Valve A or B. The first two I believe are dedicated for if you have a spa and they control the pool/spa changing function.

I'll have to walk through it, the easiest thing to ask, although you've already confirmed, is that your valve is indeed plugged in to A and the second thing, if you move the manual switch on the valve does it change positions to the alternate position you want. If so leave it in the alternate...

Navigate to pentairpool.com, select support, under Tools, then Software, then bottom middle - Screen logic - or use this link to go directly there: https://www.pentairpool.com/en/support/tools/software%20downloads/_pages/screenlogic%20update Scroll down to step 2 and select the link for the...

I'm not an electrician, but I'll try my hand at anything. My first bathroom remodel many years back was a slow process - I bought a basic electrical book, read up on circuits, how to design and wire and then drew them out. Took me a while, but was pretty pleased when it all passed. On the...

Thanks for the clarification - didn't realize I was looking at the later plans. I agree completely though, a lot of it is probably not on purpose, but they should be responsible for making sure what you've bought and agreed on should make it in to all of the documents and the finished...

So after I saw Jim's comment I had to go watch the video - pretty funny and a good set of instructions. The only thing I'd in addition to all of the comments is to start with a backwash and it will remove most of the DE and make opening and cleaning easier if you've already removed a lot of...

If you are the least bit handy replacing the grids will be easy. Just look and note how they are in as you take them apart. I think most of these are alike and the youtube videos you'll find will point this out, you'll have 8 or so of them and one of them will be different, it will go in a...

With the deck boards up this should be an easy job - I'm thinking you can easily save yourself $1500 even if you buy some fancy lights - looks like top end are $25 to $35 each - I see some 8 for $50 on Amazon. Buy a roll of 100' or 200', however much you need, of low voltage wiring and a...

What are you saying is missing and not in the plan? The picture you've post of the plan shows two returns on the ledge, they are in several pictures going back to post 152 that show two pipes coming up on the tanning ledge and even you noted that you had found a special eyeball to put on them...