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For the short time I had a dolphin working, it made a bunch of noise when cleaning the waterline at the waterfall rocks. I now have a Wybot, and I am concerned the rocks will tear up the scrubbing brush. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I got my 3hp Intelliflo all hooked up. Really cool how I can control it thru wifi without automation. I have my SWG wired to the relay board as well. Anyway, for pump speed the app only has flow (gpm) and percent speed, no RPM. I frequently see people on here refer to RPM for pump speed. What...

My neighbor gave me this, claiming the control box was bad from being rained on. I found the control box was fine, but the swivel in the cord was bad. I deleted it with a cheesy waterproof splice for testing purposes and it works. Kind of. If I deem it worth it, I plan to use a 3M Scotchcast...

I am toying with getting a VS upgrade for my pump but now I am intrigued by this Pentair model. It seems from the literature that I can control both the pump and turn on/off my SWG from a wifi app, without standalone automation. Do I have this right? I also see an optional relay board, but it...

Our pool does not get warm enough to swim in until mid to late May, even though the ambient temperature starts getting hot well before that. Same for the close of swim season, the pool gets cold while it's still hot enough to swim outside. I chalk it up to the pool being so close to the house...

I have an old Pentair Superflo with a 1.5hp single speed motor. A new VS Superflo is about 1300 but I see these Neptune motor upgrades. I have a SWG so I was interested in this having an aux power output as well as provisions for future automation with low voltage inputs. Problem that I can see...

I was "gifted" one of these from my neighbor who didn't want to mess with it anymore. He said it needed a new power supply, but I diagnosed the cable as being bad at the swivel. I thought cleaning the contacts would fix it, but there is something wrong inside the connector. I lose continuity in...

I currently have my RJ30+ wired to the mechanical timer on the same screws my 1.5hp single speed pump motor are hooked to. How would this work with a VS? The VS would have to be powered 24/7 and controlled by its own panel. Do I still need to have the SWG on a timer? Circupool says to just leave...

My 1.5hp single speed is on borrowed time, so I would like to upgrade to a VS. I have an MX-8 elite that I do not want to get rid of. I like having it in the pool full time and I don't want to spend money on a robot that needs to be put in and taken out all the time. Is this even worth it with...

This thing leaks every few years. Just a dribble but it adds up. I take it apart to clean the o ring and grooves, relube and put it back together, and never am able to stop the leak. I can slow it down though. The assembly is only 20 bucks but it is a pain because I have to take apart the filter...

I need four Hayward CX880XRE filters. The genuine Haywards are pretty pricey, but now I'm thinking maybe its not such a bad deal, as I bought some Pool Pure brand ones on Amazon that only lasted a little over two years. One of them has the rubber inner part moving around like its not attached to...

The TFT directions say, "NOTE: In the presence of high chlorine, initial color after addition of R-0007 may be blue and shift to yellow at endpoint. However, the test is still valid if so." I'm using a magnetic stirrer. My test turns blue at 5 drops and yellow at 6. I have 19FC right now so...

This just started leaking and at first it looked like it was the union. Easy fix I figured and replaced the union seals, part 24 on the blow apart. It's still leaking slightly but now it looks like it's coming from where the fitting enters the filter housing. Do these just thread in from the...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, we have no power for my pool pump and no ETA. Hoping for power in the next day or so but who knows. Is there anything I can do besides keep putting LC in the water? I've been putting about 1/2 gallon of 10 percent a day, which is about what my pool consumes...

At one point the solution changes from green to mostly red, not green anymore, and one more drop and it’s solid red. Which is it?

My tube is cracked so I ordered a new one, but apparently I got the small TF-PRO size and I have the TF-100 size. Not worth returning a 4 dollar item and I like that this one uses less reagent though. How can I use this one accurately with the dropper bottle in my TF-100? Is it just 50/50 pool...

I usually get stains like this from berries, but the chlorine makes them go away over time. These have been there for a few months now. Rubbing a trichlor puck on them does nothing, nor does vitamin C. I was able to get them to fade quite a bit with a red "erase it" bar, but I didnt want to go...

My salt pool has around 70 CYA so my slam FC is high. I have been doing tests with 5ml of water instead of 10. Sometimes if I do the same test over it can vary by around 5-6. My reagents and powder are new and I am using a stirrer. Do I need to be more precise on the 5ml line? I've slammed a ton...

I did a search but this seems to be a new one. I just had my cell replaced under warranty. All seemed good, the control box numbers looked good and saw bubbly haze in the cells when generating. However, ever since the new cell, the pool has had trouble holding FC. I bumped up the CYA to 80 since...

I usually use Mortons pool salt or water softener salt but this stuff was the first thing I saw in Lowes and I only needed one bag so I took this. I now have yellow stains, which I think are iron. I will rub them with vitamin C and report back.

I got an RJ-30+ in 2020 and have been mostly happy with it. DSP has been pretty good on warranty stuff, however since the last pool season, the cell consistently reads about 1000 ppm or more low on salt. I think I have a small leak underground leak somewhere because I lose CYA too over time, but...

It’s always been a bit touchy. The clamp needs to be tapped here and there as you tighten it but this time I can’t get it to stop leaking. It recently froze, although I left the pump running 24/7, I found it leaking after and I can’t get it to stop. I cleaned everything up and re-lubed the o...

My pool has a really nice waterfall made from natural stone. Pool is from 1998. When I run the waterfall it leaves brown sand on the bottom of my pool. I have lived here since 2018 and it did it a little bit then, but worse now. This summer it was so bad that the pool would look super dirty from...

I've had this cleaner for maybe 4 years and I'm pretty familiar with it, but this is a new one on me. Every year it needs tracks and scrub brushes. It does need to be opened up to catch stuff that wraps around the motor from time to time. In March of 2022 it started running slow and going in...

Its been years since I SLAMed. My SWG screwed me over the weekend and the water got dull. Slight cloudiness but no green yet. I had 1 FC at 60 CYA!! I lost 3FC during the OCLT. I started slamming today but either the heat messed up the LC home depot keeps outside or algae is eating my FC...

This amazon LED light I installed a few years back now blows the GFCI outlet after a few seconds. I cant see any water inside of the enclosure, but I'll see for sure when I open it up. In any case, on INYO there seems to be a few Pentair lights that look like mine. I think its the Amerlite but...

I replaced my standard bulb with a color changing LED one from Amazon years ago. I have the standard light niche that everyone has (Pentair/Amerlite) and I used a new seal. No problem until about a week ago. The light turns on for maybe 10-15 seconds then the GFCI trips. I do have a TV plugged...

Im pretty sure my FC is super high due to my SWG never shutting down for low temp. If I use 20ml of water instead of 10ml, can I just use one drop of reagant and count each one as 1FC until the water clears instead of 0.5? This what I did and it took 60 drops to clear up. Is my FC really that high?

So typically I remove my SWG for the winter and use LC, but since my salt cell's temp sensor is stuck on 77 it never stopped producing! I have about 30 FC which I know is super excessive. I am going to turn it off until the FC drifts back down then try running it 50 percent. In any case I just...

I've already had to send in my cell and control box for some kind of repair this year to the tune of 70 bucks. They replaced a cooling fan and added an adapter for the "cell connection" error. Its getting cold here and I've been periodically checking my SWG to see if it shut down so I can take...