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I have a small waterfall basin that holds about 400 gallons of water which has a vinyl liner. A 3" PVC pipe comes up through the bottom of that basin to feed water into the basin. My water level in the basin drops and dye tests shows that the leak is right where the liner meets up with the PVC...

I have (2) Jandy Stealth Pro Series pumps (model#SHPF3.0) for waterfall features. One pump works great, but the one pump has a really loud/noisy sound everytime it runs and sounds like its going to fail (so far so good though). I'm wondering if I can just replace the motor itself? I'm not...

I've had the Polaris VRX IQ+ for 1 year now and love it. But one thing I cannot figure out is when setting Custom Cleaning Modes, what does the clean intensity (ether Standard or High) actually do?! This isn't stated anywhere in the manual and I can't find anything on their website or...

Okay, so we all know MA decreases pH and TA. My pool (33k gallons or so) is filled with water from my well, where the TA is 300ppm+. That means, my first two weeks of pool opening operation involve adding about 10-12 gallons or so of MA --- approximately 1 gallon at a time, then aerate back...

So twice last year in 2023 my Jandy heater wouldn't fire up on its own even when the iAqualink app was calling for it to turn on. Both times I verified the heater itself was fine if I re-installed the wiring loop on the fireman's switch (of course, the wiring loop was long since lost, but I...

I'm tired of my Jandy LED lights going bad.... I need another CPHVRGBWS100 (Jandy WaterColor LED RGBW Pool Light - 120v, 100'-CPHVRGBWS1) and I'm getting tired of replacing these every few years at $980 each. I have 5 pool lights: 2 of which I've already replaced with LED strip lights (for...

For anyone that plans on wet sanding their plaster pool in the future, I found a really nice polisher on Amazon (Amazon.com) that I just started using recently. It's so much better than the one I was previously using that didn't have a hose hookup, ground prong, or variable speed options. This...

I have the following for sale, as seen here: Pool Blaster® CX-1 Battery Powered Robot Pool Blaster CX-1 Cordless Robotic Cleaner. They go for $1,499.00 new. I'll part with mine for $825.00, shipped within the continental US. I know I'll end up taking a huge loss on it but that's the way...

I'm sure this is user error, but... if I'm in Pool Math and on the Home Page, and select the pH button on the top right, entering a target pH of 7.1 (from 7.9 with TA of 300), tells me to add 2.5 gallons of MA. If on the other hand, I use the Effects of Adding page instead to figure out...

So I've been wondering... I have a (2) Pentair CC100 filters I use that are specifically tied to a dedicated water feature pump. I run the pump on low RPM usually (1400-1750RPM), so my filter pressure is usually 0-1 PSI. Will the filter still be filtering well enough without any pressure...

One of my Pentair 011056 pumps which I just recently installed, replaced an older Jandy 1.65HP single speed pump. This pump handles one of my water features (beach jets/bubblers). In my iAqualink, VSP pump #4 is set to prime at 1750rpm (I've also tried priming speeds of 1000rpm, 1450 rpm...

So up until this morning, my beach jets/bubblers were powered by a single speed Jandy pump. This whole time, I thought it was a 1HP pump, but I'm beginning to suspect the motor/guts were swapped out ages ago by a 2HP or 2.5HP version reason being (the previous service tech guy used to...

Recently I fixed my pool's auto-fill so I no longer have any iron being added to the pool (How to test for Iron without sending out water to testing lab or pool store! (pics included)) , but I was curious if I still had some iron in the pool water from the last 3 months that was still lingering...

I've been in process of building a mobile cart (hand truck) with a Pentair CC75 and a Pentair 011056 pump, but this morning one of my old Jandy 1.0HP single speed pumps (its 13 years old I think) died so I'm going to replace that one with the Pentair 011056 pump that -was- going to go on the...

Has anyone switched from Jandy's iAquaLink to Pentair's IntelliCenter? Sometimes I get really frustrated with the Jandy phone/web app, and just with Jandy in general (especially their support and lack of good dealers/repair in the area and difficult buying parts online and self-service, etc...

Alright so I have (2) Jandy PLC 1400 SWCGs... I'm only going to focus on the second PLC 1400 for now. 6/12/23 Noticed intermittent error code 123 (only in Reverse Flow, though it's intermittent, so the code isn't always showing every single Reverse Flow mode). 6/14/23 Replaced black power...

I was thinking about this today. Thankfully this doesnt really apply to my pool cause its shallow and I haven't experienced any mega algae outbreaks, but.....!!! What happens if algae develops in someone's pool underneath the drain covers when they have really deep (8 feet+) pools? I know...

Realized my Jandy Hi-E2 heater isn't even trying to turn on this morning even though I'm telling it to turn on through the iAquaLink app (and temp setting was HIGHER than the water temp). I did some troubleshooting and found this when testing voltages. Step #1 -- I passed, 24V at...

So we added a heater bypass this last Spring before opening. It's just 2 manual Jandy valves that I close/open basically when I was to enable/disable the bypass. I thought it'd be nice to NOT send water through the heater if I'm not using it for long periods of time (especially as one of my...

Thoughts on changing (SWG) to (SWCG) ? I'm one of those people who kept referring to SWGs in my posts when they really are SWCGs?

I originally posted this in another thread regarding an AA treatment another TFP'er is going through but I felt it warranted it's own thread specifically. If anyone is concerned their fill water or auto-fill water has Iron in it, you can do a 5-gallon white-bucket test with your water. Iron in...

I get tons of these n my pool this time of year, hoping someone can identify what tree they might be free? Not even sure the tree is on my property... Location is Midwest/Illinois, if that helps. (they remind me of look like extra-big rice krispies from the cereal. Most are 1/2" to 1" long...

I want to remove a 5" light and 10" light in my pool that are no longer used and won't ever be used in the future. Do they make covers/blanks or coverplates (not even sure what to even call them) to place over the 5" or 10" niche opening where the light normally resides? I just don't want a...

So I stopped using my Apera PH60 tester for pH readings because the readings were crappy compared to my Taylor kit reading. I realized today, it's user error. I had been following the Quick Start/Use laminated card that comes with the unit, but I also noticed that that laminated quick guide...

FWIW, I’ve done several AA treatments over the last 2 years and have gotten pretty good at them where it’s become something I can do with my eyes closed. In the past, I followed all the usual procedures and also waited until there was really heavy staining on my plaster, then bring FC to 0, add...

Can't get into my iAqualink app on my phone or when logging into their website. Won't take my username/password, tried password resets, etc. Nothing working. Anyone else have the same issue with their iAqualink stuff?

One of my (2) Jandy PLC1400 SWGs is throwing an intermittent error code of 171 and 189 (it's always both at the same time) Error 171 - Possible Backboard service condition. Error 189 - Relay not conducting in the forward direction. (Generates 171 code - Backboard service) I'm guessing it's...

I'm trying to do a couple tests with metals and bought 300 tablets of Vitamin-C 1000mg (Amazon.com) but after buying them I wondered if I perhaps I should be some other kind of Vitamin-C tablets because of the "extra" ingredients in them -- not sure if any are bad for pools? I looked at a...

I have the following right now: Polaris VRX IQ+ (corded) -- for my main pool, really love it. WaterTech CX1 (cordless) -- used to be for my main pool, but replaced it with the Polaris for a couple of reasons I have a small overflow basin (roughly 1600 gallons of water) for my disappearing edge...

Sequentrant -- With or without phosphonic acid? That is the question! I'm not really looking to get into debating what sequestrants work best or are preferred by everyone. I have had good success with Jack's Purple Stuff so far, but it is getting really expensive for me (35,000 gallon...