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Have a leak, been using a lot of water this past month, and I have a solar cover on 95% of the pool, just a little water is exposed. With water usage from my Flume device, and some math, figure I losing an average of 1/2" of water a day this past month. I have an appointment with American Leak...

I wrote instructions on how I setup the NodeJS PoolController program on a pi3 with a RS485 interface to my Aquarite SWG. The instructions are specific for the aquarite, but it would be pretty straightforward to apply to other equipment. With njsPC, you don't need any automation, basically...

I have been on the fence on monitoring ORP, but bought a Seeedstudio ORP sensor kit from Mouser. Was cheap enough to take a chance and see how it goes. My plan is connect it to an ESP8266 which will read the output. This kit generates an analog signal output, so you need to read it as a...

I wanted status from my Hayward SWG, and read somewhere that someone wasn't getting status over the RS485 interface. For whatever reason, the Hayward didn't set the bits like it should. So I decided to build an optical sensor to read the LEDs. Project link Still working on this page, but...

A little while ago, decided to convert to a SWG. Settled on Hayward because I want to add a RS-485 interface to give me remote control capabilities, and Hayward SWG's seem to be good, I see recommendations here for them. Planning to install over the long weekend. The red rectangle in the...

For those of you that you live in or around LA, and have LA DWP for your electricity, you can get a really cheap VSP. LA DWP gives a $1000 rebate and my end cost was just $200. You have to currently own a single speed pump to get this price and rebate. Has to be on a pool, one per household. I...

Here you go, my pool and spa

Over ther years, I have had a Barracuda suction side cleaner, some other cheap suction side cleaner (think it was called a Ribbit, and looked like a frog :-D ). Later, in 2000, I bought an Aquabot, the basic one. Aquabot was great, dropped it in Friday night, and pool was spotless by Saturday...

I was thinking about getting a two/variable speed pump, to save energy costs, but then wondered how much I would save. I saw some things on the net, including the pentair pool site, that claim considerable savings. I started out trying to measure the current my pump was using (I borrowed a...

End of last year, I noticed the display in my heater was not really readable anymore (for the 2nd time, but the first time was under warranty). I found places that sell the controller board and display, but it was over $300. So, instead of fixing it, I decided to get a remote control system...

I am trying to find a kind of semi-automatic way of sanitizing my pool. Have considered, and for the time being, discarded ionizers, ozonators, minerals and SWG's. So, I think I am left with two options at this point, a Liquidator, or a peristaltic pump. I almost bought the Liquidator...

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to empty and clean my pool. It's fiberglass, so I high pressure washed it when it was empty. I also just got a tfp test kit and a magnetic stirrer, and took my first test today this morning. date 11-Apr fc ppm 1 cc ppm 0.5 tc 1.5 ph 7.2 ta 90 ch 80 cya 0 temp...

Hi Guys I have been waffling over what to use for chlorinating my pool. Started looking into ionizer and ozonators, but had decided against them. I know ionizers are slow to kill germs, so you still need to use CL, in addtion to the ionizer. Ozonators don't leave any residue in the pool, so...

I have been looking into alternative sanitizer for a little while. Was considering ionizers, ozonizers, but I think I will go with a SWG. I have an older pool, with copper pipes, we refinished a few years ago with fiberglass, about 23,000 gals, and we have a semi automatic safety cover on it...