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I was going to takeoff the valve on our filter and realized we did not have the adapter wrench to remove it. After confirming the part number with Pentair, I started looking online to find a replacement. The replacements are around $250. I asked the pool builder if he had it and of course he...

I am in a bit of a quandary about what is going on with our lights. We have 4 color changing MicroBrite lights controlled by EasyTouch and ScreenLogic Interface. Two of the lights are on same “circuit” in the shallow end and 2 of the lights are on same “circuit” for deep end. When I...

I have read numerous post regarding robotic pool, cleaners as we have never owned one before. Currently we have the suction side The PoolCleaner 4 wheel. We use the pressure side option on her other pool and it worked pretty well as we had lots of leaves; however, our current pool has a few...

This filter does not have a manual bleeder valve, so I just want make sure that before I open up the filter for any maintenance, that there is nothing I need to do. I have tried to speak with technical support at Pentair without any success. It seems this filter automatically purchase air on...

This is our 2nd pool. We downsized houses but upsized pools! This site made taking care of the other one a breeze. We had the pleasure of hammering out a little bit of rock but we ended up with water depth in deep end of 6.5. We used 48” panels so we have just what we need. Progress is...

We are under construction of a new pool (and house) 🤪 and this pool is quite a bit larger than our last pool. It was about 20,000 gallons and we had a Pentair Triton II TR100 filter and a Pentair Intelliflo pump. We were very happy with both. Hardly ever had to backwash. We are going with...

4 days ago I needed to drain pool due to recent heavy rains. All my levels had been on target to that point. Got distracted and drained below skimmers. I added water back now pool is cloudy. It’s not sunny right now so I haven’t rechecked CYA but I may be around 60 now. Also my salt level...

I have researched for quite awhile for info on leaking multi port valves on this site and didn't find anything exactly like my problem. I have a Pentair MPV Model #261055. I have seen a bit of water around handle at times but not consistently and thought it could be from rain/sprinkler, etc...

Water is leaking from around (underneath) the handle of my Pentair multiport valve. After reading through several posts, it seems that it might be the spider gasket but could possible be some other things. We are in our third year with the pool and it runs year round so is it safe to say that...

A BIG Thank You to all of the experts on this forum. Because of all of the information on Troublefreepool.com, I was able to oversee the construction of our pool, maintain pool equipment and keep the pool balanced! Most recently, I searched and found how to repair my Pentair Actuators. Both...

I tested water this a.m. Using daily test and results were somewhere between 4-5 (deep yellow) which is good but also tested using FAS/DPD and results were about 2.5. The R-0870 is new but the R-0871 was purchased last year so was the R-0600. All stored inside so they don't get too hot. Is...

I have read several posts regarding normal evaporation but couldn't find anything regarding normal evaporation due to waterfall use. Yesterday it was low 80's, breezy, low humidity and sunny. I had the waterfall on for about 8- 9 hours and The water level went down about 1". Is this normal...

Middle Tennessee is going to have some really cold weather - high 15 low 1! Unusual for us in these here parts to say the least. Pool has not been closed as we thought we would try to leave open this winter to see how it would work. Last few winters have been mild. We have freeze protection...

As the water temps drop and the SWG stops producing chlorine, we will obviously be using bleach for the winter. Pool will be left uncovered. With the recommended levels of CYA differing for SWG and Bleach methods, do we need drain pool to lower CYA? SWG recs 60 - 80 for SWG and Bleach is 30 -...

We will be gone for a week and the pool temp will likely drop below 52 which means that the SWG will not produce chlorine (according to Pentair's documents). We will have house sitters who will keep the skimmers cleaned out but other than them having to manually dose pool with bleach while we...

Is it important to test immediately after taking water sample or can test be done 30 min or so after getting sample. For example, pool sample brought into house and did a FAS-DPD test and came up with number. Thought I would repeat but it was maybe 30 minutes later and it resulted in a lower...

I have a question regarding a check valve that was recently added to plumbing. Per Pentair recommendations, we had check valve installed between filter and IC40. It is a spring valve and installed vertically. I have noticed a reduced flow rate and wanted to confirm that this could be caused...

I am just needing some direction/reassurance that I am on the right track with my SWG/pump run time. I have read the previous posts and it seems to be do whatever makes your pool happy :-D which I understand but I am still wanting to be sure that I am running things correctly. Latest...

After recent hard rains, dirt found it's way into the water. Now we have cloudy water with alot of sediment on the bottom. I have tested the water almost every day and everything looks good but I just wanted to be sure I am doing what I am supposed to: Turned pump speed up to filter water a...

After 7 months of building retaining wall, filling in with 500 tons of rock, mutiple loads of dirt, rain, rain and more rain, we finally have a pool! I had to learn about electrical, chemistry, grading of land, wall building, pool equipment, plumbing, landscape lighting, etc. but now I...

Over the last few days, something started showing up on bottom of pool. We are in high pollen season and this may be what it is but I suppose being a new pool owner, I needed some confirmation. Yesterday: FC 4.5 CC 0 TA 80 pH 7.5 CH 110 CYA 50 (have been bringing this up slowly) This is...

After several discussions with local electrical inspector, I do realize that I will need to use pool rated transformers and bond any landscape lights within 5' of the pool. I will need to bond 1 waterfall light and 1 set of landscape lights as well as my fence. Currently, the pool bonding...

I have had the CYA in a couple of socks in front of returns since last Sunday. Water temp has been 58 - 65 at the highest. Another cold spell and it will probably be back to around 60. The CYA is dissolving very slowly. Is that because of the colder temps?

I have read through Pool School and looked at several posts and still have a few questions regarding new pool. I understand using the Pool Calculator using my tests results but my questions are: Pentair said to wait 1 week to add salt to system. Do I need to use any bleach in the...

I have been reading through several posts regarding phosphates and nitrates and most say to ignore; however, the IntelliChlor manual has this info: So should I be concerned about these presence of these in my water or not? BTW, I haven't tested to see if they are present in our water; I am...

We are getting close to building our waterfall for our pool and was hoping for some input on contruction method. The builder has recommended using a weir for the water fall but my concern is that if we have a large rock on top of it (using as a dive rock) that we wouldn't be able to get to it to...

We will have a waterfall with the pool and I have been reading through posts trying to find out if we should have the waterfall bypass the filter. I think I have seen pros and cons by I am not sure if that is an option.

Getting ready to order pool equipment and still somewhat in the dark about what we need to control the features of our pool. We only have the pool and a waterfall. We will be using the variable speed pump for both; however, my question is to how many actuators we need in order to do this...

We have started retaining wall and will be starting actual pool in a couple of weeks. After much stressing :hammer: as to how much room we have to place said pool and after much hammering with ram hoe, the actual pool build will be a piece of cake! Still have a couple of questions...

I am fairly new to site and definitely new to pool ownership so I have been scouring site for months and have found that there is a wealth of knowledge represented; therefore, I come humbly seeking advice. :-D We are in process of building Versa-lock wall which will be abt 10' at tallest...