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    VSP with 3-bit external speed selection?

    A couple of years ago I found a Variable Speed Pump whose 8-speed selection could be accomplished externally via a 3-bit digital interface. I began intermittently designing a custom DIY automation controller around that pump, and am now at the point where I want to buy it, but cannot find it...
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    Best Thermowell(s) for DS18B20 digital temperature sensor?

    Recommendations, please. Also, what material, if any, should fill the small gap between the thermowell and the sensor probe? (West-Central Florida)
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    Valve Actuator: Current Draw & DIY Automation

    Regarding a Jandy Valve Actuator (JVA), Model 2444 (or equivalent): My inference is that the JVA only draws ~0.75 A from its relay-switched 24 Vac supply while it is moving. That once it finishes rotating to the cam-defined angle, a microswitch opens the current path to the motor. Is that...
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    Hayward Cartridge Filter Threaded Rod

    The threaded rod (onto which my filter cover's lock-nut assembly screws) became unscrewed from the molded threads in the base of the filter assembly. I'm being told it is non-repairable and that I must buy a new filter assembly. Is that factual? Or is there an epoxy or helicoil solution that...
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    Orientation of Check Valve, Solar Panels Return

    My pre-existing roof-mount solar panels installation lacks a check valve in the return path. I bought a Jandy 7305, whose documentation states that it should be installed horizontally, or vertically with flow ascending. Why can I not install it vertically with flow descending? I want the water...