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Always in search of the grail of suction side cleaning I tried out the "Skimmer Motion" skimmer. It attaches to the bottom cleaner and has no moving parts. To adjust the suction one rotates the "blue cup" in the center. It as 3 positions. Regardless of setting I found it sucked air...

After living with new pool gear for a while, I find myself "going backward" on several fronts for various reasons. My personal environment (I realize everyones is different) is challenging to make run efficiently. 4 years ago I put in - salt system, new master temp 400 heater, Jandy...

I have the smallest Quad DE 60 and its been a great filter for the most part, but I noticed the larger 2 available units are rated for a higher flow. It seems to me but Id like to know for sure that I can simply buy a new DE- 120 and replace the cartridges into my plumbed in base and pop the...

Came back from a trip out of town and noticed the spot on my PDA that used to say solar now says "heat pump"? Systems detects the solar sensor, but the "Solar" option is no longer on the menu. The system still turns the solar 3 way valve open and closed but it no longer detects heat...

How do you get 68 feet of head ? Panels are one story up and the pump assembly is located 8 feet from the lift. Plumbing is 2 inch. My blue and white showed like (it bounces and is not ideally located) 65-70 gpm. normal filtering pressure at 225 watts is 8lb. Solar at 745 watts (1...

I completely shut off my solar for the last 2 weeks to conserve eletricity while travelling and not using the pool. I live a few miles from the beach and every night it cools down to the mid 50's regardless of the temps during the day and I returned to a pool sitting at a crisp 71 degrees...

Has anyone installed or upgraded to a Jandy Touch system? I'd love to know what specific functionality improvements it has over the RS 8 late model software. It would be great if I could do temperature based switching. i.e. use solar priority heat the pool to 83 then switch to the jacuzzi...

I just ordered a Dragonfly Skimmer. I've been quite happy with my Polaris LCS barracuda combo, and am eager to see if this single device can indeed do as good a job. Obviously it cannot pick up material on the bottom, but theoretically said material doesn't get there to start with. This...

Looks like I can go down to 200 watts or 1800RPM and still have skimming (no bobbing up and down from the skimmer) and keep the chlorinator happy and not "low flow" alert. I'm thinking of running this going forward as the go forward filtration speed. The solar tap seems to stay open about 6...

The DWP coughed up the 300 bones they promised. The process took 6 weeks, from submission to check receipt including an onsite inspection. Not bad. "Uncle" Dave

Does anyone know what the lowest GPM the suction side version will operate effectively at? I'm running my Jandy Epump slowly 30GPM around 335 watts and was wondering if it would perform better than my Barracuda G4 under these conditions? Not unhappy with the barracuda, but the pool cleaner...

Here's a quick look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYN92oAcPgc Davegvg

Pump is LARGE much larger physically than my Penatair 1 & 2 HP pumps- Its nice the basket is enormous, but I could do without the huge housing. Perhaps this equates to a larger impeller? Not sure. Pentairs packaging is superior, but the underlying magnet technology is identical, and the Jandy...

In a suction based cleaning environment this is the combination of components that works well for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdwxCZDvzI 1. Cleaner- Zodiac Barracuda G4 2. Polaris LCS leaf cannister skimmer (3) added in after this video- a pool devil pro just to see if I could catch...