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I'll have to look again, but I'm almost sure there's a rubber o ring around the globrite (at least for the niche model for concrete pools, I know there are several models). Not that I'm necessarily concerned about being water tight, although algae does tend to grow around the ring of the light...

Thanks, that's good to know, I couldn't find drawings or dimensions on their website. Too bad they aren't dimmable. If they're held with friction it also probably means you'll have some stagnant area behind the light that will grow algae. Is there a gasket around the perimeter to try to...

Is it held in by friction? The pentair uses a twist lock mechanism.

Appreciate your help. I'm not clear what you are suggesting. There are multiple com ports. There is one com port leaving the 'main' board (520712). This goes to a breakout board that has 3 com ports (521593). Do the yellow and green just tie together or do they go through a chip on this board...

I'm confident the pump is not the issue. What I'm curious about is how to troubleshoot the 2 boards within the easytouch. The 'main' board that contains the screen runs to a com port to a breakout board part 521594 (picture attached, not mine). I'm suspicious of this board since I already had...

I'm having what appears to be a comm problem with my easy touch. I have screen logic, variable speed pump and chlorinator all from pentair. They have all had some issue the past few weeks. I would get email alerts that the chlorine generator lost comm. I've had issues connecting to the screen...

Thanks for the pictures of the skimmer, I'm thinking about redoing mine and that is exactly what I had in mind. Unfortunately, I had a crack that wend down the side of the skimmer, was fixed with steel staples, and then after a couple months reappeared. I think I need to to reinforcement over...

Re: pooldv pool thread Very good notes, it would good to see more people post this sort of thing to help other people size their systems. Are you going to start using a cover and the heat pump at the same time? It would be interesting to compare some data with just the cover and then the heat...

Re: pooldv pool thread Did you ever keep track of what temperature your solar was able to keep your pool during different months?

I can't help with which easy touch to buy, since I don't have a spa, and don't understand the differences in creating "macros" with two different bodies of water. However, you said it was a detached spa, so does that mean it's a packaged unit, or are you going to use any of the pool equipment...

I'll add some food for thought on the lighting- maybe some others can give their experience on some of these issues. I have a larger pool that is lit by 3 globrites. I'm happy with the amount of light, even in the deep end (9-10'), although certain colors are better (see below). I was limited...

I had my roof replaced, and during the process some roofing nails got into the pool and left some rust spots. Unfortunately, the roofer decided to try to remove the spots and used a brush (some sort of metal I assume). There is one spot where he really scrubbed, and now there is more aggregate...

Did you decide what to do? I'm in the process of doing something similar. My bond beam is slightly higher than the concrete deck in most areas. I removed the existing concrete coping, and am going to use thin set to attach and level the new travertine coping, and use a sand base to set and...

When you say set like regular pavers, are they on a crushed rock base? I assume the "coping" stones are secured to the bond beam with some sort of thinset? You have any pictures during install? How many and what type of lights did you go with? Those stepping stones look awesome, but I can't...

Love the travertine. How is it set? It looks like no grout joint? When people talk about the darker blues, are you referring to the base color, rather than the aggregates (like tahoe blue, midnight blue, and verde)? Have you looked at some of the samples in person? They actually look...

I'm in the process of adding a sun shelf in a pool that didn't previously have one. I've added a couple pictures of the process, since I could find almost no information on the internet by people who had done something similar. The project is still underway so there will be photos added as...

I had just pasted the images in the message and they showed up in my browser, but I was wondering if other people could see them. Never used photobucket, but I redid the post and linked the images, let me know if they show up.

After shooting the wall. Next step is to backfill, finish rebar for the horizontal portion, and then pour the horizontal portion. I picked out some tile, although I haven't decided which direction I'll run the tile. The first option is to run the tile this direction. There would be no...

The concrete people came yesterday and shot the vertical wall for the shelf.

Good catch on the ladder and bar- the plan is to remove both. The PB said the shelf on the deep end will count as egress so I don't need the ladder. My wife and I are debating this point, although I would think that it would be much easier to get out of a pool from a shelf than climbing a...

Let me start off by saying this is my first pool, and it came with a house I recently purchased. I've been browsing the forum the past couple months to try to learn, and there is some amazing information on here. I thought I would start a thread to get some input from you more knowledgeable...