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My 7 year old Intelliflo VS is 4' above the pool and has always taken a while to prime. But even if it takes a minute, it eventually primes. In a recent freeze I found the motor running, but not primed, no water in basket. My guess is this had gone on for a day or more. Now the motor only...

is there a different SWG that has better cold weather performance than Pentair? This is my first winter after adding SWG. I added salt to my pool when "opening" it a couple weeks ago. (This is Dallas so it never really closes, but I pay less attention to chemicals over the winter.) From Feb...

My pool was re-plastered 6 months ago - standard white plaster. I assume my issue may be a deficiency in the plastering process? I brushed it for 30 days but almost immediately noticed "dirt" or something sticking in some areas. Started SWCG somewhat after the 30 days. Now that I am in the...

I switched to salt this year, and pool remodel/replaster (done in March '17) reduced size to 20K gal. I am still trying to get things settled down and pH is my current problem. I am adding 16-32 oz. muriatic daily to keep it at 7.8. Posting here since it seems SWCG raises pH. TA has been...

The pool was re-plastered on 03/10 and filled with water. Basically white plaster. 1.5 months later pH is still rising. every day or so I add 32 oz. muriatic acid when it gets to 7.8-8.0. Totals about a gallon a week. I was assuming/hoping that would slow down by now. From K-2006 kit - FC-...

I just got an EasyTouch system and was going to connect my tree lights to it. Even though EasyTouch connects to local weather and knows the time of sunrise and sunset, those times can't be used in automation. Bummer. Pentair support says Intellitouch can't do that either. I did not find any...

We just re-plastered with white plaster. Before this we only had the pool light on a few times. My recollection is that the plaster was quite smooth, but we did not like the glare from the light, so did not use it. We fixed the glare problem during re-plaster. But now with the white light...

I have read threads here and plodded through the Pentair manual, all of which confuses me more. I won't be doing the install work myself, but trying to figure out who should. We are remodeling the pool. Currently have Intelliflo VS and Polaris pumps controlled by Intermatic timers. No...

We are remodeling our pool and I wonder how others mark a swimming lane. Previously I had a superficial crack in the plaster that was perfect to keep me swimming straight. Pool is irregular, but about 25' wide, so I can get off course. I would prefer something almost invisible, like the...

We are making our pool more shallow. Originally had single 2" main drain in pool. Remodel put in 2 x 1.5" drains. That would have been fine, but steel crew drilled into the 2" main in the pool sidewall! They said No Problem, and carved a new line into the side of the pool and out to connect...

I have a PF-100 sand filter, but the Hayward SP0715 multi-port valve attached to it is getting long in the tooth so I ordered a new one. This raised 2 questions. 1. The specs for the filters are the same, except for flow rate which is 125 GPM on mine and 75 GPM on the new one. The specs for...

I have Intelliflo VS and Polaris pumps, and have been very happy with my two Intermatic mechanical timers and no automation. But now I am adding SWG and some bubbler water features to the pool. The Hayward T-Cell 15 gets good reviews here and many use it without automation. I like the thought...

In a pool remodel I want to add a tanning ledge with a couple bubblers. But in friends pools, a standard eyeball return has difficulty raising the water much past the surface. Pentair has a Colorcascade bubbler with a rubber nozzle extension that can come as close as you want to the surface...