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    70gpm pump with 60gpm Filter

    OK, :hammer: I got a good look at this so called sand and is clearly NOT sand. same color as my filter sand but it dissipates when moved. It is Very Very fine. It smears onto the plastic steps looking like a skid mark in your shorts :? but brushes right off. So now I am at a loos as to what...
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    70gpm pump with 60gpm Filter

    John, I did a close inspection of the laterials and the riser when i installed it last week. The sand is pool filter sand I got from the pool store. BTW I put in 325# as per the book.
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    New Suntouch Software?

    Hey Scott, Thanks for responding :goodjob: The pump is the single speed 1 HP Superflow Model 340038. the suntouch is not set for super clorinate mode. Good advice on the shocking in the future. For this first shock I thought I would leave the SWG off till I got the C down before I started...
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    70gpm pump with 60gpm Filter

    I have a new Pump and Filter that where sized by the pool store and installed by me. I am having issues with filter sand (90% sure it is filter sand) in the bottom of the pool. I have vaced it to waste a few times but it keeps coming back. I opened the filter up today to check the Freeport level...
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    New Suntouch Software?

    I have a few questions about My new Suntouch Controller. Background: This is a complete new Pentair System, Liner, Pump, Filter, Solar Panels, IC40 and Suntouch Controller running in Pool/Spa (single body of water) Mode. the pump is set up as a single speed Pump. I have several things that...
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    IC40 30 day wait time for new pools

    Sweet, Salt goes in today :whoot: Thanks guys
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    IC40 30 day wait time for new pools

    does anyone know if I can start my IC40 SWG before the 30 day wait time shown on page 17 of the user's guide? I have Rev G of the manual. Perhaps there has been a change in the manual. lbridges belives that this requirment is for Plaster pools only. see this...
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    Vancouver Wa. Pool Resurrection

    lbridges, I can't find your plaster pool referance in my manual. secound paragraph on page 17 reads: "Before starting up and operating the IECG, the pool in wich the IECG will be used must have been completed and filled with water for at least one (1) month and the pool salt level must be...
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    Vancouver Wa. Pool Resurrection

    Hay All, 3 months ago I started to restore a 2000 16' x 32' in ground Vinyl pool that was left empty since 2003. At that time I didn't know a thing about pools. Well yesterday I finished filling the pool and starting up the equipment (except the SWG). Thanks to TFP I feel quite comfortable...