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Butyl tape is the stuff to use. Easy to apply. can be applied underwater (although it is easier whey dry). Most importantly it is easily removable which is critical. just pack the stuff in there. NEVER USE EPOXY IN THIS SETTING. You will render the conduit permanently unserviceable. You could...

Jim R and company, YOU ARE HUGE! I'm not a particularly spiritual man but I'm ready to make a sacrifice at the altar of the pool Gods on your behalf. I have firmware 3.03 on the pump. I was planning to call pentair today and now I know what to tell them. Thanks again to ALL. You guys are...

yellow and green on on a pin by themselves. As expected, 0.5 ohms on both. I don't think its the cable.

I suppose i should be testing pins 2 and 3 are they labeled? which are pins 2 and 3?

I already reverted to 1.064 which did not solve it

I just eyeballed it. do you mean I should check with multimeter for continuity or for voltage? what voltage? I have not messed with the rs-485 since install a year ago. It seems unlikely that it has failed. I have firmware 2.006 or something like that which I saw on a thread from March is a...

PLEASE HELP. we had a storm last week and it seems that the problem roughly corresponds with that although I am not quite sure about the dates. I suspect a brief power outage may have occurred. My pump stopped responding to the intellicenter. The pump display IS ACTIVE, showing GPM etc. It will...

I appreciate your response. thanks for your insights

thoughts???

thanks

I have recently installed an intellicenter at my place. I need to replace the existing non-functioning pentair pool and spa lights and would like to consider options and receive advice. I am inclined to do a 120v install. What LED's should I consider? Thank you in advance for your thoughts.

Im sorry Im late gettin back to all of you. I appreciate your insights. I think I will diamond cut the underside when the stone is pulled. I will do some experiments on the slope of the stone. I suspect a half inch or less would result in pretty fast flow. At my prior home the tile guy tilted it...

I have a spillover spa. It is about 2 ft wide at the spa and about 30" wide where it spills to the pool. It will sustain a nice looking spillover with about 55 gpm but requires in excess of 70 gpm to consistently initiate a nice laminar spill over. Below these flow thresholds the water just...

thank you for your reply. I am confident that I have an air leak because I have a lot of air in the filter basket of my pump. It loses its prime every night and it takes a while, 90 seconds or so to prime when it starts. I replaced the entire pad. took it back below ground level. pump...

I re plumbed my whole pad and have a suction leak. I will soon be trouble shooting this. I suspect some leakage at the newly installed Jandy diverter valves. Do these sometimes leak air right out of the box? I do not want to rebuild them unnecessarily. Anyone have experience with this?

From the way you describe it, It sounds like your plumbing circuit is the problem resulting in high resistance. It takes work and some thought but you may wish to reconfigure your plumbing. Too often unnecessarily high resistance in a plumbing circuit has a plumbing solution that is ignored and...

I thought there would be significant savings with the pentair system as a package. I found there is not. This surprised me. Ford, Chevy Dodge... who's to explain preferences? I think hayward is a better choice for me all things considered. Either would be fine.

I will be installing a pentair XF VSF variable speed pump. I will also be installing an aquarite SWG from hayward. I believe the power to the aquaririte would usually be attached to the load side of the pump breaker. If I understand the manual of the SWG correctly one could wire the SWG from its...

Should I buy a surge protector for my pool pump or equipment? I live in florida. lots of lightning. Any recommendations or thoughts would be appreciated. thanks.

Thank-you for your insights. I did not realize that electrolysis of water would occur.

I have seen repeatedly on this site that explosions can rarely occur with an electrolytic cell running without water flowing. Is this purely a bottled up pressure phenomenon or is this combustion? The cell doesn't evolve hydrogen by electrolysis at all does it? I don't think of Chlorine a...

I appreciate all of your responses. I understand well the hydraulics involved and you are correct mas985. I was surprised that helicocol recommends placing the vacuum relief valve low, " above the top of the filter". they also do not recommend CPVC so they are clearly disconcerned in a way I...

I will be re-plumbing my pad soon and installing solar. I have a two story roof and live in florida where the solar may shut off during the day with water in the panels allowing the pipes to be exposed to high temps without circulation. I am concerned about vacuum leading to pipe collapse. The...

thank-you. That was my take.... Now just to find one :( Everything is on back order...

I cannot find any difference between the two other than color. It seems the 022056 intelliflo is being discontinued and replaced with the intelliproXF. Are they the same thing?

Oh yes I see your response thank-you.

Found it.. will follow with some thoughts.

the hydraulic institute has a hundred page treatise on the DOE WEF machinations. there is a C curve included but there are no units. Did I miss an equation to describe the curve? Thanks.

thank you

I have not yet picked out a new automation system. probably hayward or pentair. I appreciate your response and suspected as much. thanks