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Today I successfully started Walter remotely (from my office) using the Pentair Home app on my phone. I had not initially intended to get the "fancy" robot, but given the supply chain constraints, it's what Marina had in stock, so I got it. Now I'm glad I did, because it will help me to be able...

Hahaha those are awesome. def getting some for the grandkids!

Thanks for the reply....I've been trying to convince the Mrs. to let me stock the pool with some rainbow trout, but she won't go for it! :laughblue:

Today we welcomed Walter, a Pentair Prowler 930W delivered by the fine folks at Marina Pool & Spa. Walter replaced a 3-ish year old Pentair Racer that never really got the job done. Walter is finishing his initial run through the pool, which has raised these questions: Does running Walter...

Considering building an enclosure for my soon-to-be purchased robot...would love to see a photo of yours if possible?

Well, I usually don't answer my own posts, but in this case, this was a remarkably easy fix. I called Pentair support to see what they had to say. surprisingly, my hold time was about 10 seconds. I explained the issue and the rep asked me to look at the inside transmitter. He said the quickly...

Texas is a mess right now, so this is a real first world problem. My EasyTouch panel has lost connection with Screenlogic after power outage due to the Texas winter apocalypse. Our power was only out about 12 hours continuously, and ScreenLogic was connecting fine prior to that. I've read...

Sorry that I didn't give more background. This is a 2 1/2 year old pool/spa and we have used the spa frequently during with cooler months without the blower. I had never really investigated how the spa returns worked (and have found much more info on the forum since I posted). What I now...

While it's 98+ degrees in Texas, I'm dreaming about those few months when we will heat up the spa for an evening soak. We have a 7' x 7' square pool level spa with 8 seat level returns, each with a 1" eyeball. We also have a blower, but we rarely use it, as it's one speed and pretty aggressive...

Seems like a good option...what are the specs of the pump you are using?

Yes, I agree...I was not implying I would glue into the return! I have a threaded adapter that I screwed into the return, then slipped the end of the fountain into it, as per post #65, including tapping it in with a dead blow hammer; however, the fit was not tight enough to hold when I blocked...

I think you're right, too many holes. I did some work yesterday plugging all the other return jets, then ran into another problem: my connection between the slip fitting in the return pipe and the fountain was not sufficiently snug to keep the assembly together (my fountain is not glued to the...

Good questions. I went with a lot of small holes (maybe too many?). the vertical pipe goes into a tee that is about 5-6" above the water line. the two horizontal drilled pipes are about 18" on both sides of the tee. I used the "graph paper" technique to drill my holes and there was probably 2...

Primarily (as mentioned in another post) to keep the pool circulating; but, I understand the principals and am going to try to close off a few returns as well. I've currently hooked my contraption up to the booster pump return, and am getting 3' - 4' of spray, but still not optimal for this...

With Houston having a week + of heat advisories, my pool finally hit 90. Since my favorite swimming hole is Barton Springs in Austin (year round temperature of 68) this is wholly unacceptable. So I found myself in the A/C under the ceiling fan looking for this post.... and subsequently made...

The cable guy was working on our neighbor's home and needed access to our back yard. To take a shortcut, he walked along the top of our beam wall and broke off two end pieces of travertine coping. Two adjacent tiles were also loose (see photos)... This seems like it should be a fairly easy...

Jim, after super fast shipping from Pool Supplies 4 Less, the install is done and is exactly as I wanted. I did have to open up the actuator to change the stops to a 90 degree vs 180 degree orientation, but after a little trial and error, this went flawlessly. Your expertise is much appreciated...

Excellent, thanks Jim!

I have an existing Pentair valve that is installed between my pool return pipe and the pipes for 3 waterfall/scuppers. I've never touched it, as I've controlled the waterfall flow on/off with variable speed pump. Looking at my equipment pad, it occurred to me that it should be easy to add an...

I hadn't yet scheduled Spa, because I usually just do that manually when we want it... but I'm a complete dork....I never tried to highlight the line, and once I do under the "heat mode" column, then I get the heater settings as you said.... See? I know someone smarter than me would chime in...

Jim, thanks for the reply. Yes, I did see where the desktop app has all this functionality for "heat command" and I'm sure I can set things up as I want through that app. But, I usually use the iOS app, so see the screenshot below. There is a "heat mode" column, but does not seem to be a way to...

I use ScreenLogic on an iPad almost exclusively to control our pool and spa; I'd like to experiment with a schedule to turn on the spa, with heater, in the morning for a soak after my morning run. As I started looking at the iPad screen logic app to set up, I see that there is a "Heat Mode"...

I've read about using the 10ml sample vs 25. I've tended to use the 25 as the relative cost of testing supplies (relative to the investment in the pool) is minor. But your comment got me thinking, so I did an evening test using both methods: 10ml sample, 1 scoop of powder, 9 drops reagent; FC =...

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