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Maybe I just never noticed this before, but is the air flowing into the pipe supposed to be making a lot of noise?

So bottom line- I need to flex the pipe up a bit above horizontal, vs. letting it sag (at the far end - away from the pool deck) Thank you!

We are in process of extending out pool deck by 4' (concrete). There is a 1.5" PVC line, which runs horizontally from the existing slab (near the spa), then turns vertical and has 2 elbows at the top reversing the line to point towards the ground. I believe it is the air intake for the spa...

Replacing both with complete new assemblies, which will be housed in the existing niches, with the cables pulled through existing conduit to the electrical box.

Getting some proposals for pool renovation, and some questions I have are around lighting. I have an original Pentair SPA light (bulb), and the main pool light is a Pentair SAM, which I installed in around 2009 (it no longer works) The pool contractors are quoting me $3228, $3000, $3700, etc...

Good information. Thank you.

I essentially have a rectangular inground pool, with a rectangular spillover spa (cool deck on the patio, marcite in the pool). As the pool is now 24 years old, we are looking at renovating and are having companies come out for estimates. A company came out yesterday and proposed adding a...

Thanks again for great info. Got me thinking if I can use a smart wall switch, to integrate with my to-be-finished DIY pool automation…. Theoretically if I can control the switch through wifi, I should be able to control the colors.

Contractor stated he could use Pentair, Jandy or Hayward. I called around today to local retail shop, and Pentair Architectural 5G is ~1300 for the pool light, and ~1100 for the spa light. No labor. Could probably find better pricing online, but IIRC, installing anything Pentair without being...

Thanks for the info. The plan is color changing. Regarding my DIY automation… lets just say that life got in the way, and it works fantastically on the workbench where it has been sitting since built and coded.

Not spelled out in the quote, so not sure. My guess is that its something higher end from one of the major manufacturers, based on this contractor. He mentioned they have a 3 year warranty, with no replaceable internal parts, i.e essentially disposable if they fail.

Thanks- Great info. But do these new lights with installation cost $1300 each?

I am starting to get estimates for my pool renovation (in ground with spillover spa). The pool currently has two 12V lights - the main light is a pentair? SAM color changing, with spinning color wheel. A while ago it stopped color changing. A while after that it stopped lighting. The other...

I am thinking maybe something like this? Ace Pool Hose Connector 1-1/4 in. W X 9 in. L - Ace Hardware

Thanks. We have a skimmer plate at a rental house, but there is no side port in that pool. There is also another hole inside that skimmer basket (on the side), which I think somehow connects to the main drain. The skimmer plate has a plastic tab which covers that hole, creating the suction...

So I've had my pool for 20 years, and clean it with a TigerShark. Occasionally I need to use an actual vacuum, and perhaps I am an just an idiot, but I can never get it to work correctly. 1) The ribbed hose has a clearly labeled "Attach this to the vacuum head"... which I do. 2) For the other...

Thanks for the detailed response. My biggest unknown for a single pump pool is if under normal use of the spa WHEN HEATING, it is standard that there is no circulation/filtration in the main pool... and it seems like that is correct. We live in Tampa, FL. I run my spillover all day. Its a...

Hi- I am trying to help a friend regarding his new pool build. As my pool plumbing/pump configuration is different (2 pumps, 1 heater, solar panels), I am looking for some clarification on general heating/water routing for his configuration. He has a spillover spa, a single pump, and a single...

Thanks for all the great responses. I need to do some homework…. A few answers to questions: 1) I have DIY automation…. not yet installed. (Raspberry Pi with Node Red). i am not sure what automation would be required for a SWG (timer on/off?) 2) pool temp is around 88 during the summer...

I believe the current unit is a Resilience PSC-3

I live in Tampa, Florida, and pay for pool chemical service (for many years). They've installed their own SWG, which is part of the package. It looks like some no-name brand, and has been on the house for about 10 years+. Long story short, my pricing continues to go up, and service continues...

... now I am confused.... I have one of these attached to the bolt: https://www.ebay.com/itm/POOL-TOOL-LIGHT-REPAIR-WEDGE-UNIVERSAL-PART-SHIPS-FREE-/200569076904 I wonder of the screw was ever screwed in to begin with.... The ring around the light is new. I installed it a few years ago but I...

So in an attempt to find a leak today, I removed my Pentair light from the niche. Then I spent about 30 minutes trying to get the light back in the niche.... While this is always a PITA for me, today was even more of a PITA. The machine screw (on the top) that holds the light into place would...

Just had a Pentair Intelliflo VS 011056 installed. It is running on internal timer/program. The only reason I was thinking about controlling it with a DIY automation system is to detect if my solar panels are on, and then have the controller increase the pump speed. But in researching, I...

@ajw22 @JamesW So I just got in to my GL-35. Looks to me it may be a GL-35-LV- It only has 4 lugs under the transformer- no isolated output. Back to the drawing board...

I just noticed node-red has a Twilio node. With this you can sign up for a free Twilio account and have your pool controller send you text messages. (If you have Verizon this can be accomplished by sending email to <mymobilenumber>@vtext.com, but I like the Twilio way better). While I haven'...

UPDATE: Here is a way to identify which device is getting your questions: node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-v2 - You can use an Alexa-Event "On Device Activity" node. Buried in the resulting message is the device name. But what I found is that when you use the "Routine Speak" node to have...

@Katodude I've only done a little experimenting from the examples others posted in this thread, but only the basic stuff: 1) "Turn Spa On/Off" using the package "node-red-contrib-amazon-echo." For this I had to do some remapping in iptables on pi (basically Amazon discovery looking on port 80...

Here is more of a raspberry pi/node-red question.... why is there a need for message-broker service (like MQTT)? It seems like global variables are working fine.

@Katodude If it ain't broke... don't fix it. :) Thanks to the threads above from @randytsuch and emac002, I now have Alexa integration working. The one thing I CANNOT figure out is which echo device an Alexa command is received from... i.e. if I say "Turn SPA on" while at my KITCHEN echo, I...