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I had the same problem. I replaced my IC-60 in June 2017 after having the initial one installed for about 5 years. After about 12 months of use, the cell would frequently report 0 ppm under diagnostics mode on the EasyTouch. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time it did not report any salt...

I'd like to know the answer to this to. Is it possible to upgrade the firmware on the EasyTouch or Intellitouch using the same AVR programmer?

Waterway pumps have a three year warranty (except on consumables like seals). I do not see an exclusion for self installation. Have they changed their warranty policy?

These new policy limitations very much go against the spirit of TFP, particularly the forums dealing with equipment. Many if not most of us here are not pool professionals, and yet we have offered "support" for the big three for free. I no longer wish to participate in this. I will also seek out...

Re: Do the Pentair LED Intellibrites need a controller? The Intellibrites remember the last setting, so you could hook them up to a timer circuit. I think it is pretty easy to set the light color or "show" mode using a standard light switch to toggle the modes. It might be a bit tricky with a...

Mark - Excellent! It does sound like the way to go is to buy some cheapo covers and then overlap them on the pool. I like the idea of cutting them into several sections to make rollup and storage more convenient. The main reason I've not gotten a cover thus far has been due to the pain I...

Okay, this is very useful info. My sense is always to buy once, cry once. But if there really isn't a big difference in durability, your suggestion seems prudent. Thanks!

Hey folks, I'm looking to add a solar cover to our pool. We have a rather irregularly shaped pool with a very wide shallow end, and narrower deep end, free-form shaped. The deep end also has a rock waterfall, and there really isn't a good place for a reel. It's also rather long at about 40 feet...

If you use GFCI breakers INSIDE the EasyTouch panel, then you can power it from a standard 30A 220V breaker. Having the feed to the panel be GFCI protected will not add any additional protection so long as each circuit is protected by working GFCI breakers in the EasyTouch panel. This is the way...

I would suggest posting a query on the Autelis Jandy forum. They are quite responsive and should get back to you reasonably quickly. I don't have Jandy stuff, but have the Autelis controller for my Pentair EasyTouch 8 system. I've had it hooked up for 2 years now and it is rock solid. I was a...

When we bought our house with an existing pool, we were very concerned as we had young kids at the time. So, before we moved in (after escrow had closed), one of the first things to do was install a child safety fence around the pool. We were obviously concerned about how it would look, and did...

This looks really interesting, Foobert. I can only dream that I'd have enough time to do one of these myself. I'd like to try this out to regulate the pH and ORP of our pool, though being able to directly measure free and total chlorine would be nice (but expensive with existing probes). How...

Re: I created an App to control pool equipment with smartpho You could certainly do this if you knew something about the underlying protocol used by the pump. None of the major VS/VF pump makers publish their communications protocol (likely for potential liability issues). You would thus have...

ScreenLogic 2 will certainly do that, as it has long supported the iPhone. Pentair has been putting quite a bit of work into SL2, and now apparently also has Android support, which is great to see. I'm not sure if they have worked out the bugs with their relay server, which has caused downtime...

Note that for a 100A sub-panel, you will need to run minimum 4 AWG copper conductors (line 1, line 2, neutral and ground). How long is the run from the main panel to the equipment pad?

Re: Least expensive option to add iPhone app to control pool Have you already purchased the Intellichlor? If not, you can get an Easytouch bundled with an IC40 for a little more than the Intellichlor alone. Unfortunately, unless you want to "roll your own" with a Raspberry Pi or...

Can you make out the labels on the light housing for either? You may be able to search on the web and find some gaskets. Purex parts are still available from several online vendors.

Re: I created an App to control pool equipment with smartpho You could indeed switch a 240V pump with those relays, but I would think there would be a safety issue with SPST relays. For 240V, you combine two 120V hots, and only one side would be switched by the relay. This would mean that the...

In order to control the modes of different lights in your pool, each light would have to be wired on its own relay, and likely, with its own transformer if they are 12V and not 120V. If they are set up on individual circuits and not just powered by the same circuit, it would be possible to...

Your pump should have come with a black cable with stripped wires (4) on one end and a screw in multipin connector on the other side. The multipin connector screws into the side of the pump (under a black plastic cover). Check the manual for your pump (you can download it from Pentair's web...

I don't see how having an Intellitouch over an Easytouch would make a difference. The Vantage system would need some way to communicate with the RS485 communications line on either of the Pentair products to impact the control of the pool light. If Vantage makes a low voltage controller, it...

No, the Autelis does monitor for events and can then send an email based on those. This is done automatically, so the Autelis is polling the Intellitouch/Easytouch bus for these messages. I posted a picture of the Alerts page previously (in this thread?) so you can see the kinds of alerts that...

Yes, they have just placed this on their Wiki as an official release. The new firmware is just incredible, as you now have control over Intelliflo pump speeds (VS, VF and VFS), and can also configure all of the circuits remotely. This makes programming the Intellitouch and Easytouch so much...

Re: How much does $ to install a Natural gas line? Who to ca This is the route I took. My original quote for replacing an old galvanized line to our 400K heater was around $10K! When the guy told me this, I literally laughed in his face. He said it was a very long line (about 150 feet) and...

The MX8 comes with short hose sections that have a special pin lock connector. They twist together and make up a longer hose. This turns out to be important, as the hose length needs to be "just right" for your pool. There are adapters available that allow you to splice the MX8 hose to other...

I just started reading about the BeagleBone, and it does seem to have features of the Arduino and RPi in one board. It is new, so not much out there yet. There are some reasonable ways to interface from an RPi using 1-Wire stuff (e.g. digital switches, ADCs, temperature sensors, etc). There are...

Looks pretty slick. What microcontroller/platform is this based on? I had originally considered "rolling my own" automation controller using an Arduino, but couldn't justify the time to do it. It would have been fun, but just too much work, especially to add a web based interface. Now that the...

My thoughts exactly! Check it out, at least for a short test. At this stage, it couldn't hurt.

Thanks for chiming in, Ping. I didn't realize that those ColorSplash bulbs wouldn't fit into a standard fixture. Maybe the OP could just ask the builder to install the niches and remove the fixtures from the quote. Installing these is really simple, but a $400 upgrade charge for each seems...

What are the dimensions of the pool (18x26) and where is the reef relative to these dimensions? I don't think a 12" difference is going to be all that noticeable, but it really depends on how the pool is laid out.