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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...

I installed an Intellichlor with an Easytouch 8 over the summer and have really enjoyed the break from hauling chlorine jugs from HD and keeping close track of the water parameters. Now, I just need to add occasional muriatic acid and all is good. However, our nighttime temps have been dropping...

I'm just curious if it is possible to come up with a calculation for GPM and/or pressure given RPM and watts used, as reported by an Intelliflo VS pump. Obviously pressure and head come into play, but the Intelliflo VF pumps seem to be able to do this. Do the VF pumps have some additional...

Our recently installed Intellichlor IC60 is reporting VERY LOW SALT at 2750 ppm. However, if I measure with the Taylor salt kit (K1776?), that test measures the salt at 3400 ppm. Here are the details of the water as tested today... pH: 7.4 FC: 8.5 CC: 0.5 TA: 110 CYA: 80 CH: 480 NaCl: 2750...

Many of us with an Easytouch or Intellitouch system want a way to control our systems via the web, and Screen Logic 2 apparently does a nice job of this. But, it's not compatible with the Adroid O/S, it requires a connection to Pentair's servers, and it's kind of expensive. Now, there is a new...

Recently, I installed an IC60 SWCG along with an Easytouch 8 for our in ground white plaster pool. The system has done a very good job of generating chlorine, but I just can't seem to keep the pH in range. It seems to go up very quickly, to the point where I'm having to add over 2ga of 14.5% HCl...

So, after about 15 months, I noticed our MX8 doing counterclockwise circles in the pool. It seemed that the drive on the left hand side of the unit had some issues. After reviewing the following videos on Youtube, I was able to fix this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_8eapr ... ature=plcp...

I have recently installed an Easytouch 8 for pool/spa combo on our system. I'm starting to understand how to program it, something of a challenge. One thing I cannot wrap my brain around is the best way to set up a schedule for it. Our system has an Intelliflo VS pump, two valve actuators...

While installing our EasyTouch automation panel the other day, I noted the inside emblazoned with "Made in Suzhou, China." As we near the 4th of July, I'm just curious as to what pool equipment and supplies are still made in the US? I'm not making any sort of political or social statement, just...

I'm in the process of setting up an EasyTouch system, which came with two Compool CVA-24T valve actuators. I saw on a Youtube video that the Jandy JVA's can be controlled manually. I believe this is done by pulling up the valve handle to disengage the gears. How does one manually control the...

So I finally broke down and ordered an EasyTouch system, the 8PSC plus IC60 SWCG. Our pool system is relatively simple at the moment: IntelliFlo 10118 - main filter pump 2HP WhisperFlo - Waterfall pump DE filter attached spa cleaner suction line with Zodiac MX8 Pentair Minimax 400 NG heater...

Anyone out there look into LED bulbs for landscape lighting? A few years ago, I picked up a kit with LED fixtures for low voltage landscape lighting. But, these had this horrible blue tint and they did not put out that much light. More recently, soft white LED bulbs in bi-pin MR16 format have...

I was about ready to pull the trigger on a Pentair Easytouch system with SWCG, until I read more about the ScreenLogic2 software. Apparently, you cannot control this via an Android phone. I can control pretty much the rest of my house with my Android loaded with MobiLinc, and my house wired up...

We have an installed vacuum cleaner line that connects up with the main filter pump's vacuum manifold via two Jandy 3-way valves (at the top is pool vs. spa, and on the pool side of this a second 3-way controls between skimmer vs. cleaner line). It would appear that there seems to be a problem...

As our pool often gets leaves blown into it from the yard of a self-described "tree hugger" next door, we need to have efficient skimming to keep our pool from turning into a large cup of tea. Our MX8 does a reasonable job, but things can get out of hand. I have noticed two issues that seem to...

So recently, we took a trip to Europe and when we came back, our pool pump (WhisperFlo) was not working properly. It seemed that while it was capable of running, it was not pumping as well as before. This was evident because the pressure was running about 10 psi below what it normally runs and...

I purchased this cleaner back in May, and the cleaner has done a good job keeping our pool clean since that time. However, part of what swayed me to purchase this cleaner was a promised $100 rebate. I filled out the appropriate info on the rebate card, and mailed this along with the warranty...

For those of you that have probably seen everything... I plan to replace our 2HP Pentair WhisperFlo pump with a Pentair IntelliFlo VS (11018) in the near future. Checking out the equipment pad, I note a problem of not having enough PVC pipe between the existing pump and various connections on...

While I think I've pretty well figured out our pool plumbing, I just discovered an in-line ball valve in our deck that I believe must be part of the suction side of the plumbing for our pool. I have no idea what this valve is for. On the suction side, there are three suction lines at the...

I've noticed that our pool skimmer seems to be a bit weak in removing leaves and debris before this stuff sinks to the bottom. Our Zodiac MX8 dutifully cleans this mess up, but our neighbor's trees dump quite a bit of leaves into our pool. So, I'd like to optimize our skimmer efficiency before...

Our pool has two Sam color changing lights, one in the main pool and one in the spa. They both house 2 70W bulbs each. They are also 120V fixtures, and I would like to change these to new 12V fixtures. I've seen much about the new LED based fixtures (e.g. Intellibrite, ColorLogic, etc) and...

I am in the process of planning to do an equipment upgrade of our pool. We bought our house about 2 years ago, and it's been running fine, but we'd like to change out the WhisperFlo filter pump to a new Pentair variable speed pump (e.g. the new one that ends with "18" in the product number. I...