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I'll be investing in a new robot this year upon opening the pool in April, and am reaching out for any recommendations here. Our Dolphin DX-4 robot really only worked well its first year (it's 5 years old now). It's been plagued with power supply failures (went thru 3 of them), but none since I...

I'm trying to determine how the costs of the three basic in ground pool types (unite, fiberglass, and liner) compare. We might be moving at some point, and I'm trying to get a ballpark estimate of the three different types of pools, everything else being equal. If I understand things, a gunite...

I'm having a new Intelliflo pump installed next month, and am wondering if I should insist on a particular Intelliflo model? I see on Pentair's site there are 3 different Intelliflo pumps, and am not sure if there's a particular one I should get? The models on Pentair's site are: Intelliflo...

We've been using a Dolphin DX4 with our pool since it was built 4 years ago. Overall, the robot is good (once I learned, after 3 failed power supplies, that the power supply must be covered) but it spends a lot of time "spinning" on top of the main drains. Sometimes it will just spin around one...

I'm having our pump replaced next spring, and am considering upgrading from a sand filter to a Pentair Quad DE filter. I guess I'm wondering, based on experiences from users in this forum, whether the upgrade is worth it. Some questions I'm wondering about: Will the better filtering be...

Just curious what the thoughts are on this: I'm going to have to replace my pool pump in the spring, and am considering replacing my sand filter with a Pentair QuadDE filter at the same time. I'm wondering if it's possible to purchase the equipment online and have it installed by a pool...

Our 3 year old Whisperflo pump's bearings are just about shot....for the last 18 months, the noise from the pump has been anything but a "whisper". :) The Whisperflo pump is controlled by our Easytouch panel, and I'm wondering how difficult it would be to replace this pump with an Intelliflo...

I posted this question on Pentair's support forum 2-1/2 days ago, but have heard nothing from them as yet...so I thought I'd try here and see if anyone has any ideas what I could do or check... My 3-1/2 year old IC40 was no longer staying on reliably. Sometimes I'd check in the morning, and...

I noticed yesterday that no lights are lit on my Intellichlor IC40, despite the pump running. I'd gone out to the equipment pad to backwash when I saw this. I went ahead with the backwash, and turned the pump off to change over to the backwash valve position. When I turned the pump back on...

We are in our pool's third season, and have had the power supply for our Dolphin DX4 replaced three times. And now...the power supply has died again. Plug it in...no lights...nothing, no matter what buttons are pressed. (Yes...checked the outlet, and there's power there). The power supply...

When I opened my pool that's been covered with a Loop Loc mesh cover all winter, I was able to vacuum to waste all the dirt and debris in it with no problem. Since then, however, I've noticed there are quite a few orangish-colored stains in it. I've scrubbed them with a wire pool brush, and...

Our pool, opened at the beginning of this year, has been using about 128 oz. of muriatic acid every week in order to keep the pH in check. We are closing and covering our pool next week, with everything being winterized. I'm wondering if I need to continue checking the pH while its...

I've got what's probably a dumb question regarding Pentair valve actuators: Our pb adjusted the valve opening for our tanning ledge bubblers internally in the valve actuator, yet I see there are pegs on the front of the actuator as well. There are times I'd like to have the bubbler height...

Our pool was only finished at the end of January, so this is the first year for the Dolphin DX-4 robot cleaner our pool builder provided. It seems like there have always been "glitches" when starting the unit up...sometimes it would start normally after pressing the power button on the...

I need to replace a sizeable portion of the water in our pool because of a high CH level (between 400 to 600, depending on whether I believe the pool store's reading or my own), and am wondering if setting the valve to backwash for an extended period of time (say 20 minutes or so?) is OK for our...

I will have to check the salt level with test strips today or tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure my level isn't sky high, since I've not added any salt since our PB put it in back in March. One comment everyone who's been in our pool has is that all can taste the salt. Is this pretty normal, or...

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I'm still troubleshooting why my ET8 panel isn't communicating with Screenlogic, either on my Mac or iOS devices. (I'm connected to the Screenlogic protocol adaptor via the Screenlogic Wireless Connection Kit). Our ET8 is currently in Service mode (pump running 24/7), and I'm curious if this is...

I'm having a heck of a time getting a brand new Easytouch8 (520705), the Screenlogic2 Protocol Adaptor (520500), and Pentair's Screenlogic Wireless Connection Kit (520639) to "talk" to each other. I spent an hour on the phone yesterday with Pentair, but we really didn't make any progress...

Our pool builder is installing our EasyTouch w/IC-40 SWG, and the cable from the IC-40 just BARELY reaches the connector on e EasyTouch panel....and that's with the cable going diagonally across everything to the ET panel. I think I'd need another 3-6 feet to route the cable properly. Anything...

We're new pool owners, never having owned a pool before. My in-laws said that, when they used to have a sand filter (they have DE now) they would add sand to it a few times a year. Our pool builder didn't say anything about this, and I'm wondering if I should be adding sand to our Pentair...

Hello, It seems like I just can't keep up with the acid demand our new pool seems to require. We've had water in it now for a couple of months, and it seems to LOVE the muriatic acid. I think I've been adding about 36 ounces every week, and the demand doesn't seem to slow up. Here are my test...

I'm considering putting in a Pentair Easytouch system for our pool, and am wondering what a fair price is for everything I'd need. Correspondence with Pentair says I need the following Pentair part numbers: 520704 520500 520639 263045 263029 (Above is an Easytouch 8 w/IC-20, one valve, one valve...

As a new pool owner (ours was just finished a couple of months ago) I'm curious about whether there's any need to ever adjust the skimmer or main drain valves. We have a valve for each of our two skimmers and one for the main drain. Are these always just left wide open, or is there a procedure I...

I know a lot of us have questions and are interested in pool automation (e.g. Easytouch/Intellitouch), and it would make sense to create a topic limited to this. The "Everything Else" topic seems, to me anyway, too broad. Just my $0.02 worth.

We're considering adding a heat/cool heat pump to our pool this year, and I'm wondering if the Pentair unit is reliable or not? As I might upgrade to the Intellitouch system as well, I'm thinking it makes sense to use Pentair equipment, as they'd know how to "talk" to each other....but if the...

I'm confused....our pool builder just delivered our Dolphin DX4 that was included in our contract. But...it came with no caddy included. Because Maytronics sells their robots in a myriad different configurations for several different markets, it's hard to know if our DX4 should have had a caddy...

Our pool was just finished by our pool builder, and it was filled on January 8th. Our PB told us we probably won't have to add any chlorine to the water for a while, as he put a floater in to handle chlorine delivery until the weather warms up enough for the SWG to kick in. Here are our...

Although this is probably not going to happen this year, I'm considering upgrading to a Pentair Intellitouch or EasyTouch automation system for our pool down the road. Our pool has two bubblers in the tanning ledge, and I'm wondering if either of these systems can vary the height of the bubbler...

Our pool, just about complete now, has a pair of Pentair 12v Intellbrite 5G lights in it. Last night, I wanted to see what they looked like, and the look is absolutely awesome. However, we noticed a noticeable "buzzing" sound coming from the equipment pad when the lights were on. I had no idea...