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I noticed someone here stating to not use Muriatic for cleaning a SWG. What is recommended for cleaning if I shouldn't use 50/50 muriatic and water??????

I bought my Dolphin S-200 in Feb 2022 and made the mistake of leaving it in the pool. I won't make that mistake again. Today I noticed when started, it will run for less than a minute and then stop. If I restart it, the same thing happens. I opened it up and found the case was dry. Both...

My guess is Opossum

Thanks for the ideas; I'll report back. I should have mentioned that there's no upstream valves or other plumbing features - just pipe running underground going straight to the skimmer. I didn't yet check the drain plugs on the pump but will asap.

We just installed a SWCG, but I have heard about the SWCG creating gas (hydrogen gas?) so we didn't power it up yet. This pool has had an air leak for at least a year before the SWCG and VS pump was installed.

A friends pool has had an air leak for years with small bubbles coming out of the discharge ports into the pool. We just installed a variable speed pump and, not unexpectedly, the air leak is still there. I lubed up the o-ring on the cover of the new pump and that changed nothing. I'm tempted...

First off, thanks to everyone on this forum for giving me great advice over the years. A friend has had a suction side piece-of-junk cleaner for a while and it just went bad. Is there a good robotic for around $800 or so? I'm not sure I trust the rechargeable versions and am not averse to the...

Thanks. I have a real smart plug on my carpentry equipment that turns on the vacuum system anytime I start one of my tools.

Yes, but I saw your earlier comment and think the intelloflo won't work with a smartplug. Currently I'm using an intermatic mechanical timer and I grew to dislike those after using them for years.

I often read about a smartplug used to turn the SWG on and off along with the pump. I'm currently using a mechanical clock switch and would prefer something more reliable. Where can I find this "smartplug"???? Thanks! Ed

You could extend the inlet pipe on your filter, move your filter back a foot or two, then put the outlet pipe elbow closer to the filter, angle it up and you'll have a good long horizontal run to mount your SWG.

After years of fighting my pool to keep it clean (it had a 2 speed pentair pump, stainless 24 sq ft DE filter, polaris 280, using chlorine tablets), I found my filter was way undersized, so I bit the bullet and upgraded all my older equipment by installing a Pentair Intelliflo pump, waterway 525...

I think you guys nailed it! Will verify if so. I guess I should read the owners manual : (

The problem I have is that when the pump is off, the water drains out of the filter into the pool and the pump has to be primed at every startup. I'm seeing a small steady stream of small bubbles coming from the filtered water pipe into my pool so air is being sucked in on the suction side of...

I have about 30 lbs of 3" tabs and recently installed a circupool RJ60 salt cell system. I can't think of a good reason to hold onto the 3" tabs and don't plan to start using the salt cell until after the tabs are used up. In the meantime, should I remove the cell from my plumbing and use the...

I'm looking for an easy inexpensive way to control my polaris 280 booster pump so it coincides with my Intelliflo. Is my only option to run a separate timer for the 280 or is there a module/relay so the intelliflo turns it on and off? Thanks everyone!!!

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I'm going to switch over to salt in a week or so and have a Pentair fiberglass DE filter and use fiberclear. I've always backwashed into a stainless separation tank and have heard different stories about whether the stainless tank will rust out quickly or not. I would use a backwash hose, but...

I have a 30,000 gallon chlorine pool with pentair 2 speed pump and 36 sq ft sta rite DE (I use fiberclear) stainless filter. I'm planning to switch to salt using a pentair intellichlor IC60. I'm also thinking about replacing filter to get rid of stainless tank and am thinking about getting a...