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the manual regeneration process would take about an hour every two weeks? i definitely see the value in plumbing the fill valve to my softener. i'll get in touch with a plumber and see what i can do. if this gets me to a situation where i only need to drain every other year it pays for itself in...

thanks @mknauss! I do have a softener for the house thats not plumbed in a convenient way to get to the pool. I was considering running a hose from my first floor bath tub but I'd have to leave a door cracked for quite awhile and in this heat that'd be a bit silly. I was doing some research on...

Hello, I have been procrastinating a drain for far too long this year and am not sure how to proceed. My overall pH / FC /CYA balance is doing ok this year, but I did not drain in March as usual and have reached a CH of 675. Pool math says I should drain 33% of the pool, but from my reading...

Apologies if this is mis-categorized as it kind of crosses several categories. I typically expect to drain my pool once a year as my fill water is hard and after about a year my CH rises to >600ppm. I'm right at that level today. However, Las Vegas has also introduced new water billing rates...

this was the solution! when i did the factory reset it must have reset all my timer settings and speeds and i didn't put it all together until you shared this. thanks so much for all your help!

alright, just made some fresh connections and eliminated the twisted pair wiring from all related connections. when i turned the breaker back on, the pump powered itself on and was running at 2000rpm. when i pressed low speed on the controller, the pump increased to 2200rpm, and returned to...

the preset speeds are programmable, the pump itself can cycle through all of them and is responding appropriately to RPM adjustment (e.g. 2000RPM was not enough for the in-floor cleaners, i bumped it up to 2200). @guinness i've attached a photo at the panel. its ugly. is there any particular...

the input 2 wires seemed firmly inserted but i did push them a bit more just to be sure. no change in behavior. i factory reset the pump settings and placed it into standalone mode. the pump will go into low speed when dictated by the inbuilt pump scheduling timer (currently running at 2000rpm)...

Yep, when I turn the power on to the pump it says "Relay Control Initializing..." I've attached the wiring at the pump drive just for posterity.

just tested with a multimeter, relays seem to be working as expected, with an audible click when i activate either "Filter" or "Low Speed." Any other suggestions?

finally took it apart today, there was a little bit of debris in there but nothing too concerning. impeller and diffuser look good and seals seem relatively new. drive shaft spins freely. put it back together and still get the same error. since i first posted, the pump has stopped following...

Hello! I noticed my pump was running louder than i expected the other day during my low speed cycle, and after investigating i noticed it was running at 3150 rpm and the event log mentioned a Drive Overload on last power cycle. The pump is relay controlled from my aqualogic board so adjusting...

FYI i bumped my CYA up to "somewhere between 70 and 80" and things seem to be holding much steadier. I am still adding liquid chlorine when I have bather load but had great results (maintained acceptable FC) when I left for ~6 days just by raising my FC with liquid chlorine to just short of slam...

price is up to 949 now! bummer, i was really considering picking one up if i could replicate this deal.

My CYA of 70 is probably more like a 65 but I round up to 70 per everything else I've read on the forum, just hesitant to raise CYA too much. This time of year I get full sun all day. I appreciate the feedback, I'm thinking I'll try adjusting it slightly upward to a firm 70-75, in addition to...

i consistently pass OCLT, haven't lost more than .5 ppm since I slammed.

Currently: FC: 5.0 pH: 7.6 TA: 80 CH: 600 CYA: 70 SALT: 4450 Typically I'll adjust with liquid chlorine in the morning to an FC of 5.0 or 7.0. Run the cell for 11 hours (rule of thumb being an hour for every 10 degrees ambient temp) and at dusk I'll be around 3ppm. Sorry this is vague, but I've...

Hello, I'm struggling to keep up using my SWG and have been since I had it installed last year. I have a CMP powerclean 540 rated at 40k gallons for my 25k gallon pool and even running it at "boost" mode for 11 hours a day, I can hardly maintain the required amount of FC. Is it out of the...

i've had bad luck with the powerclean salt 540 in my 25k gallon pool. have had to replace the control center twice in the year i've owned it due to malfunctions and i don't think i've ever seen output near the rated output liquid chlorine is still part of my life. unless something changes...

thanks for the tips! i do have a shop vac and that idea had not occurred to me. will definitely give that a shot.

Drained and refilled the pool about a month ago and realized yesterday I hadn't run the fountains since I refilled. The fountains are attached to an old pool pump that (as far as I can tell) does not pass through the pool filter. The pump basket is bright green with algae. Any tips on how to...

time to call a plumber! appreciate the quick, insightful replies!

thanks @mknauss kind of a bummer to have to full drain and re-salinate again. is replumbing my fill valve to use softened water the only way i'll get around doing a full drain every year?

checking back in as we're reaching swimmable temps now thanks to the solar heater. FC - 2 pH - 8 TA - 125 CYA - 45 Salt - 4500 PPM CH - 650 Since last year I repaired my SWG and (as indicated above) am maintaining the recommended 4500ppm Salt. My CH level is not quite as high as last year but...

Well, two nights ago I finally had a less drastic OCLT loss and this morning I passed with a loss of .5! And I have just enough bleach leftover to clean my pool floats. Thanks for your help!

I remembered I have two waterfalls that I haven't used since May. They're hooked up to the old non-VSP pump that to the best of my understanding just draws from drains and recirculates to the pool (no feed through the filter). Just to rule those out I primed the pump with hose water, dumped some...

Pool was built in 2005 and refinished in February 2020. I can pop the drain covers off and check I suppose. I scrubbed the entire skimmer assembly both the passage to the pool, the weir door/surrounding area, well and basket. The auto-fill well was pretty dirty/sandy but I put a few cups of...

Hopefully these illustrate what you would want to see. I cleaned both lights in the pool and the single light in the spa. I currently have one of the lights out of the pool as I plan to replace the gasket on it today. Both niches were dirty but only one had a noticeable film on it. When...