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I have freeze protection in my Pentair controller that uses ScreenLogic but I don't know if it cycles the valves between the pool and spa. Should I just leave the vales partially open to the spa so I can be sure water is always moving? If I flip that little switch to the middle of position...

I never use shock or add anything to my pool but muriatic acid. I have used small amounts of Jacks Magic Purple Stuff. However, this season my CYA creeped up from 50 or 60 to 90. What am I missing?? Does muriatic acid somehow cause CYA levels to increase? Maybe my Taylor test kit has gone...

Household floor vacuums offer the ability to scan and build a map of the house. I have not seen this feature in any of the pool cleaning robots. Do any of them offer this? It seems like something that would be exceptionally useful to avoid missing areas, etc.

About a month ago my IC40's salt readings started going up. My pool has been at 3900 or 3800 since I first put salt in it when it was built a year ago. I'm testing with a digital salt . measuring tool and it reads 3930. My Taylor kit comes in right around there too (4,000 or 3,800). My IC40...

I have a saltwater pool and I'm seeing some rust streaking on the inside of the filter unit. Is this normal? (Picture attached)? This is the start of my 2nd season.

My pool turns off at 8 PM. This morning at 6 AM I noticed a small stream of bubbles escaping from the infloor head in my pool. With the pump off, I would assume that no air or water should be moving around? I did clean my cartridge filter last night, did I do something to that is making it so...

I created two feature circuits so my pump can run at a high and a low speed. I like to run the high speed for a few hours then drop to lower speed the rest of the time. However, I noticed my IC40 won't "enable" unless I'm running on the Pool circuit. I can not seem to locate where I need to...

This is the A&A infloor system I have, and the positioning of the popup heads. Port 5 in the deep end is where the debris tend to gather, specifically behind the head in the upper right-hand corner of the diagram. I have set the pump to 3400 RPM when it does the cleaning. I've shut down all...

I'm in Vegas so we don't have a lot of deicer here :) Any suggestions for cheap and or bulk calcium chloride? The stuff at Lowes and the pool store is 4lbs for $12. I need 32 lbs. Thank you!

I wanted to try and export all my configuration settings so I could post them here to ask some questions. However, I can't find anyway to export those config settings? This is my system. Also, I just got this 6 months ago, should my Pentair supplier have suggested the newer intellitouch model?

Does TFP ever post a member map of all it's members and their pool demographics (size, SWG, etc)? *Region level not detailed maps of course It would be cool to see if say AZ had an average size of 10k gallons and 50% SWG whereas Iowa was 40K gallons but 5% SWG. Just random neat stuff like that?

I really have no idea what my skimmer's performance should be. There is definitely some water movement in the basket, but nothing "strong" by any means. I attached photos. Maybe my water is a little too low? It's never "run dry" in the basket.

I need a 15 ft extension cable for the IC40 (really 3 ft but they sell the 15). I found it online, my local pool supply store is out of stock. Any alternatives or better places I should look? I'm hooking up my IC40 for the first time after waiting the 4 weeks since my plaster was done...

I have the IC40 SWG. My pool is newly constructed, filled June 22nd and balanced thanks to TFP Pool Math :) How do I know it is safe to install my SWG? I was told to just wait 4 weeks, I understand the need for all the plaster dust to be filtered out. The dust has all worked it's way out and...

I'm looking at adding another Pentair actuator to go with my existing two on my system. The reason for this is that I have a valve I turn by hand to turn on or turn off my bubblers. I'd love to be able to set the valve to only open halfway (so a 45 degree turn instead of full 90). Is this...

I am not having much luck finding this, I am probably not using the proper search terms. I have had my pool a few weeks now and have my chemicals balances (thank you TFP). I want to setup my pump to run at different speeds on a schedule and I cannot figure out how to specify run speed in the...

Walmart is out, Lowes and Home Depot seem to be out, and even Amazon is out. I just can't force myself to buy from Leslie's for double the price...ugh. Any suggestions on good cyanuric acid sources or is it sold in places other than the pool section of Lowes/Home Depot, etc?