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Our pool was installed in 2012. As with everything mechanical or electrical, there comes a time when you just have to replace it. :( We had to replace our original SWCG earlier this year. Now we have to replace the pump. We currently have a Hayward EcoStar PS3400VSP. It makes a horrible...

I recently installed a replacement Hayward T-Cell15 (connected to a Prologic system). When the cell starts it reads a salt level of 3600ppm (water temp 70°). After about 5 minutes the reading drops to 3500ppm. And, after about 30 minutes, the salt reading drops to 3400ppm (never drops below...

Our pool was installed in 2012, and the Hayward T-Cell15 finally died this year. I purchased a replacement cell and installed it myself. After installing it I was looking through information about the cell from Hayward. The documentation stated that if the cell is installed horizontally and...

After 10 years our Hayward T-cell 15 has finally died. I bought a new Hayward T-cell 15 and just installed it. We have a Prologic system. The Diagnostics on the Prologic are reporting 32.48 volts and .03 volts with a salt level of 0000. These voltages are within a couple of hundredths of a...

I bought and installed my Hayward Aqua Connect in 2018. It has worked fine for all these years. When opening the pool this year, I supplied power and ethernet to the Aqua Connect (same as all past years). The Aqua Connect connects to the ProLogic by the pool, and I can see the control panel...

The default amount of time for a pump to operate at priming speed is 3 minutes (on the Ecostar pump and also, I assume, in the Prologic). My Ecostar pump never needs more than a little over a minute to prime. I would like to reduce the prime time from the default 3 minutes to 2 minutes. I...

I have been using a Polaris 9300xi robotic cleaner since 2012. Today it died. I have done all the troubleshooting steps I could find on line. I figure it is either the electronics or the motor. I'm not prepared to go through the work and most likely, trial-and-error, to figure out what is...

I have a Hayward VS Pump that is used for Spa, Spillover, and Pool. We just started our pool opening yesterday. Our pool and all equipment was installed in 2012. The pump is not filling completely to the top when priming (on spa or pool). Filter reads about 13 during priming. When pump...

We've had our pool since 2012. Every year seems to bring some new challenge...some major, some minor. This year's challenge is CYA. I just can't get the CYA level up. Here are my test results from today: FC 3.5 CC 0 TA 60 CH 160 pH 7.5 CYA less than 20 (I can still see the black dot with the...

This will be the 7th summer for our Hayward T-CELL-15, and I think it is finally dying. I seem to recall reading that if you get different salt readings when the cell switches from + voltage to - voltage that it is telling you that some or all plates are wearing out on one side. When my cell...

As of about 2:00 pm today, the water has gone down to just a slow drip from 1 of the 2 overflow pipes from our pool. Hopefully, we have drier weather ahead. So, today it's time to test the water and see what I've lost due to overflow. My ProLogic was telling me my salt was down to 2700. So...

It seems like my SWCG is not generating as much chlorine as in the past. It is 5 years old; so it is getting near the "average" lifetime of an SWCG. My salt level (from my ProLogic and also tested by me) is 2900-3000. The operational readings from the cell are about 26.4 volts and 6.8 amps...

We would like to mount a large (at least 24" diameter) clock out by our pool. The clock would be in direct sunlight for part of the day. We would mount it to a pergola, but the pergola does not have a solid roof; so, the clock would get rained on. I have searched on the Internet, but all the...

In getting the pool cleaned up for Summer (had major problems documented in another thread and I'm way behind schedule), today I have run into a new problem. Yesterday while running the pump, I was getting a reading of 2300 for the salt. I did not have the SWCG turned on. Today I dumped in 80...

Our pool was installed in 2012. So, we've been through several spring pool openings. This year was quite a shock. We removed the covers from the pool and spa, used the power washer to clean them, let them dry and then rolled them up and put them away. We never use the pool/spa covers except...

I have been trying to measure the pH in my pool using the TF-100 test kit. I've been using the TF-100 test kit for several years, and this is the first year I've had this problem. I fear the pH of my pool is totally out of whack. My first test showed that the color of the sample after 5 drops...

In looking at various websites, I see that Hayward offers their PRO15 pH and ORP probes for their CAT systems and the GLX probes for the Sense and Dispense systems. Other than the longer cord on the PRO15 probes, they look exactly like the GLX probes. Given that the PRO15 probes typically sell...

Hayward offers their series of CATx000 commercial systems for monitoring pH and ORP. The probes used for these systems look just like the probes used in the residential sense & dispense system. A pair of replacement probes for the residential sense & dispense costs almost as much as an entire...

My Hayward Ecostar VSP pump is stalled. If I do a reset, it clicks a couple of times and then displays the stall message. I drained the pump and pulled the basket out and then (after shutting off the power) I put my hand in the pump and was able to reach the impeller. I've read that it should...

We have had our pool since October 2012. Up until this year there has been a small (1-2 degrees) difference between the water temperature reported by the AquaCal heat pump vs. the water temperature reported by the ProLogic. The water temperature sensor for the ProLogic is in the pipe just...

I guess I've been lucky in that we have gone over 2 years with our Polaris 9300xi without a broken wheel. Well, our luck ran out last week. One of the rear wheels broke off.:( I ordered 2 spare rear wheels and received them yesterday. I had seen the Youtube video of the guy reinforcing the...

We have a Polaris robotic cleaner for our pool, and we purchased the Aqua Broom battery-powered vacuum for our spa. The Aqua Broom has poor suction, and can be nearly impossible to turn on/off. I would like to find a more powerful battery-powered vacuum. From my searching, it seems that...

My fiberglass pool had some stains when we opened it. I tested the water for CC to determine if it was organic or metal. With a CC of 0, I figured it was metal. I used Stain Free and the next day nearly all the staining was gone. I kept my water balanced for the next week or so, and then the...

When we opened our fiberglass pool, we had about 3/4 of the pool surface covered with a stubborn stain that could not be brushed off. After trying a few things to figure out what kind of stain it was, it responded to some vitamin C tablets, so I figured it must be a metal stain. I poured in a...

This will be our 3rd full summer for our fiberglass pool. I have the Hayward Sense & Dispense. Each spring I have had to make a minor recalibration adjustment to the pH sensor (typically .1 - .2) after doing several tests. In past springs, the ORP sensor gave what seemed like reasonable...

This is our third season for our fiberglass pool. The past 2 years, when we opened the pool, there were quite a few leaves in it. We got the leaves out, balanced the chemicals, and had clear water and a clean pool for the summer...no staining. This year, we opened the pool, got the leaves out...

I'm not sure where to post this thread. If it is in the wrong area, could a moderator please move it. The types of pools that people here on TFP either have, are building or are planning fall into what I consider to be one of four categories: 1. In-ground gunite 2. In-ground vinyl 3...

Since opening the pool, my pH sensor has been consistently reporting a pH of 7.5. It occasionally goes up to 7.6, but the acid dispenser gets it back down to 7.5 quickly. Over the past several days, when testing the water I have been getting a pH of 7.2. I have 2 test kits (K-2005 and TF-100)...

I have the Hayward Sense & Dispense system. My SWCG is automatically controlled by the ORP reading. I had been keeping the ORP target level at 680. When I tested the water yesterday, FC was 1.5 (CC = 0). I wanted to get it a little higher so I bumped up the ORP target to 710. The SWCG ran...

We got the standard stainless steel rails for our pool and spa. We have found that these rails get incredibly hot...much hotter than we expected. There are a few companies that sell covers for pool rails. Does anyone have experience with any of these covers or companies? Thanks.