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Thanks for all of the help. After weighing all of my options I decided to go ahead and order the Intelliflo VS. My goal is to achieve a bit longer run time with lower rpm's to save energy while still getting a full turnover each day. I will report back on my experience with this pump.

I believe the wet end is good but have been told I may have problems in a year or two and it may be better to just replace everything. Any advice on what I should check or replace if I decided to go that route? Thanks for all the help.

That would work good if the SF-N2-1A comes with a switch. The documentation on the Pentair site does not mention anything about it though. You do bring up a good point about flow for the Autopilot. The SF-N2-1A can be had for under $400 right now and that is very tempting unless the VS will...

Another question. If I were to go with the two speed do I wire it to run only in low speed mode or do I need hi speed for priming and backwashing? I ask because the SWG can either switch a single speed pump on and off or a two speed pump between high and low speed.

I do need to correct my sig. The Hayward Northstar is 1HP wired for 240V. What are the primary differences from whisperflo to superflo?

Thanks for all the feedback. My current rates are .11/kWh So if I were to go with a two speed and just run it on the lower speed setting which model would you recommend? I was looking at the whisperflo wfds-4 or wfds-26 but the wfds-4 is only $100 less than the intelliflo VS and the wfds-26...

I was looking at the VS spec sheet and it appears that I can also manually set the pump speed. I am leaning this way as initial purchase price looks to be $350 less than the VS. Our pool season here in the midwest is also only 5 months long so this will be sitting idle 7 months out of the year.

This site has always been an excellent resource and I purchased my salt system a couple years ago from Florida Pool Heating on recommendation and it was a smooth transaction. My Hayward Northstar 1.0HP is at end of life and would like to replace it with a Pentair Intelliflo 3. I have 2"...

Jason, Thanks for the response. I do not place a lot of trust in the pool store readings (except for those that were fairly close to mine). This store uses a test strip optical reader which I am sure in most cases is fine but they have tens of bottles of strips on their shelf and every time I...

Thanks for clarifying that. Since I purchased the ColorQ I have had fairly good confidence in it. I did have a chance to stop by one of my local pool supply stores and their results were interesting: TDS 3700 CYA - Not Tested FC 2.1 TC 2.1 PH 7.5 TA 134 Total Hardness - 240 Salt 2500 The TA...

I had added some dichlor early this morning to bump my CL level. I also refilled the socks with another 4lbs of stabilizer and just retested. Here are my new numbers. FC 4 TC 4.2 PH 7.2 TA 71 CH 315 CYA 20 Looks like I should be able to go ahead and startup the SWG and continue to add...

Jason, I have a LaMotte ColorQ Pro7 liquid tester. I have re-checked it a couple times and the reading varies a bit 62-65. JD

Thanks for all of the replies. These are close to my starting numbers on Monday. I added the baking soda on Monday morning when TA measured 63 as well. It has been about 48 hours with the pump circulating. If TA in the 60's is ok with my vinyl liner I just may leave it as is if that is the...

I just opened my pool, installed a new SWG and am trying to get my water balanced. Just tested and here are my numbers: FC 1.2 TC 1.3 PH 7.5 TA 63 CH 350 CYA 10 Salt - 3200ppm water temp 56 I have added 8lbs of baking soda so far to try to get TA to rise but this amount has not affected my TA...

Thanks for the info and all of the help. Added a gallon of 12.5% bleach this morning along with 7lbs of baking soda. Will add 600lbs of salt throughout the day. Best Regards, JD

Just wanted to give an update on my installation. Installation went very smoothly and was easy to do. Took me about 3 hours total to install the AutoPilot system. Completed startup of all equipment, installed cell manifold and controller, cleaned up the pool and dumped about 40% of my water...

All of the Wal-Marts and Sam's Clubs in my region sell the Morton Pool Salt. I have not used it yet but others have stated it dissolves pretty easily. I paid $4.87 for a 40lb. bag. JD

Jason, Related to that I was reading in the setup instructions that the cell power setting could be too high based on amount of free chlorine being generated. It appears that if the cell power is correct the output setting will be somewhere between 25-75%. There is no mention of how this...

chem geek, I have this problem constantly with my spa. For a few reasons we rarely used our spa this past winter. It was a constant battle to keep a chlorine residual in the tub with no bather load and the ozonator running on regular intervals. JD

As with any spiel make sure you take it with a grain of "salt" (pun intented) 8-) JD

Yes, Ditch both the clear vision purifier and the ozonator. Make sure your bid line-items everything you are getting with the pool - what make/model of pump, filter, heater, cleaner, pool finish, diving board, steps, ladders. Does the bid include electrical, concrete work, cleanup, permits...

Bart, Great advice here. I will go one further. If your builder refuses to listen thank him for his estimate and get another. Better yet get 2. We interviewed and received estimates from 5 builders before we chose ours. Look for a builder with an open mind. We talked to many who were not...

Thanks Jason. I normally dump quite a bit of water in the spring during cleanup anyway. What I will do is cleanup and then test. If I am not below .2ppm I will just dump until I get below that level. How much sequestering agent do you think I will need for my size pool and at that level...

After some research it also appears that I could drain back to lower the level and then shock the pool with chlorine to oxidize the metal which will cause the metal to settle out of solution and I can vacuum it up. Would this be preferred to a major drain back of the pool or should I use a...

Another startup question here for my situation. I am converting from a copper Ionizer. I know I will have to dump quite a bit of my water and refill to lower the copper level in the pool. What is an ok level of copper before adding chlorine to avoid staining? Just tested my level today and...

Very nice Ian!!! Let me know when you would like to house swap for a week or two :-D Best Regards, JD

After installation and before starting the unit is there a way to do this? Does the water temp have an effect on salt reading? Thanks, JD

Thanks for the response and help with this. I went ahead and ordered the AutoPilot Digital 60 today. Any installation tips and tricks? Using the pool calculator it looks like I need 20 - 40lb. bags of solar salt and 176oz. of stabilizer. This is my plan. 1. Open the pool for summer - start...

Thanks for the info. Very helpful. JD

After a bit more research I was wondering if the temperature compensation might be an issue with my setup. The output of my heater only has about 3' of total pipe before the manifold back to the pool. There is about 1.5' of straight section just before the manifold. This would mean the cell...