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Might be interesting to know. It is unlikely that both were bad. I am glad you are still using the wireless. In my early install I had a buried data line from the ET directly connected to the PA. Somehow a lightning strike nearby must have found the buried cable. It fried my PA ( The Brick)...

Hope you got it. The new system, pump on the tank, and older system, pump on the intellichem use different tubing in the stenner pump and this would effect the roller correctly compressing the tubing. In your photo I see no acid output to the return line, but I suspect you know that. I put the...

Hard to reply without seeing your system. Is your pump on the intellichem or built into the tank? How do you have it hooked up to your flow cell? pictures would help.

I'm happy you got your systemup and running again. Do you think it was the PA ot the wireless system ? Just asking for future reference . I have the same system.

Tried that but this worked far better for me.

I have always had difficulty getting CYA to easily dissolve. I have done socks in the skimmer but that messed up my ph probe readings. I did socks attached to my return jet, but that had to be often repeated. I finally used the liquified CYA last year, but that was unpleasantly expensive. This...

11 year follow up on diy pentair pool automation. Curious if this thread ever gets looked at any more. Opened last week and all is good. Over the winter: Replaced Raypak heater header gaskets. Adjusted the outflow pressure down. Even with cleaning the heating coils was getting high temp shut...

When you give them the actual dimensions they will add on the adittional length and width for you system. Be sure to double check it !!

I update this post about DIY pool automation when I open and I close the pool- I am getting ready to close in the next few weeks. I hope someone will get a kick from it or learn a helpful tip if ever it gets seen. I can't believe its been a decade since I installed my combo of Easy touch...

You are getting a lot of great advice about plumbing and location. As you think about your swcg and new pump you may want to consider how they Integrate if you are considering full automation in your future. Products within one brand tend to play better together.

DIY pool cover replacement 9 Year follow up. Still going strong. Last year I did have to replace one rope. The cover is moving fine this year but I have another replacement and parts waiting in the wings.

For SWCG I like pentair intellichlor. I believe that biggest is better. Less run time -- More cl-, increases FCL sooner and will last longer. Pentairs products are pricey and imperfect but they all integrate well. Control system, Intellichlor , pumps, and intellichem which monitors you PH and...

Thank for enjoying this thread Matt. I'm sorry but I dont know anything about your motor. If it is the capacitor get the best OEM capacitor you can as I am told knockoffs rarely last. May want to repost your question to the general forum. Best wishes and proud to report my cover is still...

I have oversized my 18 k gallon pool with an IC 60 up from the IC 40. Much happier -- less run time faster increase and maintainece of FC on sunny days. I run 15gpm 24/7 so the pool is always monitoring with full automation.

Sorry to hear you are having any trouble. I am perhaps one of the few fans of the intellichem system. It is unlikely the probes as long as they are the correct probes and recently manufactured . It may be worth trying to clean them as it says in the manual. Bad probe CABLES can sometimes give...

Awesome awesome awesome. Thank you for posting this excellent idea.

If it is still available youi might want to consider adding a wifi system to your easytouch and controlling the system with screenlogic on your PC ditching the controller. The wifi connects to the com port in your easy touch. The receiver will connect to the screenlogic brik (which you will...

I hope the above answers solve your problem. After a lightning strike nearby my system did the same thing just after it was installed. To get the system running I had to replace the motherboards in my easytouch, and intellichem and completely replace the controller for the pump as well as my...

Congrats P !! can you detail a bit more about how you used the product? THX

Thats a lot of putty ! If this fails might dig it all out of the joints ( between skimer plastic and wall) and repack. I often skim the grout around the tiles with epoxy too. If your tile is hollow removing it may shed some light. You might pressure test the skimmer return line but if the water...

With no perfect solution I reseal around the skimmers every year or so with 2 part ab epoxy putty. I have not tried the other adhesives in this thread. I find it works best if I dig out the old before I put in the new. I repacked around the pool light cord with butyl tape well packed into the...

I hope this helps someone else sav a few dollars: I have a 3" round leading edge bar on my Coverstar pool cover. After 17 years the plastic insert on the right side began to crack and bend. Replacement part costs between $87 to $130 per piece on the web depending on the vendor. The broken part...

Six year follow up : 2022 -- still works fine have not added any more fluid since 2016

Year 10 post DIY automation: Thanks for the bump mgill!! So year number 10 after my diy Automation !! (original article attached below) Opened about April 13 and was swimming about two days later. Probes seem to be working nicely on the intellichem. Last year I had to replace the front cover...