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I'd be glad to call you ... but how? What app is that? I read your bio. I am retired USAFR and also Army civilian, but that didn't teach me much about pools or electronics.

I think these are what you want to see. Only the Pool has anything set - all other circuits have nothing set for them after I took out the "Pool Sam" one. There are 8 pump settings but only the first four actually do anything. I did not set any of 6-8. I set #5 "Pool Sam" but thought that...

Here are two photos of my system and one showing the panel. There is no problem with the IC-40 SWG, I just have it covered with a cloth for sun protection. The pictures make it look like it's wet there, but it must be a shadow because I doublechecked and it is definitely dry as a bone. Also...

My pool is now 10 years old. It came with the EasyTouch system at the time (the remote is P4HEASYTOUCH2A and Model520546-520547). The pool came with a spa, Pentair pool lights and spa lights, an IC-40 SWG and solar heat. It also came with Blue Square popup cleaners (both pool and spa on same...

Egad! This is what I get when I write in a hurry while people are talking to me. "Chlorine Neutralizer." Sorry. No stabilizer was added. Three 3 lb. containers of chlorine NEUTRALIZER is what I added. And it worked, it just didn't work nearly as powerfully or as quickly as I expected.

I apologize for not responding sooner. Here are more results that seem more crazy than ever ... As of yesterday (8/9), chlorine was "down" to only 11.5. I then swam in it to see just how bad it was (not bad, it didn't hurt my eyes when swimming extensively underwater). I just measured it now...

"One gallon of MA for a PH of supposedly over 8.2 probably took you below 7 which is not good for the pool." Sorry, that may be true for most people but definitely is NOT true for me AND never has been in the last 9 years. I would add that I have never had a problem before this, either. I know...

"Believe your Taylor kit. If the reagents are much over a year old, maybe believe it less... But definitely believe it more then the Leslie's test in any case." All my reagents were new earlier this year (2024) except for the salt test. You may be right about Leslie's but they do have a really...

I live in Las Vegas. My 21K gallon pool has a SWG and the feed line is connected to my water softener to keep the calcium under control (it was partially drained and refilled in April using a mix of hard and soft water to get CH levels of 350-375). Unfortunately I got lax and I got a light...

Hello - For a while now I have had air in my pump and it comes out the floor (pop-up) cleaner jets regularly, every 2-3 minutes, sometimes big bubbles, sometimes just tiny bubbles. I can see air in both the pool pump and the leaf catcher, but not really that much, just some bubbles, but I can...

The pool is now nine years old. I drained the pool for another project and while I was at it, decided to replace a Pentair Intellibrite lamp that went bad. Once the pool was drained, I could see that the failed light was halfway full of water and the other two had condensation in them...

I don't think they caulked it to stop a leak because all three lights were caulked like that when the pool was built - we're the only owners of this property and we built the pool and we know that for certain. Thanks for your help and I'll keep it in mind in the future, but right now I'm just...

I had to (mostly) drain my pool to do some tile work. While I was at it, I decided to replace one of the three Intellibrite pool lights that wasn't working (the gasket had leaked, but that's another story). The pool has been empty below the lights now for three or four days but the wall...

We live in Las Vegas, where the water supply is both extremely hard and also alkaline. Calcium deposits are a constant problem here, which is why the automatic fill works off the dedicated water softener. In mid-March, I drained the pool and did some grout work on it, then refilled it --...

The end result was that the solar heat pump had gone bad and was throwing the circuit breaker, which prevented any of the valves from turning. After replacing that valve, the system works again. It would have been a lot better system if they had separate circuit breakers for each valve...

Yes, Pentair Easy Touch. Modified signature accordingly. I have an appointment with a different pool repair company tomorrow, hopefully it will just entail replacing the two bad valves. The current plan is then to replace the pipes that are going bad and then build a complete cover over the...

Hi - I finally got around to doing your checks. Both valves were on "ON1" position. I found the little rocker-style circuit breaker and pushed it in. I didn't even realize it was popped out, that is the degree of knowledge the pool company imparted to me. Anyway, I then pressed the "V"...

Hello, and thank you! I went outside at about 4:05 and the system was still running (see below). I did find the panel and was able to press "V." The readout shows "AUTO" and "SPA" but the valves did not move. This is what has been happening when I press the "Spa" button on my remote except...

I'll be frank, I never really understood my automated Pentair system they sold me when they built the pool. Oh, I know how to set the pool pump days and times, the system date/time, the pump speeds and even the chlorinator percentages. I also know how to push the buttons on the remote control...

I also live in Las Vegas and have a Pentair IC-40. In the 5-1/2 years we've had it, I think I've cleaned it about twice or three times (Disclaimer: About half my pool fill is soft water and I have a water softener attached to the automatic fill so calcium buildup isn't the problem for me that...

My situation is similar to the OP except that my Pebble Tec pool is now over 4 years old. It was never a very good job from the beginning, but now there are some places in the pool that look like the OP's second photo. I agree with you that very likely that situation was mostly my own fault...

Blakeusa, I poured muriatic acid on some of the rocks today and got a nice reaction. Most of the reaction was on the efflorescence, but not all. Some of it was on the face of the rocks where there was no efflorescence. Some places didn't react at all. Wherever it had a reaction, the rocks...

I tested the output of my external water softener that runs the automatic feed: Added three drops of R-0011L and the water instantly turned bright blue: No calcium at all. I put on the water softener in the first place because I was tired of the calcium buildup on the tile. I do not...

Hoping someone can give me some ideas about how to handle my ROCK problem. We built the pool just over four years ago. Having seen lots of beautiful pools here in Las Vegas with natural rocks at the edge, I had the builder put in an all-rock waterfall and also rocks around the far side...

Turned out the problem was a defective valve, just like you said. It was an intermittent problem for weeks, even months, but fortunately it acted up on cue for the technician. Replace valve, problem solved. Thanks!

Hello, I have a hot tub/spa that's part of the pool system. It's almost three years old and I haven't had any problem like this until recently. What's happening is that **sometimes** after using the spa, the user will shut it off and go inside, but the spa only partially shuts down. What I...

gwegan said, "Something is overheating and shorting." Normally I would agree, except that this is happening without me ever turning on the pump, and when the pump does run, it's usually only for a few seconds. danpik said, "When the breaker is tripped, are you switching it to the OFF position...