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I have a Hayward T-Cell-9 that seems to be dying. It's showing an incorrect, low salt reading each time the pump starts running for the day. I can correct this temporarily by resetting the value, but it recurs every day. I guess I can't complain as the T-Cell-9 has been in literally daily use...

Thanks for the reply. I was only considering the conduit to protect the wire, not for any other reason. Maybe I should have referred to it as a "protective sleeve". Since it will be running on the ground where people will be stepping relatively frequently, I'm concerned about it getting damaged...

I recently had an iQPUMP01 controller installed. They didn't mount it (at my request), because I wanted it in an enclosure, and that wasn't on the menu. Nor did they encase the wire in conduit or anything. Is it essential to have the wire in conduit? The pump is only a few feet from where the...

Late reply, sorry--probably useless to you, but for those who read this later... Yes, it's only one or the other. I wanted both, but it turns out it is only possible to plug in one controller or the other. I think it's ridiculous, but that's how it is. I recently installed an iQPUMP01.

How is the Active 30 / Active 30i / Active S300 / Quantum / XXXXXXX / XXXXXX2 / ad infinitum / etc with respect to getting stuck on drains? I nearly bought a Triton Plus, but some people say it gets stuck on drains. The design of the Active *30* led me to believe that I would not have to worry...

Awww... So cute! It's taking a widdle nap. I came across this during my season in h*** (read: robotic pool cleaner purchase research). I was leaning towards a Dolphin Quantum which is the latest iteration of the Active 30 (I guess) but there are no reviews to be found, and they do not make...

I turned the T-Cell up a tiny bit a few days ago, but when I say "tiny" I really mean it. Like, less than 5%. It's on roughly 35% right now. (I run the pump 12 hours per day.) Yes, exactly--from 7.4 to 7.6. I used to only check pH every couple days or so, and let it get up to ~7.8, then drop it...

I've had my pool for about 14 months. For the first year+, the pH would climb roughly 0.1 per day. So, I would add a little acid every couple/few days to keep it in check. From what I gather, this is normal for a newish plaster pool. But for the past week or so, though, the pH has been climbing...

A couple days ago, I added granular boric acid to my pool, according to what PoolMath advised. Apparently I have overestimated the size of my pool or something, because my AquaChek borate test strips are telling me that my borate level is now at 80 ppm. Not knowing how accurate the AquaChek...

Thank you. It's such a relief getting responses from people who are nice. Seriously. Unrelated question: I constantly find sand in the pool. Mainly in the automatic cleaner's bag (Polaris). Not a huge amount, maybe a handful of sand every couple weeks. Is this normal? The contractor said it...

This is no doubt a 101 question, sorry. My pool was installed just last year. The pressure always used to go back down to about 13 PSI when I'd backwash. This year, I can't get it below about 18 PSI. Is this normal? I assume there's junk in there I can't get out with backwashing; just want to be...

How would someone do that without noticing? By doing it in the dark, or by being visually impaired? I would think even in that case the smell would get your attention. Wow, I feel a little silly now for worrying about a little Simple Green.

Thank you! :salut:

I was cleaning my deck and inadvertently got some Simple Green in my pool. Since it was already diluted and spread on the deck when it dripped in along the edge of the pool, I can't say how much actually got in there, but it was not much. My gun-to-the-head guess is at most a couple ounces. My...

I used the Plast-aid yesterday (finally). It was a bit difficult to work with, because it's not smooth. Probably the main difficulty was the awkward location. But in any case, it's not leaking anymore, so problem solved. I'm pretty sure epoxy would have worked well also. One note--that...

I was thinking about covering it with some epoxy. Just ordered some Plast-aid from Amazon. Had never heard of it. Seems like it might be a safer choice since it sets faster than epoxy. Thanks for the suggestion.

I've noticed that I have a pinhole leak at a joint under the sand filter's control valve. It's minor enough that it releases a drop every minute or so. Is this something I can put something over and be done with, or is it going to require a nightmare teardown?

This makes a lot of sense. Thank you. We have not noticed any loss of water pressure. Maybe they just tweaked our water supply then?

My wife suggested testing the water coming from the tap. I thought that was ridiculous, since I assumed that the chlorine level would have to be sky-high (by potable water standards) to be measurable. Well, I decided to give it a try. My Clorox test strips told me that the FC in our tap water...

Our pool was finished only a few weeks ago. It's an inground, and because we had an existing irrigation system, the installers hooked an auto-filler into the irrigation system plumbing. The irrigation system does have an RPZ (a Febco 860U, I believe) installed. Lately, we've all noticed a...

Great. Thank you. You've made me feel better. :) I had also emailed Hayward for their advice. Just in case someone else has the same concern as me at some point, I'll share Hayward's reply, which was: I love a happy ending.

I did consider that at the time (maybe I'm not a total idiot!). And so, I put my hands on the pump immediately after correcting the valve setting, to see how hot it was. It was definitely warm, but it's always warm when operating, so I guess it wasn't overheating. I thought the main concern...

I'm a brand-new pool owner. I've been spending the past few weeks educating myself, in no small part by reading owner's manuals. I have a ~12,000-gallon pool with a Hayward S244S sand filter and a 2-HP Hayward Super Pump. Today, my wife thought it would be a great idea to mess with the plumbing...