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I want to replace my dying 120V Pentair LED pool light with a 12V IntelliBrite 5G light. Besides installing the 12V transformer, this will involve pulling the new wire for the 12V light through about 50' of underground conduit by using the wire cut from the 120V light. Has anyone done this...

I have Pentair 120V color pool and spa lights on separate relays inside an EasyTouch 8. The pool LED light has finally stopped working after years of slow decline. I was thinking about replacing it with a Pentair 12V color LED light (Pentair 601011). After reading on this forum and the web, I...

Can someone tell me which of the ULN2803A chips controls J15? I cannot get J15 to shut off. The pad control says off, but there is still 24V at the pins.

Like many people with Pentair lighting, my Intellibrite 5G pool light has failed. The blue led no longer works. Other colors are ok. As I understand it from reading online, the common failure issue is the poor led light engine (619818Z) installed in these lights. The cost of a new light...

Use the toggle switch in the back. If it does not work, take the actuator off and turn the valve manually.

Only in that I have had the same pool equipment for about 8 years and never saw this before. The "after-the-fact" bubbles just started in the last week or two. I haven't done any major repairs to the pool equipment for at least a year or two, so that is not the answer. Has anyone else seen...

10K gallon pool with attached spa. All Pentair equipment. I am having an issue with my Silencer Air Blower (1.5 hp), as follows: 1. Turn on spa. Works perfectly. 2. Turn on air blower. Works perfectly. 3. Turn OFF air blower. Bubbles continue at about 20% the usual rate even the blower is...

I have a ScreenLogic setup with two IntelliBrite lights, one in the pool and one in the spa. With the lights on and both in a pre-programmed mode, such as Royal, I can get the lights to sync by using the Color Sync function in ScreenLogic. The two lights stay in sync for an hour or more, but...

Maybe 3 ft max. I cannot get to the wiring right now, but it is hefty. As I recall, #10 or #8. The wiring is the same as on the pool filter pump, a Pentair Intelliflo VS pump. It is working fine. The pump with the problem is a second pump (Pentair Whisperflo) used for a water feature. I...

Sorry to bother you again, but I have a question: If the motor is rated at 8 amp max, what should the amps be under normal load? In other words, when the pump is working properly and the motor is good, how many amps should the motor draw after start up if it is rated at 8 amps max?

Yes, I was going to get a full-rated replacement pump. The lowest price I could find was around $215. The seal kit would be another $20 or so. I found the upgraded, more efficient Pentair pump on Amazon Warehouse for $350 (opened box return item). I decided to just get the new pump and keep...

By using a clamp meter, I measured 8.5-9 amps. The tag on the pump motor says MaxAmps 8.0/16.0. I am running on a 220V circuit; thus, I should probably think about ordering a new motor, correct? Any other ideas? I tried replacing the run capacitor (I had an extra in the garage), but it did...

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, yes, it is a 1.5hp WhisperFlo pump (I also have an Intelliflo, hence the mistake). On the label it says PMP WF-26. It was built in 2013 and installed in 2013. I replaced the capacitor once over the years. It was submerged in flood water during Hurricane Harvey...

Could someone measure the temperature of the motor casing on their Pentair Intelliflo 1.5hp single-speed pump, please? I have never measured the motor casing temperature, but when I was over looking at my equipment, the motor smelled "hot," which I have never noticed previously. I measured the...

I checked the egg timers. They are all set to 12 hours. This cannot be the issue. I will turn on my water-feature pump today and let it run. If it goes off, I will know that the issue happened again. I will keep you informed if I isolate the problem. Thanks again.

It was not running on a schedule. I had manually turned both pumps on using my phone app. It was about 1/2 hour between incidents. I have replaced the main computer board once under warranty. In that instance, I came home from vacation to find the spa blower running and water-feature pump...

Pool: Intelliflo VS. Water feature: Pentair non-VS. Computer board? Power supply?

10K gal Gunite pool with spa attached; all Pentair equipment I had two instances this afternoon in which the Pentair VS pool pump shut off simultaneously with the separate water-feature pump. The breakers did NOT trip on either pump (the pumps are on separate GFCI breakers). The pool pump...

Flood insurance does not cover pool equipment. I lost my Pentair VS pump (it was submerged and the computer fried). $950.

Your heater must have been in deeper water than mine. In my case, I siphoned out the fire box, replaced the igniter, dried out the wiring, and sprayed lithium grease on the moving parts of the blower motor that I could get to easily. The heater now works fine except the blower motor is a bit...

I dried it out, replaced the igniter (I broke it trying to get it back in), and fired it up. It worked (heated up the spa nicely), but the blower is more noisy than before it was flooded. I will probably just wait until the blower dies rather than replace it now. The blowers are outrageously...

Unfortunately, my Pentair Intelliflo VS pool pump died (arcing on the wet computer board) before the heater was dry. I have not been able to try out the now heater because there is no flow through it. I am waiting on a new pump to arrive. Once I install the pump, I will try out the heater and...

Thanks for your ultra-fast responses. I appreciate your input. I guess I will have to bite the bullet and purchase a new pump. That is about $950 out the door, and I haven't even solved my flooded MasterTemp 400 heater issues yet. That could be another $3-4K. But, these are minuscule...

My Pentair Intelliflo 3-hp VS pump was completely submerged during the Harvey flood event. I opened the line voltage connector box on the pump, dried it out, and fired the pump up. It worked perfectly for a few days. After that, nothing. I disassembled the VS Pump Drive and unfortunately...

Thanks. I took off the blower and found the combustion chamber completely full of water. I siphoned the water out and am letting it dry overnight. I will reassemble it tomorrow. Everything else looks ok. Thanks for your help.

I think just above the combustion chamber. I can't explain why the blower motor would not work unless it had water on it (maybe just at the bottom of the motor?). The Ignition Control Module did not have water inside it---it was clean. I can't remember whether the bottom of Ignition Control...

Problems with a flooded Pentair Master Temp 400 heater: 1. No blower operation, producing Service Heater (front) and AFS (back) LED lights on the control panel. The Fenwal Ignition Control Module blinked to indicate an "Air Flow Fault." I removed the back metal cover of the blower motor...

There was nothing significant connected to my breaker either. For my brand pump, there wasn't supposed to be anything other than the pump attached to the breaker. My advice: Buy a separate GFCI breaker for your VS pump. It is a cheap and easy thing to try.

I can only say that I went through months of trying to figure out why my VS pump would sporadically trip the GFCI breaker. I tried a new breaker. No go. Finally, someone pointed out that the manual for the pump (Pentair) specifically says that it needs to be on its own GFCI breaker. I moved...

Your VS pump should be on its own (not shared) GFCI breaker approved for your pool sub-panel. From your description, it does not sound like it is. For surge protection in the future, I would install a whole house surge protector approved for your main panel or sub-panel. If you are...