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    Installation of Dewenwils Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart box

    Well.. right now SWG runs whenever my single speed pump kicks on. And this is another issue I will run into with upgrading to VS pump..
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    Installation of Dewenwils Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart box

    Hey guys, sorry for the delayed response. So far worked great last season. I didn't open the pool this year yet but will post an update once weather in NJ will get warm enough to open the pool.. On the other note - I am thinking about upgrading from single speed to VS pump and not sure how I...
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    Installation of Dewenwils Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart box

    I am wondering how an expensive automation system obtains signal and data from the heater and controls the temperature. Is there some sort of port/plug in the heater it's self where Pentair system connects?
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    Installation of Dewenwils Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart box

    Now I want to figure out how to make my heater controllable from my phone without investing $$kk into automation system.
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    Installation of Dewenwils Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart box

    As I mentioned in one of the previous threads my NPB didn't really offer me any upgrades/perks when was doing the installation. And now what I am doing is adding some automation elements to our pool. Today I replaced my mechanical pool timer which was controlling my pool pump and SWG with...
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    Jim, can you help me out with an automation setup? Kinda guide me what I need and how this will work?
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    I guess I will stick with Pentair then!! Thanks a lot!!
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    Thank you Jim My next and first step would be replacing single speed pump with VS pump. I already realized this will bring my electric bill down a bit. Should I stay with Pentair or go with the different brand considering that I am going to install some sort of automation system? Which...
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    I don't have any automation system. This is another subject I am seeking help on. Pump controls by cheap mechanical timer installed by PB How increase from 20% to 80% will affect amount of chlorine even if time will be reduced to 3 hours?
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    I run the pump 12 hours a day (7am-7pm) IC40 set to 2-20% and I believe our pool is about 6,000 gallons but I am checking with the pool manufacturer right now. How much of the savings we can expect by switching to VS pump and which one would you recommend considering future automation...
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    Looking for advices/recommendations on the pool automation and energy efficiency

    Hello everyone, We just had a pool installed this summer and unfortunately our PB didn't suggest any energy saving options for our install as well as any pool automation system. Not even variable speed pump. Now when my electric bill went up 80% in one month I am going to be looking for some...