First look at Pentair's new IntelliChlor Plus30

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Hmmm … I’ll be up in Phoenix weekend after next. Scottsdale is short drive from where I’ll be. Maybe I’ll randomly show up at their address … probably just a front business for the mob, like most pizza shops.
 
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I got a quote for $1509.00 for an ICPlus40 but it wouldn't ship until after April 15th. So it definitely looks like you can get these units but the lead time might be a little longer.

Normally on something like this I would say a person is better off going after the "old school" inventory that's out there and getting a deal. @Newdude is seeing some heavy pre-season markdowns on "old style" IC's that start to make them look like pre-pandemic pricing. If one were inclined to spend the dough, it would make sense to grab one or two of these older units and keep them on the shelf as they don't age. You could easily pre-buy a lifetime's worth of liquid chlorine if the sales start getting competitive.

My interest in the Plus units is more academic and engineering as I have a background in electrochemistry and I'm fascinated to see how these new units are engineered and what failure modes would pop up. I've always loved Pentair products as they do a good a job but I've always hated the way they engineered these cells to basically be completely consumable. It looks like they're trying to be better at providing customers with a more serviceable product which is a smart move in my opinion. The pool industry has been way too closed-shop about their products with Jandy being the worst of the bunch with their mind-numbingly dumb statement of - "We're leaving the Internet!" and their outright refusal to sell direct to consumers...
 
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JoyfulNoise said:
@Newdude is seeing some heavy pre-season markdowns on "old style" IC's
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PSA for anyone with a not new ICXX. The IC40s are $300 off and the IC60s are $500 off last years pricing. You can store your old one to prove the new one works through the warranty period, and dust off the old one to be put back in service when the new one reaches end of life.
 
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And who, pray tell, stands to benefit most there? :laughblue:
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Exactly ... make it more serviceable and you give your Pentair certified service providers more reasons to do expensive, yet mind-numbingly simple, repairs. For me, I'm DIY. For my neighbor, she calls the fire department in to change the batteries in her smoke detectors (yes, that is a real thing here ...). There are plenty of pool "owners" out there that want nothing to do with the actual "ownership" of their pools. And just like the dude that will drop $200 at the dealership to have his oil changed by "Mercedes Professionals", everyone has their own level of monetary pain.

Someday I hope to have enough F-U money to burn so that I can pay a pool boy to show up once a week just to yell at him and tell him how to do his job ...
 
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PSA for anyone with a not new ICXX. The IC40s are $300 off and the IC60s are $500 off last years pricing. You can store your old one to prove the new one works through the warranty period, and dust off the old one to be put back in service when the new one reaches end of life.
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I may have missed the link to the vendor? Can you get full warranty with self install? I thought if you install it yourself it was something stupid like 30 or 90 days? If the price is right I'm interested in getting an extra. I bought my EZ touch panel with the IC40 in 2021 for not that much more than I've been seeing Ic60 cells going for. I think we bought it at the perfect time but they were super rare but the prices hadnt sky rocketed yet.
 
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Its interesting that on Pentair's site, the "old" Intellichlor has a 2 year warranty and does not require professional install but the "new" plus with the 3yr warranty (or 10,000 hrs) appears to require pro install.
 
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I may have missed the link to the vendor?
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Several vendors have had them on sale for at least a week. Google it up.
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I thought if you install it yourself it was something stupid like 30 or 90 days?
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That's for the original system install. Replacement cells have full coverage because you're allowed to swap them yourself.
 
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JoyfulNoise said:
Someday I hope to have enough F-U money to burn so that I can pay a pool boy to show up once a week just to yell at him and tell him how to do his job ...
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When that day comes you can fly me out to AZ weekly and tell me how to do the job we both know I know how to do…..because TFP baby……but I’ll take your FU money and advice anyway…… 🤣
 
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PSA for anyone with a not new ICXX. The IC40s are $300 off and the IC60s are $500 off last years pricing. You can store your old one to prove the new one works through the warranty period, and dust off the old one to be put back in service when the new one reaches end of life.
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This is quite the conundrum... I'm starting season 6 with my current cell. I should go check the operating hours. I have been thinking about how I will navigate the loss of this cell and getting a new one. I was initially hoping to make it until the new models were out, but if I can save a decent amount of dough, it may be worth getting the old version and waiting to see how the IC plus works out long term. Plus having a cell on the shelf with some known life left in it sounds like the best way to navigate the loss of a cell.

--Jeff
 
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This is quite the conundrum.
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Yeah. Financially it makes every sense to scoop up the cheap spare. But I'm broke with 3+ years left on mine . :ROFLMAO:

*obvious calculated risks of the new or old cell having an early failure not withstanding.
 
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