Hi TFP Community…we bought our house last year and for the first time ever have a beautiful pool that we have to rely on a pool service company to maintain until we have a better understanding of all the chemistry and equipment…which has been quite overwhelming. Last year when we learned how to turn on our solar heater we discovered the solar had never been winterized. The system inked our pool like an octopus. 
No Solar last year…we released the black soot substance, winterized it and had to replace the actuater and this year it released a residual amount of soot compared to last year. This year we asked our service company to clean our filter cartridge a couple weeks after the solar was turned on. The technician hit the in-service button on our Hayward ProLogic panel then switched off all the breakers as a preventative measure. But when he finished, turned off the in-service button and turned on all the break switches…the pool pump wasn’t turning on. The owner of the company bypassed the system using the pump panel, said everything would run normally as scheduled…but 48 hours later I discovered the pool pump still running beyond scheduled times. The Hayward ProLogic wouldn’t turn off the system and I had to shut down all the breakers to stop the pump. I assumed the next morning it would start up as scheduled, but it didn’t. Supposedly the service company stated we needed a new pump. While waiting for the installation I had our water tested at a local Leslie’s Pool and our Calcium Hardness was at 793…so we had to drain our pool 2/3 and refill it. The new pump was installed only to discover the problem is actually our Hayward ProLogic panel. Has the same System Service light on with dimmed blue lights over the Pool and Filter, but all other blue lights are bright for Spa and Lights. Soooooooo…this is what it’s like to own a pool! 
Here I am…contemplating whether to fix that ProLogic panel or replace it with a Pentair…and in the process wondering if it would be beneficial to covert my pool to a Salt Water Generator and learn how to manage the chemistry ourselves. I obviously will be soaking up all your insights like a sponge here at TFP. Thank you for welcoming me to the community! 
No Solar last year…we released the black soot substance, winterized it and had to replace the actuater and this year it released a residual amount of soot compared to last year. This year we asked our service company to clean our filter cartridge a couple weeks after the solar was turned on. The technician hit the in-service button on our Hayward ProLogic panel then switched off all the breakers as a preventative measure. But when he finished, turned off the in-service button and turned on all the break switches…the pool pump wasn’t turning on. The owner of the company bypassed the system using the pump panel, said everything would run normally as scheduled…but 48 hours later I discovered the pool pump still running beyond scheduled times. The Hayward ProLogic wouldn’t turn off the system and I had to shut down all the breakers to stop the pump. I assumed the next morning it would start up as scheduled, but it didn’t. Supposedly the service company stated we needed a new pump. While waiting for the installation I had our water tested at a local Leslie’s Pool and our Calcium Hardness was at 793…so we had to drain our pool 2/3 and refill it. The new pump was installed only to discover the problem is actually our Hayward ProLogic panel. Has the same System Service light on with dimmed blue lights over the Pool and Filter, but all other blue lights are bright for Spa and Lights. Soooooooo…this is what it’s like to own a pool! Here I am…contemplating whether to fix that ProLogic panel or replace it with a Pentair…and in the process wondering if it would be beneficial to covert my pool to a Salt Water Generator and learn how to manage the chemistry ourselves. I obviously will be soaking up all your insights like a sponge here at TFP. Thank you for welcoming me to the community! 
