Hello, It’s Rob from Redding, CA. I built (subbed out) my pool in 2005. I’m a civil engineer, and I enjoy DIY projects.
I can’t tell you how many searches and posts I’ve read over the years of TFP to help me with my pool issues. I’ve been running Pentair equipment since I built the pool in 2005. I did all the wiring and equipment installations.
We had a wildfire (CARR) in 2018, and my pool equipment was destroyed. Since Pentair had changed the warranty on homeowner installation, I reluctantly had a local Pentair dealer install all the new equipment. The warranty has been used for the SWG IC unit for a yearly thermistor failure. I believe the 3rd one replaced is still working. I was able to recobble together an I5+3s Intellitouch system. I had an i5 originally and upgraded to the i7 and had the i5 board and a motherboard I picked up along the way in a place that didn’t burn. So I found a pretty swell electrical fellow near me in Chico, and I believe he’s on this forum that had a power center, and with my MB and I5 cards, I was able to get back to pre-fire. I have an original mobile touch that is still functioning.
Well, I joined, as I will eventually need to upgrade or replace my Intellitouch system. I had an issue where I had to move my power unit for the SWG, and I was positive I had the comm wires reconnected right, and I was getting the dreaded comm link error on mobiltouch regarding the SWG, but the IntelliFlo was communicating fine. Thinking I did something to the system, I was again on TFP reading the posts on comm error. I was able to figure out that the connector was able to be installed two ways, and when I rechecked and corrected it, the SWG was alive and well in the Intellitouch system.
At any rate, I apologize for the long introduction…
Thanks all, Enjoy
Rob
I can’t tell you how many searches and posts I’ve read over the years of TFP to help me with my pool issues. I’ve been running Pentair equipment since I built the pool in 2005. I did all the wiring and equipment installations.
We had a wildfire (CARR) in 2018, and my pool equipment was destroyed. Since Pentair had changed the warranty on homeowner installation, I reluctantly had a local Pentair dealer install all the new equipment. The warranty has been used for the SWG IC unit for a yearly thermistor failure. I believe the 3rd one replaced is still working. I was able to recobble together an I5+3s Intellitouch system. I had an i5 originally and upgraded to the i7 and had the i5 board and a motherboard I picked up along the way in a place that didn’t burn. So I found a pretty swell electrical fellow near me in Chico, and I believe he’s on this forum that had a power center, and with my MB and I5 cards, I was able to get back to pre-fire. I have an original mobile touch that is still functioning.
Well, I joined, as I will eventually need to upgrade or replace my Intellitouch system. I had an issue where I had to move my power unit for the SWG, and I was positive I had the comm wires reconnected right, and I was getting the dreaded comm link error on mobiltouch regarding the SWG, but the IntelliFlo was communicating fine. Thinking I did something to the system, I was again on TFP reading the posts on comm error. I was able to figure out that the connector was able to be installed two ways, and when I rechecked and corrected it, the SWG was alive and well in the Intellitouch system.
At any rate, I apologize for the long introduction…
Thanks all, Enjoy
Rob
