- May 23, 2015
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Next project - pool equipment pad and replumb
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Thank you all for the ongoing advice and help... I just decided it was time to give back a little... Gold Supporter!
(What the heck - y'all have talked me into spending a bit over $2k... what's another hundred?)
Appreciate the continued help!
(What the heck - y'all have talked me into spending a bit over $2k... what's another hundred?)
Appreciate the continued help!
- May 23, 2015
- 25,730
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- 16000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Nice badge!! We’re going to make you our DIY Hot Tub Rebuild Expert
Oh, and yeah, we’re good at spending other people’s money
Just be glad you’re not building a pool or else Kim would send you to the poor house...she loves herself some pool-BLING!Nice badge!! We’re going to make you our DIY Hot Tub Rebuild Expert
Oh, and yeah, we’re good at spending other people’s money
LOL - maybe I should change my username to MasterTinkerer
Santa (aka the UPS man) came today! Can’t wait for the robot to show up.
Weather forecast is good for tomorrow, so I’ll be busy tinkering!
Well... with the recent donation to TFP, I now have a discount! Is this the only thing that I need to buy right now for the robot? Should I wait for it to show up to make sure that the filter is not included or go for it now (is there value in having a backup?)
- May 23, 2015
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I’d wait. Marina’s isn’t going anywhere and you’ll want to see what it comes with. The make snap-in course screens just like the fine pleated filter screens so those would be good to have if you robot shows up with all the filter basket parts. Just wait for it to arrive, then you can figure out what extras you want.
- May 23, 2015
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
But I question the need for it as well (obviously)... perhaps I won’t [emoji6]. I will save it for last...
- May 23, 2015
- 25,730
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- 16000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
OK. Time for a distraction... as I start doing plumbing work I decided that my mystery block/leak should be investigated (squirrel!)
So - I bought a cheap endoscope a little while back, because - why not. I ran it down the hole from the pad and can’t see anything wrong. Then I went over to the pool and took out one of the plugs that I thought was coming from this line... the one near the top of the water line.
All the way at the end of the endoscope travel (10’ maybe), I come across what looks like a cut in the pipe the corrugated pipe. Is it possible that this is just an overflow spot to let the pool drain when it gets too full? Do they even do that normally in pool builds?
So - I bought a cheap endoscope a little while back, because - why not. I ran it down the hole from the pad and can’t see anything wrong. Then I went over to the pool and took out one of the plugs that I thought was coming from this line... the one near the top of the water line.
All the way at the end of the endoscope travel (10’ maybe), I come across what looks like a cut in the pipe the corrugated pipe. Is it possible that this is just an overflow spot to let the pool drain when it gets too full? Do they even do that normally in pool builds?
- May 23, 2015
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I’ve used my cheapo borescope (endoscopes are technically the things doctors stick up your a..... where the sun don’t shine) to find a roost of bats in my exterior wall and a wasps nest in my bathroom vent pipe. I love my $30 scope.
That could be an overflow drain......hard to tell. Jackhammer the deck and start digging.
That could be an overflow drain......hard to tell. Jackhammer the deck and start digging.
I ran water into it with the garden hose and it came out at the normal discharge spot in the woods... are overflow drains common? They (previous owners) had it plugged with one of those rubber expandable things.
- May 23, 2015
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
In Alabama...probably. You open it up when it rains and it keeps the pool from flooding onto the deck.
Well ... makes a bunch of sense! Just wish I knew that sooner... I’ve been siphoning it off with a garden hose when it gets too full. Doh!
So, I guess that leaves the mystery leak isolated at the steps
So, I guess that leaves the mystery leak isolated at the steps
It came with a mesh type filter inside of the pleated one. Is that what you were talking about Matt?
- May 23, 2015
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- 16000
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Yep. That’s all good. If you wanted to run with the coarse filtering only, then you’d want to buy a set of course filter screens to replace the pleated filter screens with.
I think Archie wants to chew on that cord really, really badly....I suggest separating Archie and the new robot until they learn to play nicely.
(FYI - roll the cord when putting it away, DO NOT wind it over your arm or else it will get irreversible twists in it. Lookup “under-over cord wrap method” on YouTube).
I think Archie wants to chew on that cord really, really badly....I suggest separating Archie and the new robot until they learn to play nicely.
(FYI - roll the cord when putting it away, DO NOT wind it over your arm or else it will get irreversible twists in it. Lookup “under-over cord wrap method” on YouTube).