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I never acid washed it and it lasted 8 years and still works.

Mine is 8 years old yet still goes strong. Want to know how long it lasts.

Thanks. Once I input the TA number, it works fine. By the way, what’s the limitation of free version?

It looks like the amount it gives is too low. See the attached file.

Mine is 7 years old. So I may need to replace it soon?

The one I am using is 7 years old, I bought it from Amazon for about $500. But nowadays I never heard you can you get it for $300. If you can, please let me know.

It is a useless feature. First, it increases chance for leaks, harder to open and close pool. If they are broken, very hard to fix. You can use the money to buy a pretty decent robotic cleaner, which is much easier to maintain, much better for cleaning. I have these in floor cleaner, but...

From my experience, I never see any salt residual issue from my salt water pool.

Why not convert to salt water pool? Much more reliably and convenient for automation.

One long term solution is to convert it to salt water pool.

I agree 100% about the comments on the in floor cleaner. It never worked and is useless. It increases the chance of leaking.

Where did you buy Pentair IntelliConnect? How much? Do you need any hub to connect to it?

First, it increases chance for leaks, harder to open and close pool. If they are broken, very hard to fix. You can use the money to buy a pretty decent robotic cleaner, which is much easier to maintain, much better for cleaning. I have these in floor cleaner, but almost useless, because I have...

Infloor cleaners are the stupidest design ever. Avoid them if you can.

I compared with the results from Taylor salt test kit, if I subtract the calcium value from TDS value, I get the salt value. The results are pretty consistent.