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Hi folks - went to clean my cartridges today after closing the pool a few days ago and I noticed they are completely covered with what looks like white/gray/blueish granules - see pics. What is this stuff?!? It did not go away by hosing it down. Now the cartridges are soaking in TSP - hope...

Leaves are a problem for me and whenever I'm away from home for a prolonged period of time I need to manage the risk of my skimmer basket clogging up which would make my expensive pump run dry causing very expensive damage. (No, someone coming to clean up my skimmer every other day while I'm on...

App is terrific Main gap for me is that when I log test results there is no field for SWG% As a salt water user, I know that finding the SWG chlorine production % level that yields your desired FC target is not easy The app allows you to track FC levels over time and if you could look at those...

Hi folks - hope this finds you all well. My pool has been on autopilot for a while till last week when I realized the SWG (IC60) wasn’t producing chlorine. I’ve been getting FC readings of/near zero for a week+. Water is perfectly balanced. No CC or algae. SWG cell “looks” perfect - all green...

Having recently closed the pool for the first time, I just noticed that with a bit of rain and leaves the cover is already sagging a bunch in the centre... see pic. to my (untrained) eye, looks like way too much for a bit of rain/leaves... considering it's supposed to withstand heavy snow. I...

Big thx for all the advice on the forum. Closed the pool on my own and feel really good about the process! I left my PH at 7.2, as I read (at at least I think I understood) from a few posts here that over the winter with cold temperatures PH will increase, and therefore to start at lower end of...

Hi folks - I just noticed an odd detail in my pool, which was built last summer (it's a vinyl pool with dual drains in the deep end plumbed to skimmer). I just realized that the PB plugged the bottom hole of the main drains (the one perpendicular to the ground, where you'd have hydrostatic...

Getting mentally ready to close in a couple weeks or so. The procedure is described in so much detail on this forum and elsewhere, thanks to so many of you. Don't want to discuss the steps here yet again but wanted a thread to zero in on the sequence, and whether that matters. Every post is...

Have been incrementally increasing SWG % output recently and supplementing with liquid chlorine… at first I thought it was just hotter than normal, perhaps stronger UV…. Now there’s zero chlorine in the pool despite SWG having been set at 50% or more for a week and pump running 24/7 as always so...

For those of us (minority on this forum it seems) that have main drains plumbed to skimmer, air locking the line is not an option and in freezing climates most common approach is to stuff foam rope (closed-cell, backer rod) into the line from the skimmer and then plug the line. That's what I've...

noticed water was v cloudy yesterday. FC about zero. I had the SWGC on very low output given colder weather we just went through but last few days heat and sun shot up, I didn’t adjust it and clearly it lost ground so wasn’t producing enough chlorine. Tried running it 100% for a few hrs but...

Since pool was built last summer, my Intelliflo was running fine but always 1/4 full of air (down to water intake level). I had read here it meant I had an air leak. Discuss w/PB who dismissed it as normal byproduct of VSPs. I then read loads of posts on this forum stating that it's perfectly...

Hi folks - hope all are well. Just reopening season here and wondering if I'm dealing with section-side leak. I always run my VS pump low and slow, 24/7 (25GPM, kicking up to the 40s when there's a heat call). At that low speed, I always had plenty of air bubbles in the pump basket/under lid...

My Pentair IntelliFlo VSF is hardwired to Intellicenter. Is it possible to disconnect that electrical connection and use a power cord instead to plug it into a regular 120V outlet? Scenario I had in mind: pool is not winterized, prolonged winter power outage with freezing temps and had to keep...

Hi all By now I think I've established that the rubber expandable plugs are by far the most common / industry standard for winterizing lines. However, I recently watched a video from a guy in the industry who made a good point, conceptually. He contends that threaded plugs are safer because...

Just got pool winterized for first time. PB removed plugs everywhere including filter. No big deal pumps or heater... Tiny holes.. But filter bottom plug is pretty wide and I'm guessing filter unit can become a heaven for rodents during winter.. do people really leave it open, unplugged all...

Hi folks Two weeks ago it got cold and my SWG stopped working well. I was going abroad for a week, so I dumped a few trichlor pucks in the inline chlorinator... Came back home to find FC levels tru the roof 20+.. removed all residual pucks from chlorinator and turned off SWG. Thing is, it's been...

New "full time" pool owner / first season - getting a decent hang of chemistry but sooo confused about this one. When do you manually fill your pump basket with water? Just at start up? Every time that you open the basket lid and restart it? Or every single time that you stop/start the pump...

Have had issues with this brand new heater. Supposed to function at 30GPM, and never did until at least 45GPM. At that speed (45GPM - 2100RPM), it would work but making a loud howling/whaling noise. Jandy today sent a tech. He did two things. Changed an internal pressure valve. He said the one...

Not exactly pool-related but thought expertise on the forum may bring an answer... I just bought a sump pump (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07SNGQQVW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to drain groundwater from my pool sump pit. After using it today, I noticed there's a fair...

My pool builder installed these lights (ATOM — Spa Electrics Canada) and for a while I couldnt figure out how to control them with my Intellicenter (they would flicker and I could not set the colour/theme from the automation panel). They ARE fully compatible with Intellicenter (and many other...

I have a 3' deep, 10" diameter, sump well installed by the shallow end (where the pool water is 3.5' deep). It's generally bone dry but we've been getting a few days of constant rain and there's about 8" of water in there now. At what point should I put a sump pump in to drain it? how much...

I have turned on email alerts on my Intellicenter to have line of sight on what's going on with the system. Since then, I am receiving regular email alerts that look like this: Error: IntelliChlor 1: Communication Lost Note: This usually indicates that the 4-wire communication cable...

I have several schedules set up in intellicenter, where pump speed and heater temps change throughout the day (and different for weekdays vs weekends). All schedules have heater mode on ( though again with different temps). I now have 4 days ahead of me with rain and colder temps when I know no...

Has anyone used third party replacement cartridges for this? The OEM is # 178585 and I just noticed they cost a fortune and would love recommendations on a compatible third party alternative...

Moved from HERE @chiefwej - I happen to have that same larger Eaton Ultra2 surge protector lying around in my house and was considering installing it at the Intellicenter load center. Any thoughts as to whether or not that would be appropriate? Reading through the forum it seems like there...

Hi there - first opening a few weeks ago and have been testing TA regularly to get the hang of it using Tf-100. Earlier on it would read much higher values (160+) and more recently seems to have stabilized around 100ish. My PoolMath logs are online if helpful. Today as I was testing and I...

Hi there Brand new heater on new pool build. Heater is supposed to function with min flow rate of 30GPM. However, in my case, it needs ~45GPM to fire up and any speed below that heater does not kick in and shows "check flow" error message. I find this very frustrating because I have invested...

Hi folks - my pool build was sooo delayed and opened last week. Have been diligently following TFP methodology and stopped PB from pouring all sorts of chems at startup... he was totally confused - I felt good! Big thx to all here for all the easy to follow advice. Now to my question, I would...

Read of them in several posts but i see there's a ton of options in the mkt in terms of materials and thickness.. sounds like a smart mitigation in theory. Pump is not in shed but exposed to the elements so would need to use material rated accordingly. Hoping that folks who have these sorts of...