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I forgot to ask about best level of borates. I've seen 30-50 ppm is recommended by many, but once source I found said that it should be 70 ppm if using salt cell. What level does TFP recommend?

thank you. guess I will give it a try since I already bought it.

Currently around 550. Just drained enough water to bring it down from around 800. Will it use more or less acid? I have a stenner injection pump that injects little bit of acid every morning to keep my ph between 7.4 and 7.6.

I have few questions. I am currently planning to re-plumb my auto-fill from a hard water irrigation line to the soft water loop on my house. I use potassium pellets for the soft water, even though they cost a bunch more. Is there any negatives with soft water in a pool, besides ensuring that...

I tested with the new Taylor Test kit and it essentially confirmed the previous results (with expired Regent) on the same water. So I have no doubt that my CSI is negative. But still have no idea why I would be getting scaling on the salt cell so much. Going to look into how I can tap into my...

I checked the regents and a few of them are expired in May 2023, while a couple were expired summer 2022. So, I ordered a new test kit to re-check the levels and see where I'm at. Hopefully can figure something out.

No soft water is available to the auto-fill. Plumber plumbed it in to the irrigation line rather than the hose bibb so it is bypassing the house completely. Though the hose bibb doesn't have soft water either. I will check the reagents to ensure they are still good. I checked my testing method...

FC is only low because the salt cell is no longer running due to calcium buildup. I typically run cell to keep within the recommended levels. Test strips are fast and provide a way to see rough amount of chlorine in the pool, besides FC and CC have no bearing on CSI, at least based on the pool...

I weekly test ph and TA with taylor and monthly do a more comprehensive testing at pool store and with the taylor test kit so I am 100% confident the numbers are reasonably close to those listed. For example taylor kit had 7.4-7.5 ph and 70-80 TA which matches pool store results. FC only test...

Hello, I am having some calcium buildup on my salt cell (45 to 60 days between cleaning), much more than I feel I should be having. Previous years I ran a Pentair IC60 and injected 50% acid/50% water via a stenner pump a few feet before the salt cell to keep ph stable with minimal effort. While...

I guess my concern would be that it could inject acid into the pipe without water moving if it is installed on pool return pipe. Can't see from that picture but there are 3 valves there to choose between Spa Jets, Spa Overflow, InFloor or Pool Returns. I mostly use Pool Returns but few hours a...

This is the current setup. Left the cracked nuts on the pipe. Hoping I would have enough room to cut the union off by that valve and put the injection there. Then salt cell would be moved right a bit. Just not sure about having it very close to that 90 degree turn.

Thank you for the information! I see your pool is similar size. Do you run the IC60 or IC40?

Thank you. Will gift my box of cal hypo shock to a pool owner I don't like very much. haha. So how should I go about getting rid of the white flakes? Vacuum and clean filter? Could that have damaged my IC60? Is Leslie's clean and clear better? Should I worry about 650 calcium? Sorry for all...

Ok, thank you. Good to know!

I had a mustard algae bloom in early summer. Phosphates were around 1,000 and I didn't bother lowering them this spring but I learned my lesson. I used the HTH Super Shock Pool Shock several times. Ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite 56.44%, other ingredients 43.56% Phosphates are down to 450...

I bought a second set of aftermarket filters for half the price so I can swap them out and soak. In any case, I may not go thru the hassle of soaking.

Anyone used TSP-PF to clean their DE filters?

This summer I have been getting some white flakes in my pool as well, which I tested with muriatic acid/water and it fizzed. Calcium level in pool is high (650), but not outrageous. Not sure if that has anything to do with this or not but it did plugged up my filter a month ago. I do wonder if...

Interesting. I've never had a TSP cleaning. I just hose them off and spray cartridge cleaner on them. Then rise that off. Is TSP safe for DE cartridge filters?

Tell me about it. Had expensive LG fridge compressor, z-wave light switch, and now this go out in the past month.

Thanks guys. I may swap locations of salt cell and injection port. I assume I would be ok with an IC40 if my pool is around 16k gallons? That would save me $300-$400 and make it more bearable if I had to replace it every few years. If I do move away from Pentair, what would you recommend? I...

Hi Jim, Spoke with Pentair and he said it was not common but sounded like a cell failure. They will not cover it under warranty. The first cell died within 2 years and could not read salt level. This one is just over 2 years old as well. There was some calcium on the cell plates but nothing...

So my Pentair IC60 was flashing green to inspect the cell. I did and there was some calcium, not terrible but some. So I cleaned it with acid/water and put it back in. Initially it said everything was ok but checked this morning and it again says to inspect cell. The automation is saying to...

I will do that. The solar did in fact come on eventually so going to check to make sure that solar sensor is reading properly.

How can I get the solar temperature reading in easytouch system?

Recently noticed my solar valve was no longer working. I tested it at the switch and it works so figured it was something with the Easytouch. Then I noticed that the water temperature sensor was reading high so I replaced that with a new sensor. Tried to turn on solar this morning (water temp...

To close out this thread. The 24vac relays I was using to control my extra pool valves with the Aux buttons should have been 24vdc. It worked for 3 years but then popped the relay breaker in the Easytouch panel and at a minimum damaged a transistor array on the PCB. The new board is in and has...