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I have a year-old Pentair MasterTemp 400 that has started displaying several alerts. Overall it heats well and if it I hadn't noticed the alerts I would not have thought anything was wrong with its performance. My heater is connected to my IntelliCenter via an RS485 cable. I got the following...

I converted from LC to SWGC a couple of weeks ago by installing a Pentair IC60. It's working well enough that 24 hours at 15% is keeping up with demand in my 27,500 galon pool in the Houston area. The question I have is that the salt reading from my IC60 is consistrntly 900-1,000 ppm higher...

Our high temperature here in the Houston area will be 84F today. Pollen season seems to have kicked off yesterday. Below is a picture of one of the skimmer baskets and the yellow water in my skimmer after 1 day. Maybe the hair nets in the skimmers and my large 520 filter will reduce the number...

Lighting struck a tree in our front yard. It knocked out some random minor electronics in the house, my irrigation controller, and some pool equipment. The pool equipment included the Intellicenter main board, heater control board, and the MicroBrites in the pool and spa. The Intellicenter main...

I turned off the water to my autofill for a couple of days to address a non-pool related issue. Before I turned it back on I took the cover off and looked inside. The water was disgusting. I did the OCLT on the pool and I did not lose any chlorine so I don’t think the algae has taken hold in the...

I am going to convert my pool to use a Pentair IC60 SWG for chlorine production and I have a question about the plumbing. I have an Intelliflo3 pump for may main filter. I usually my pump just enough to make sure the skimmers are working properly. Sometimes I run it a higher speed to push extra...

We had a fast moving storm come through the Houston area this (Wednesday) evening. There were high winds and lots of lightning. When the storm had passed I went to survey the damage. We have some heavy limbs down, some furniture around the pool tumped over, and some random debris. Then I went to...

I have a Polaris TR28P cleaner with a Pentair LA01N booster pump. It works well. My main pump is a Pentair Intelliflow3. I want to dial down the RPMs to just above the minimum flow required for the booster pump to work. I searched for specifications but I did not find anything. Does anybody have...

I want to place a couple of electrical receptacles around the pool. I will, of course, follow NEC for distance from pool, GFCi, etc. We are going to have travertine pavers on top of concrete. I am looking for pictures and ideas of how people have creatively worked them into their deck design...

My wife & I live north of Houston and will soon have a giant expensive mud hole in the backyard. We are hoping with some good fortune, it will turn into a swimming pool sometime in April. Our three adult children and seven grandchildren live in the nearby area. The grandchildren range in age...

We are in the very early stages of talking to PBs about building a pool. I want to be able to use my irrigation well to fill the pool. The water supplied to the house from the local water company in my area is very expensive. I am glad I found this site. I have been reading a lot. I ordered...

We are talking to several pool builders about putting in a pool. We are looking at a freeform pool that is roughly 42' x 22' and 3.5' to 8' deep, with an 8' x 10' spa and rock waterfall. I think we are closing in on the design, but the material(s) to use for the deck is still undecided. Some...