The day has finally come. The Jandy rep showed up and, with Eli, performed the last of the setup on the filtration system. This involved connecting the system to my network, setting up the bubbler valve actuator, turning on the pump and heater, and setting various speeds for the variable speed pump. The pump will run at one speed while the heater is on, which is specific to the heat exchange rate of the heater and my system. Another speed for general filtration. Since we have a variable speed pump, we can run the pump at lower rpms, but for 24 hours a day, to save on electrical cost and wear on the pump. Lastly, a speed for when the bubbler is turned on, since more flow is required for that water circuit. The entire setup took a few hours, but in the end, I was left with a fully functioning pool and the kids took no time jumping in.
Here's the pool at the final water level, after topping it off a bit with the garden hose. There's a whole 28 day regime I have to do for the warranty on the plaster. It involves keeping the water chemistry correct, brushing down the plaster, and not using salt in our salt system. So for this short end of summer swim season, I'll be using chlorine, like a normal pool.
The water filling company came later in the day to remove their hose. The color of the pool can vary between light blue to almost a little green depending on how much sun there is. We're currently setting the temperature of the pool at 80-82 degrees, but also turning the heater off at night, which only causes a 2 degree drop. The air temperature differential at night is almost 20 degrees from the set temperature, so it doesn't make sense to burn gas trying to keep it at the set temperature when no one is using it.
The lights are controlled via the iAqualink app. With the lights we got, there are a dozen preset colors we can choose some and a hand full of color cycling programs. Although they're RGB LEDs, we don't get infinite color control, which is a little disappointing. Jandy does sell another system that has a color wheel interface and I'm not sure why they software limit these to set colors. The other odd thing about these lights is that they have to cycle to the color you pick, so if your desired color is 8th in the list, it always has to cycle through seven colors before it changes to the color you desire.
The bubbler valve is set up to always pump a little water, to circulate water on the sunshelf. It's not enough to introduce a lot of air, but it does make a nice gurgling water sound. When I turn the bubbler on with the app, it creates a foot high plume of water. The kids love it and it makes a really nice atmosphere in conjunction with the lights.
That's about it for now. We got a couple good days of swimming on the weekend with temperatures in the 80s. It will get a little colder, but still swimmable this next week. Speaking of this week, we should see the fence installed at the end of the week with the final inspection the following so I have at least one more post for the pool updates.
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