Several years ago my brother mentioned his swimming pool involved a considerable amount of ongoing money and effort. So when Jan said she would like a swimming pool I insisted on the components being both over designed and the best available. This cunning plan would ensure the pool was almost free of maintenance.
Well that didn’t work. Every Saturday I find myself brushing down the pool, cleaning the filters, sending Nemo for a swim and testing the chemical levels. Then the expenses started to mount. Components needed replacing. First the filter. Then the Chlorinator. Then the Control Box. Recently the pool robot. Today it was the UV water sanitizer.
The ballast and UV lamp in the sanitizer had failed. I hadn’t realised the lamp required removal and cleaning every six months. The Ballast is quite small. It’s actually a power supply.
The new ballast (black & green box below) is significantly larger that the original. Don’t ask me why.
I needed to make a mounting plate to fit the ballast to the wall of the workshop.
After four years of pool ownership the only original parts are the actual pool and pipework.
On reflection some money might have been saved if I’d opted for cheaper components.
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