Equipment
Inventory, filtration, pumps, heaters, automation, sanitizer systems, and design decisions.
Open the playbooks in this hub to focus on this part of pool care without wading through the full library.
Playbooks In This Hub
Start with the closest match to your situation, then branch into related playbooks as needed.
Archived Manuals Library
Browse the archive of hard-to-find pool manuals and official guides that Poolometer cites across chemistry, equipment, and troubleshooting.
Automation and Calibration
Understand controllers, sensors, pH probe calibration, freeze protection logic, and where ORP guidance breaks down in cyanurated pools.
Chemical Feeders and Automation Interactions
Map how feeders, probes, ORP, pump schedules, and interlocks interact so automation does not quietly create chemistry failures.
Chemical Feeders and Dosing Hardware
Run erosion feeders, liquid pumps, acid tanks, and injection hardware as calibrated chemical systems with real compatibility and leak risks.
Choosing Your Sanitizer - Salt vs Chlorine
Compare liquid chlorine, SWGs, tablets, and supplemental systems without pretending any of them are “chemical free.”
Cleaner Systems and Debris Removal
Compare suction, pressure-side, robotic, and in-floor cleaners by hydraulic load, debris profile, and maintenance burden.
Design Decisions That Affect Maintenance
Use construction-phase decisions to reduce future chemistry drift, debris load, and hydraulic headaches.
Equipment Pad Labeling and Handoff
Label valves, breakers, shutoffs, drain points, and manual-safe positions so seasonal work and service calls start from facts.
Essential vs Nice-to-Have Equipment
Prioritize pumps, filtration, test gear, and safety basics before you spend money on convenience upgrades.
Filtration and Circulation
A canonical guide to sand, cartridge, and DE filters; clean baseline pressure; backwashing; and cloudy-water filtration fixes.
Manufacturer Manuals and Model-Family Index
Map Pentair, Hayward, Jandy, Raypak, AquaCal, Paramount, Polaris, Dolphin, and similar families before you trust any equipment guidance.
Mixed-Brand Automation, Heaters, and Winterization
Map who actually controls pump start, heater enable, valves, chlorination, and freeze response when the equipment pad mixes brands or generations.
Pool Covers, Evaporation, and Heat Retention
Use covers intentionally for evaporation control, heat retention, debris management, and safety instead of treating every cover as interchangeable.
Pool Heaters and Heat Management
Run gas heaters, heat pumps, and solar heating with the right expectations for flow, climate, covers, and service boundaries.
Pool Lighting Systems and Fixtures
Use the exact lighting family, controller, and archived manual before replacing fixtures, changing scenes, or troubleshooting pool lights.
Pool Volume Calculator
Estimate how much water your pool holds using simple dimensions and region-friendly units.
Pumps and Hydraulics
Understand flow, head loss, speed control, priming, and filter matching before you trust generic runtime folklore.
Salt Systems and Cell Care
Run an SWG by the manual, manage stabilizer and scale, and separate salt-level problems from production problems.
Shared Pool/Spa Systems
Understand spillover logic, valve modes, hotter-water chemistry, and shared-equipment troubleshooting for combined pool/spa systems.
Supplemental Systems and Add-Ons
Understand the limits of UV, ozone, mineral, and similar add-ons so they do not displace basic sanitizer and testing discipline.
Water Features and Aeration
Spillovers, laminars, fountains, bubblers, and deck jets affect pH drift, evaporation, scale pressure, and scheduling.