Hi all we have an Irripiscene Joey to continuously monitor our pool chemistry. This has worked well for us for over five years and gave a continual hourly readout to our phones. I recently noticed the automatic readings had stopped. Looking into it the readings were provided through the internet of things « Sigfox » and they went broke earlier in the year. I am a bit peeved with Irripiscene as I had a contract with them and they did not bother contacting their customers. Luckily the contract ended in August and I cancelled. They are still pushing the contrat through their app. The Joey still works but via Bluetooth so I have to go out to the pool with my phone and take a reading (still easier than taking a water sample and testing that).
I have been looking into it and I think the technology is made by a company Blue Technology in the USA. They advertise their version via Cash Piscine so went into the one in Albi today to see what they knew about the tech, surprise surprise they knew nothing about it. The Blue Tech website still offers Sigfox but also pushes a WiFi repeater which might be a good idea for me.
Does anyone use this system and could advise me please.
Nick you expect too much from the pool industry. It’s really just a way to tap into your bank balance. I am not going to the trade show this autumn as it’s all moving in the same direction, online monitoring at a contractual monthly payment. Box after box at the last expo. Very little on simplifying the looking after your pool. It’s very very easy and not hugely expensive to set up a pool for very low running costs with great water quality.
The pool has been running really well all summer before the power outage. We have a reversible heat pump which has been keeping it at 29 deg. After running the pump full time for few days it is back clear again.
That’s the way the industry is going, how about the dosing? Also probably subject to industry numbers which may not reflect your local water condition.
It depends on the complexity of the unit. There are basic chlorine dosers with redox probes which are not too expensive or salt chlorinators, all bring a level of automation. The high end boxes do much the same but some introduce automatic probe cleaning and reporting via the web or app. Of course most of it still depends on having an electrical supply
You’re right, though I’d see the plant zone as being an attraction, and the guy behind the pools in the link I provided sells ‘biofilters’ that aren’t especially pricey and can easily run off solar. I’m not doing a hard-sell though, people have to be comfortable with the difference. I’d rather have up-front costs though than forever ones that are dependent on ‘the man’.
Yes I met David a few years back at a sort of open day he was holding. It may surprise you that my pool uses less than David’s Olive filter in electricity on filtration. His air compressor uses more than my pool pump
