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Running Linux On Your Swimming Pool
Forkenhoppen writes: "Ever considered having a computer look after your swimming pool maintenance? Check out this project by Richard J. Kinch. Mr. Kinch uses a Linux box configured with several shell scripts to control the chlorination levels of his pool."
1) This guy should learn chemistry first, if he's going to try to write ionic equations.
Hypochlorous acid is HClO.
2) Breaboards are not ideal for switching loads or controlling things as a permanent solution, probably should make a PCB and solder the components on, as breadboards tend to make crappy connections (similar to a cold solder joint).
3) Probably should use optocouplers and protection diodes on *anything* you build and attach to your computer(s).
4) Real men use languages like perl and c, not wussy shell scripts. jk, at least it's not labview or vb script on winbloze or macs.
My two centidollars.
The biggest trick the devil pulled was letting lawyers become politicians so they can write the laws.
I must say it again. X10 and X10.com are two different things. Type X10 into google and you'll see other companies selling modules. X10 is a protocol. X10.com is an annoying popunder ad marketing piece of junk. Don't confuse the two.
In my experience, people who say this are intolerent to bad pH balance or chloramines. I've had people tell me that "they can't tolerate chlorine", and tell me my pool hardly has any chlorine.
The truth is, I keep my pool chlorine levels relatively high. The trick is proper pH balance.
Incidentally, I don't have any experience with Bacquil, but the people who I know that use it, I never like the clarity of the water.
That's not a knock on anything, everybody keeps their pool the way they like it; we've been happy with chlorine (in fact, I had the ozone generator removed because I'm convinced residential ozone generators are useless).
Pool season in only 3 1/2 months. Can't wait.
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you