Hi,

I am happy I found this great forum. Hope you guys apologize my English; I am German but live in Florida since a while, still working on my language.

I do have an in ground pool that we had built about 6 years ago.

I have an AquaLogic PS-8, a Hayward gas heater, a Hayward pool pump and a Fafco solar system.

I do operate a T15 chlorinator cell. I have 2 wireless remotes and one poolside wired that I am not using (fried).

Everything was installed by a professional pool company.

I am computer engineer, so I know how to operate and fix such equipment.

I live in the Tampa Bay area that is known as the lightning capital of the nation.

Every year (!) lightning destroyed my system. It was ALWAYS the motherboard of the PS-8. Just today the service replaced the motherboard that was installed about 8 month ago. We had lightning 3 days ago....

I have had other lightning problems in the house over the years as a damaged cable router, but these were seldom and minor. This week again nothing but the pool control had a problem.

While the Hayward support has been outstanding, I am trying to get it fixed forever. The support person told me that this is not a common problem.

I do have my control outside. I have everything properly grounded. I had an electrician check everything out and install a surge protector on the system, but that did not fix the problem.

Any idea what I could do?

Thanks

Stephan