Recent content by dunerb

Needsajet, this is my setup. Admittedly, I'm not certain which valves control what. However, the yellow highlighted automatic valve is the cleaner & it does appear to open completely. Unfortunately, I don't have a regular connection in place of the flow regulator connection to test. If it...

Thank you for this reply. Much appreciated. I will examine these questions today & report back. And you are correct, the cleaner runs at 3450 RPM.

I have a 5 year old MX8 in which I replaced all inner parts with authentic Zodiac MX8 Tune Up Kit this weekend. I returned the cleaner to my pool, but it still runs very slowly & will stop when it encounters minor obstructions like the main drains. Flow regulator is installed. Yellow...

Good Morning, Joined the group in June and you guys helped me maintain a Trouble Free Pool all summer long. Lately, however, my chlorine levels have risen without adding chlorine to the point of 10.8 this morning. I had seen it in the 7 and 9 range in the last couple of weeks. The 10.8 this...

Hello All, Appreciate the great insight here. After learning through this site, maintaining my pool chemistry has been a pleasure and become predictable. For the first 5 weeks, my pump setting as been at the maximum (3450). I run my pool 12 hours per day and usually turn on the cleaner once...

It's been a couple of weeks of hot weather, adding some water to the pool and finally some rain last night. I added the appropriate amount (according to the calculator) of stabilizer back on the 16th, but CYA remains stuck around 50. Alkalinity was raised to 100, but has been steady at 90 for...

Appreciate the quick reply and thorough advice. Out to add the CYA now.

Great to find this site. Thank you. After testing with a cheap kit that was provided by the pool builder, I received my K2006 today and initial results are as follows. FC= .2 ppm (seems really low?) CC= .4 ppm pH= 8, needed 2 drops to get to 7.4 TA= 60 CH= 130 CYA= my black dot never...