Recent content by enjeru

Yup! That valve in front of the pump is the one that's the hardest to read because it was basically a sticker and over the years it's simply faded away, crumpled and unreadable. The sticker is spilt into 4 different sections. All that can be read is "Port 1/2". "Off". "unreadable". "Off". I...

Yeah, I usually prefer to dissolve things first, though some products note on the package to NOT dissolve them first. I added maybe 2-3 pounds of pre-dissolved baking soda yesterday evening. Will check my alkalinity again today, hopefully it will help me to bring up my pH too, along with some...

I need to add some baking soda to my pool. What I don't know is where/how to add it. Do I just throw some into the pool and let it sink to the bottom? Should I dissolve it first? Do I put it into the intake/filter basket so that it can run through the filter and back out to the pool via the...

The options on that big round switch thing are... Filter Waste Recirculate Backwash Rinse Close  Currently it is set to *Filter* just as it always has been while we are running the pool for swimming. We have 2 labeled Ports (Front and Back) the Valve on them moves in a big circle. On opposite...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2au5bHZx1qfwgujo1_400.png http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2ay8ZoAH1qfwgujo1_400.png http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2azdWn6Z1qfwgujo1_400.png http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2b01eWom1qfwgujo1_400.png Those are my pix of some of the plumbing and...

Hello all, I'm new here and have a bit of an issue. Just hired a company to come open my pool for the season about a week ago. They said they checked the filter, cleaned it and put DE in it. I noticed they left the filter running even though the water was well below the intake baskets. (this...