Recent content by goyom

Still looking for a hand on this. I have shocked the pool way past what is needed to compensate for CYA, which is 20, PH is 7.4, salt 3250, took the chlorine to 15 ppm. Have added a full bottle of metal free from Leslie's pool supply. My pool is not big, so 32 oz should do the trick based on the...

Hail all and well met. I recently read the thread on cleaning up the pool with ascorbic acid. I took my 4 jandy filter cartridges, about 3 feet tall and about 10 inches each in circumference, and put them in a tall bucket with some serious vitamin C. They were brown and red, and after the...

Thanks for the reply Bama. I am in the process of running the full treatment now. Its amazing how quickly it cleaned up the pool.

Hi all, recently started to notice that all my plastic plastic parts in our pool and our polaris were taking on a dull yellow/brown discoloration. Most notable on the skimmer baskets and baskets in the main pump and water feature pump. So I took the water to a lab, not a pool store and found...

Hi all, I noticed last week a little white line along the water line in the pool figured it was calcium? So I didnt add water for a week and let the water get down a bit. The white really became noticeable on the tile once it dried out. Any ideas what this is? I tried using muriatic acid and...

Here are some links I found with photos/model numbers to help see if your drain covers are in the recall. I didn't want to swim down and unscrew one without having an idea first. Sure enough mine are in the recall. cpsc.gov site with sample photos...

Well warranty came and took a look at the pump, it was definitely bad bearings. Just wanted to update in case anyone else has pump noise like this in the future. Now apparently its smooth and quiet again.

You are looking for a "water feed" sander. http://www.amazon.com/Water-Feed-Orbita ... B004JKRX5C

I found this youtube of someone with a similar problem. I have hearing problems, but I "think" this sounds close to the same. Can someone listen to it and give me some feedback? His issue was bearings, does that sound right ? Thanks much for the help.

Bama, no air in the pump basket. I have 3 returns (2 skimmers, deep end drains, hot tub drain). My pressure is on track, its normally 14 psi when the filter is clean and thats where I am sitting now.

Hi all, a few weeks ago I noticed my 1 year old pump is making an odd pulsating sound and seems to be getting louder as days go by. It is a 2 hp jandy pump. The water seems to be pumping fairly smoothly still and the pressure gauge pulses ever so slightly. The pump next to it is for the...

Your pool looks much like mine did in this post, notice the green cast to the water. looking-for-assistance-on-a-green-pool-t29391.html My CYA was too high as well, after draining some water and lowering the CYA, the shock worked very quickly. Once the water was blue but still cloudy, I used...

HI all, I recently went through a round of algae, during which my salt cell salinty read 3300-3400 ppm, while in reality it was 2200-2400 ppm. Now, that the algae has cleared my cell is reading now 2600 ppm, could the algae have caused that ?

Well I must say thanks to all here at TFP that assisted me in my first algae break out. Last night I refilled the pool, got the cya down to 30 ppm, and hit it with a heavy dose of chlorine based on chemgeeks cya chart created for the Algae section. I stayed up all night and kept checking the...