Recent content by illwill

Excellent, thank you very much.

Thank you all for everything you do to help out. I've been a long time lurker, and have had a few threads where I was helped previously on my Baquacil setup. Flash foward to this year: A few of my bead receivers gave way and since the pool was about 12 years old I decided to replace all of the...

Ah, yes. Probably an overdose of the algacidie. Will shocking it more break that junk up or is there a better way to remove the froth? PH 7. Alkalinity 170 Biquanide 40-45 (this was the BQ, Butterfly)

Well I am not sure if this is algae or not. I did have an algae problem last week after returning from 3 days away and it seemed to clear up with algacide and vacuuming and a recharge of D.E. I say seemed to clear up because, while it was crystal clear, the pool smelled a little "off" like a...

I've cut it back to 5 hours run time from the previous 8 and this is day 6 so far (running 8am-1pm instead of until 4pm) Pool still crystal clear but we haven't been in it all week as its been raining most of the week. Seems to be working pretty good though. Thank you folks for the help.

The labels on the pump are worn but I think I see Pump portion Starbright SBP-100 2 Speed 1-28-A02 Motor Century LASAR Pool Motor Part 7 - 177782-03 1.5 Horsepower Type CSM FR R48Y 60 HZ 115 Volts 11.02/2.9 Amps 3450/1725 RPM

I will set it for 5 hours. The pump says it is a Starbrite DE 50 and the 50 signifies GPM according to the label: Higher Res: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/761/imag0289y.jpg Ok now I guess I need to figure out how many GPM the PUMP can handle

Filter says 50 GPM and If the calculation is right a 24' x 4' round has a 13,500 gallon capacity. 13,500 / every minute 50 gallons = 270 minutes for a turn over? (4.5 hours) Assuming that is correct I guess I will scale it back from 8 hours run time daily to 5 for the week and see how it...

Like many folks if I could save some money running my pool filter I would be happy. I have a 24' x 4' AG with a DE 50 filter and right now I'm running it 8a-4p 7 days per week. We only use the pool maybe 3 or 4 times per week right now for an hour or two per time. This will be the first full...

Yeah I'm new to this but that makes sense. The two people I know whose pools bother my sons skin just probably don't take very good care of their chemical levels.

Thanks, there is some really good information to be read here. The OP can have a rash free pool with baquacil is what I was getting at. Just needs to be properly sanitized.

My 4 year old is allergic to some certain brands of chlorine, however totally fine with other brands. He is completely fine with our Baquacil pool and this is a kid with very sensitive skin. My point is that the previous poster is touching on something I would look into. Make sure your chemicals...