Recent content by jlg1636

JohnT referenced some great material for you. Some advice I can add specifically for your situation (which is already stated in the linked material) would be to not try and raise your pH with soda ash when your TA is already too high. You'll need to use acid to lower the TA and aerate to bring...

pH and TA almost always track together. If you add a pH increaser, your TA will surely go up. If you want to increase your pH without increasing your TA, you should try aerating your pool. I like to just point the return eyeball up so it gushes above the surface. After 24 hours I get maybe a...

Update: I was about to hook my pump and filter to my pool today and noticed that the drain plug had a small leak. So I removed the sand... again... and put the mystery o-ring on it and reinstalled the drain plug. Looks like it is no longer leaking. I guess my problem is finally solved. And...

Well I bought a new o-ring from the pool store packaged as a standpipe o-ring. It fit very well in the valve and over the standpipe. That makes me feel much better about the possible filter bypass I may have been experiencing. The only question remaining is what was the extra o-ring for? It...

This is really a must to properly treat your pool. If the levels are what you have stated, you'll never clear it up with an FC of 3 and CYA of 80. You would need an FC around 30 or higher depending on the type of algae in your pool. Keep running your pump 24/7, and scrub the sides and bottom...

I had a very similar situation last year as far as not being able to clear up a cloudy pool. I was keeping my FC around 20 as well, and it wasn't working. I found that with algae, you have to shock at a higher level than a preventative maintenance shock level. Based on charts I have seen, you...

Thanks for the advice. That's what I suspected, because it really seems like an o-ring should be there to prevent filter bypass. The o-ring really just seems too fat. It is a little too big to fit in the groove inside the valve, but it will go. But when attempting to put the valve over the...

I have a 1.5 HP PROLINE pump (PH1150) 19" PROLINE High Rate Sand Filter (515-1901) (45 GPM, 2 sq ft surface area)

I changed the sand in my sand filter, and after reassembling, I found I have an extra 2" o-ring. Most of the o-rings in the system are 1.5", and I'm not sure where it came from. The pump is still inside from the winter, so it shouldn't have come from a connection from there. My suspicion is...