Recent content by moonie

The chlorine is a little high but nothing to really worry about, I'd be more worried about the PH, I try to target 7.6. I don't know about your salt cell but mine prefers under 3300, I try to keep it at 3000-3100. 86oz of washing soda or 171oz of Borax will get your PH up to the correct range.

Opened the pool Sunday, removed the cover, water was clear with a brown bottom. Have SLAM'd since and it is coming along nicely. No combined chlorine, but the CYA is 0 so I'm losing quite a bit during the day. Today the above mentioned Newfoundland realized the pool was open and made a mad dash...

I tried to educate a couple in our bible study group. Wife listened intently and told me to talk to her husband about it, he wanted nothing to do with my advice, wanted to stick with the pool store advice, after all, they do that for a living...

The wife and I started this conversation this past weekend. I would love to open the pool early and get ahead of the algae bloom however we have a 2 year old Newfoundland that loves to swim and not much way to keep her out of it. I really need to get a safety fence put around it lol. To say...

Normally pool salt levels are between about 2,800 and 3,600 PPM, sea water is 35,000 ppm, there is a huge difference regardless of the subjective taste test lol. Some people can detect the salt at normal salt pool levels and some can't, I can but it is no where near ocean saltiness.

You need to use the tool that comes with it to adjust the suction, adjust the suction on the host using this tool until the indicator is at #2. This is the optimal suction for the cleaner. We have a single speed Hayward super pump with valves on the main drain and each of our two skimmers. I...

I used to have a 16" Intex and I had original cartridge filter with SWG, upgraded to the intex sand filter, all hoses came with the equipment.

Keep going, it can take a while. You are on the right path however, if you can keep up the SLAM you will get it clear.

On the upside, bats eat their weight in mosquito's every night.

Have you done an OCLT?

Wife named ours Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Barry Cuda.

Well the drop in water has definitely stopped before going below the skimmer intake and there is still water in the skimmers so I think I'm lucky enough for it not to be in the pluming. I'll inspect the liner around the pool especially at the skimmer intakes and the inside of the skimmers for...

Ok, I started getting the pool ready a few weeks ago and the water quickly went from green to a beautiful blue. However we have a problem, we are losing water. The wife suggested letting it leak down to see where it stops. It seems to have stopped near the bottom of the opening to the skimmers...

Just got back from the pool store, new gauge was $7.95. Didn't realize TFTTestkits sold one or I would have gotten that one. Oh well, upgrade for next year.

Last year my clean filter pressure was around 14psi and I would normally backwash when it hit 17 or so. I've started opening the pool (last weekend) and I've noticed the filter pressure is 20psi. I did notice that the off pressure wasn't 0psi so I'm thinking it might be an issue with the gauge...