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This whole Clorox Bleach thing is a bummer. I used the Walmart generic stuff at 8.25% for a long time (Value Bleach, or something like that, with no scent). Worked fine, but then switched to just buying Chlorox at Sams at 8.25%. Had to put up with tearing down the boxes and getting rid of...

I would certainly use an expansion joint and put polyurethane caulk. You can get it in multiple colors. Our soil here in Texas has lots of expansive clay. Things move all over the place. Pool moves. Decking moves. Large changes in seasonal underground moisture levels. But no freezing. Our ur...

decided to cancel this post. Sorry.

Update... Yesterday I went out to the pool shed to check things out. Normally I had about 900 PSI on the CO2 gage on the Hayward regulator, but that number was down to about 400. Since the CO2 bottle is filled mostly with liquid, and gasses off to the top, I knew that the liquid had run out...

I went with the co2 for a couple of reasons. The 50 lb bottle means a larger reservoir and less touches. The mechanism for injection is easier to setup and maintain, and there is no nastiness or corrosion issues to deal with. I did not want to keep, store, or have acid in my pump house due to...

drywall guy.... That's some sweet lookin' water. - - - Updated - - - My pool got to 94 degrees yesterday, ran the pool "chiller" last night for 12 hours and dropped the temp down to 84. Temp was back up to 89 a few hours ago, but what a nice day to swim. Crazy hot and humid and the pool...

Sorry for the late reply. Have not logged on here for a while. Yes, using a Rolachem pump that pumps in liquid bleach daily (starting about 9PM). I have varied the time somewhat here to keep the FC at my desired level. I am keeping my FC around 3 to 4 now, higher than I previously was doing...

Still adapting my routine to the new setup, but what seems to work well for me so far is to use a little acid when I'm at home and drop the ph into low 7's, and then let it drift up to 7.7 when I'm not home. The CO2 kicks in then and prevents it from getting too high. This combo also seems to be...

In response to BDAVIS466 Good advice. Although I am learning that the ORP moves around pretty wildly for other things too. Perhaps my approach of 2/3 gallon of 10% bleach on a timer is about as good as I can do. Still have to test the pool regularly anyway.

So, after a few weeks now everything working pretty well. My fc is holding between 3 to 4 measured in the morning. And the bleach is injected at night. I have been putting some muratic acid into the pool when it is convenient to do that and it is prolonging my CO2 bottle and keeping my TA from...

Update. System is is in place and operating for 5 days now. What others have stated appears to be true. which is that in short the ph control works pretty well. While the orp Is a much more complicated situation. I am am a bit miffed at Hayward because when I called them and discussed this...

CBC, Thanks for the thread bump, but it's just crickets in here. I probably went a little overboard on my description and nobody want's to touch it. Doesn't matter anyway, I just figured it would be helpful to anybody else out there in the future trying to do the same thing. My only...

All, Just yesterday ordered up parts for this years pool project. I have the Hayward Omnilogic system as my pool panel, and have 2 relays that are currently not being used. I ordered yesterday the HL-CHEM system (ORP and PH sensors in a test well that connect to the main panel), as well as a 12...

83 degrees in the pool. We have had an unusually cool spring here in central Texas, lots of rain. Kids were in the pool last night. Takes them a minute to get used to it, then they didn't want to get out.

Just to chime in, I've had the Omnilogic now since late fall of 2014. This is my first pool so I can't make comparisons, but I'd say it's fine as a pool panel, but I always have had some connectivity issues, and recently made those disappear for the most part by moving my wireless bridge in my...