Recent content by Nlandr7

I didn’t know that. Thanks for the tip.

So you only have to turn off your swg when initially adding salt to your pool for the first time? It’s safe to leave it on for “top offs”?

I use this eSeasonGear SALT-3050 Waterproof IP65 Meter, Digital Salinity PPM Temperature Tester for Salt Water Pool and Koi Fish Pond Amazon.com Calibrated with a 3000 ppm sample

Correct. Brought it up from 3100 ppm to 3700 ppm

Update: I just turned the pump off and back on, and the pentair app is now reading close to the correct reading with the added salt. I’m still unsure of what damage I could have done or if it’s not that serious to do it once

I was amping up my FC before adding salt to the pool, in anticipation of having to keep my swg off for 24 hours, so I had my swg at 100%. I thought I had turned my swg down to 0% before I added 80 lbs of salt, but after looking at it after about 7 hours, my swg was still at 100%. Did I ruin it...

I really want to purchase the Betta 2 skimmer, but an alarming number of Amazon reviews mention that they break within the first 1-4 months. A lot of people mention they are on their 2nd and 3rd machine, but they love it. $500 is a lot of money to spend on a great machine that breaks within a...

Everything looked ok this morning with no stains. I also tested cya and it looks like it dissolved fully because it raised from 30 to 50.

Sooo I’ve read about putting stabilizer in a sock in front of a return jet to help dissolve. I’ve also read that it takes hours for it to dissolve. I recently bout some Clorox stabilizer and put 4 pounds in a skimmer sock (thinking this would be the same type material as panty hose). I hung the...

We are in the second week of our pool being filled and brushing every day. I noticed that the top half of our pool is a much darker shade of blue than the bottom. I thought this was a shadow at first, but I got in the pool and looked and it’s definitely a color change. It seems to go all around...

I do plan on keeping it open and running over winter. I live in southern Louisiana, so I’m betting on it not getting too cold. so I should just maintain my cya/fc for swg even though I’m using chlorine?

I recently got a pool built and I’m in the stage where I’m using liquid chlorine instead of salt. I’m scheduled to start using my swg next week, so I decided to read the manual. Upon reading it, I saw that the swg is supposed to be mounted vertically. I’ve noticed the my swg is mounted...

I’ve read that since the swg stops working around 52 degrees, that you should treat the pool with liquid chlorine during the winter months. My question is, once I start using liquid chlorine, should I use the cya/fc chart as if I’m using bleach as my sanitizer? Cya requirements for salt is a...