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You could also use a wet/dry shop vac as there is a level of water above the sand. You would have to turn on off the water and shop vac to empty it and restart. This would be meticulous and and a lot more time consuming than a regular deep clean but just a thought.

Wulfdan ... friend type of advice. You know that the correct sand is a better option than Zeosand. Get some new sand and a shop vac and in a short time you won't have to worry or think about sand as an issue. It will be a great time to inspect your laterals also.

Is the pump basket completely clean? Have you removed it to look at it? it could look clean from the top thru the pump lid but have strands of grass, cotton wood seed etc built up that you don't see with out removing it and looking. What is the configuration of the suction side plumbing on...

I made the conversion. I had struggles before we had Identified CDX as an issue. During the conversion I could not hold FC during sunlight hours but it would hold during darkness, (It was like I had no CYA). I used a lot (again a lot) of Chlorine. I was determined that wither the TFP...

Rocks sound in Pump are classic cavitation signs. check out the pump section https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/57697-Centrifugal-Pump-Priming-and-Cavitation-Videos ... scroll down to the cavitation video. Are you having and poor suction symptoms?

Hang in there you are doing so many things right. You may be at that doubting stage about how much chlorine you are using, don't worry the conversion process works, you will not be disappointed that you made the change. Then when you get into a regular routine of maintenance you will be...

Would a reverse thread screw extractor be something you are looking for? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Reverse-Thread-Screw-Extractor-Set-Broken-Bolt-Stud-Pipe-Remover-Tool-Kit-6-in-1/291502366 ... use a drill for each size extractor and when selecting size to use be sure to NOT drill into...

Yes it seems that your gauge is defective. Pressure should be 0 (zero) when the pump is off. TFTestKits.net offer good units at a fair price.

... to a Moderator ...this should probably be moved to Baquacil conversion thread area. Andrew I struggled, it was driving me nuts. The pool would hold chlorine at night, but lose it massively during daylight. I did a 5 gal bucket test. Took pool water at night after dosing, put it in...

Hello and welcome to TFP. I too converted from Baquacil and had a similar experience with pool not holding chlorine in daylight. Did you use their CDX product with the Baquacil? .... your signature did not display you equipment etc. Bill

Sand in the pool would usually mean that it has gotten thru the lateral, generally this would point to a broken lateral. You should not be getting it out the discharge either unless you had a very high flow rate. That being said I think it might be possible that the sand level is so low that...

I assume you are using 120V as of the age of the light. You could convert to 12V AC. The risk from shock then would be negligible. You would need to get 120 v to 12 v transformer (mounted in a dry environment). If you used a 300 watt 12 v bulb you would probably need to run a new...

Drop size. There may be a problem with the tips see; http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/118546-TFTestkits-has-a-big-quot-Oops-quot-to-report TFTestkits has a big to report I found out mine were wrong ... I emailed them today and got a quick response and they have shipped replacement today

A couple of things; You have listed cc of 6.5 I assume that that is a typo, since fc was also 6.5 if it is not a typo we have a problem. The PH test will not be accurate when FC is greater than 10. So on that particular day the results are invalid. The FC chlorine loss is from two...

If you would like better precision (0-30psi) and easy to read gauge I recommend one of ones (rear or bottom mount) at http://tftestkits.net/Flow-Meters-and-PSI-Gauges-c12/ Works great and is only $11 plus shipping.