Recent content by roguesandman

How often can a pool be shocked within a 1 month period?

Yeah I threw in about two pounds of sodium based chlorine to shock the pool already and every time I go in to get the water checked on one associate tells me just run the swg longer and it has some chlorine and the other says not enough chlorine and shock the pool. These people are giving me a...

The strips are less than a month old and have no way been exposed to water unless I wanted to test for salt levels. Is there a tester out there that can can actually give me legitimate levels so I can bypass the guessing game? Oh and another question about chlorine levels. I've had the cells on...

Hey Strannik, I believe the tech got about 20 Amps DC for the cells, new and old, and I completely forgot that after figuring out I had a 18K gal pool and not a 14K gal pool that I needed to add more salt to make up the difference. Though in my defense the bloody Aquacheck salt test strips were...

Well after having the technician out here to check the salt cells he said it was one of two things since he got the same reading off of mine and a new cell he tested. Not enough salt, even though I had a 3700 ppm level according to him, or the motherboard for the unit was fragged. So I opted for...

Thanks for the info aaronsappl about the hotline number and yes i would be happy having a SWG lasting 10 years but it's a bit of an annoyance when it decides to break down on my watch.

Thanks fellas, The cells did bubble when I did the acid wash so they must have had some level of calcium build up like JasonLion said. I have a multimeter so I'll go ahead and give the terminals a test. By chance does anyone know what the desired voltage and current should be at for this...

JohnT and tim_pool_newbie, Thanks for the responses and words of encouragement. I look forward to what everyone has to say and hopefully can return the favor to other noobies down the road.

Hi guys, I have just recently drained and refilled my pool due to high calcium levels and have since noticed an issue with the second LED light on my Ecomatic ESC-24 which was not giving problems before. According to the manual the light indicates either low salt levels, dirty cell,cold water...

Hi there, I'm new at maintaining my own pool, since I got rid of the pool guy, and hoped to pick at some of the veterans brains for any upcoming, unforeseen dilemmas which I'm sure are bound to happen. Here's to a learning experience.