Recent content by stimpsonjcat

Well, we do indeed have a leak. Next test will be checking to see if is in the jets supply line by topping the spa off and then flipping the spa supply to the bottom supply rather than the jets.

Oh ho...just found the bucket test! I might have been being an idiot and this is all evaporation, as the spa is not covered and the pool is.

I have a small exercise pool and spa. Pool is 4000 gallons, spa is 400 gallons. Over the last few months I have started losing water. I recently disabled the recirc feature of my control system (it normally exercises pool, the spa, then refills spa from pool and shuts off. Every morning)...

Yes, I suspect the problem is the trapped moisture below the cover. I am ordering a new cover and will just let it float on the pool surface. The wife wanted the more rigid solution because she was afraid the dogs might jump in and drown. They have shown no inclination to do so and are rarely...

Holy cow, been doing it to myself! I will try the sodium hypochlorite and see how things go. Many thanks!

I am an idiot...I meant 7.8 I have added acid to bring it down. I keep fighting this, always having to add muriatic to bring it back down. It also seems to constantly have a rising CH. Which in the summer I beat down by adding make up water for the loss I get in my homebrewed solar system...

For clarity (heh) there is no discoloration of the water. Perfectly clear. And a cup of test water away from the pool has no odor other than chlorine. Just read the SLAM procedure. Going to go add stabilizer per the recommendation on pool math.

TF-100 kit FC - 6 pH - 7.8 TA - 60 CH - 300 CYA - low...maybe 10-20, but I have never run it very high as the pool is completely enclosed inside a room. So 'suddenly', no, but I never kept it high.

So we haven't been in the pool for a few weeks. I had one extended absence and the wife did not check as instructed while gone. Got back, and noticed a funky odor, chlorine was low but OK and water looks fine. Added hypo and water tests are all fine, maybe 1 on CC I never had before. But...

This is the method I use for CYA tests on my indoor 4k gal pool...no coughing here. I keep FC at 2-5.

It's all good until/if it starts leaking! Moving forward, I will route feedlines for the FL and get it started up later this week. The wife is ordering furniture for the room.

It happened seconds before I started to drill the first hole.

Yes, very straight! It also spans multiple tiles and is about 25" in total length. I cannot even get a business card in the crack. Yes, still no water loss. Here's the fast-lane water-pump unit installed finally! The crack is under the pink towel and goes down towards a return that is...

Got the fast-lane pump installed in the pool tonight! Amazingly, all the pre-drilled holes lined up and it went very easily. I also got the pump system placed on the equipment pad and was thrilled to find it has a pigtail ready to go...so all I need to do is run the hydraulic hoses to the pump...