Recent content by Strobos

I suspected there was such a rule. I'l put a switch in the now empty outlet box too. Sounds like a good idea. Thanks!

I am connecting a new LED light to a newly installed ET4. I want to clean up the original pool light junction box/switch/outlet setup and instead plumb directly to the ET with a short 1/2" pipe extension from the copper pool light conduit. I will install the new outlet in the ET knockout. Both...

The wires looks like 14 gauge. I will know tomorrow when I cut a piece off and go match it. There are 5 conducters in that conduit all the same size. Regardless I will keep it 14 gauge since I already paid a lot for the 15 amp gfi breakers. I bought them months ago and I doubt the supplier would...

Thanks for the help. The cap is good also. After shorting the resistance slowly climbed to infinite. There was no visible vibration, just audible vibes and extra pumping noise. Is replacing motor bearings difficult and expensive? Or should I just swap out the whole motor end. Or just get the...

UPDATE: I just took the cap off. Looks good. No beep, no short.

My 1 1/2hp Whisperflo pump has been noticeably louder and vibrating for several days. The grand kids have been playing with water balloons and I thought a piece of rubber may have snuck through the filter basket and got stuck in the impeller. I figured I would give it time to work through the...

Thanks lion. I'l add the CYA now. The borax can wait a few more days. Hey 257, if you don't mind, why did you stop using borates? Did you have trouble adjusting TA afterwards? Thanks

The pH in my pool has always been erratic. I would add acid and soon the pH would rise. I have learned here that my high TA may have been the cause of it, something the pool companies never once advised me to correct. I also learned here that borates help make pH more manageable. I like that...

Pool was drained and filled in the first week of this month. CYA was added. Test kit came in on the second week. My goal was to get the water to TFP specs and ready for borax treatment. I have been lowering my TA for the last 3/4 days. Here are today's readings. FC---4.5 CC---0 pH---7.5 TA---80...

Got it. What bad things happens below 7.0 pH?

I am convinced. I'l do it Tuesday on my day off. Pool calculator says I need 1 gal + 3 quarts of 14.5% to get it to 7.0 pH or 1 gal + 1 cup to get 7.2 pH. Which would get better result? or split the difference and go for 7.1? Thanks

Poolmom, I was doing the CYA in the bathroom with good lighting, maybe too good. I was wiping the bottle tip with a paper towel, not a rag. I read today that the purpose was to get rid of static electricity. Maybe the rag works better. Tomorrow, I will do it outside like you do using a rag. Bo...

Following up on my post from a week ago. The pool was drained, scrubbed with bleech to get rid of algae including mustard. Pool was filled and shocked. CYA was calculated and added. The TF100 came in Thursday afternoon. Here are yesterday's and today's results. Yesterday. FC 2, CC 0.5, pH 8.2...

OK, the TF100 finally came in Thursday afternoon. Here are yesterday's and today's results. Yesterday. FC 2, CC 0.5, pH 8.2, TA 210, CH 220, CYA 20. Based on the pool calculator, I added 39 flozs 14.5% muriatic acid and 65 flozs of 10% bleech. Today. FC 5, CC 0.5, pH 7.8, TA 210, CH 220, CYA...

Jbizzle, I am at school now and yes I got the speedstir, borate testers and supersized the kit. I like easier! Thanks for the help.