Recent content by tpjenkins

Hi, I went to clean my SWG so I turned off my filter and I proceeded to unscrew the SWG from the line. As soon as I did this, my kids started yelling that my pool (32K gallons) was filling up with smoke. Now I have what looks like DE clouded in my pool, and some really deep areas of it in the...

Thanks for everyone's help. Pool passed FC night test. Looking great. Had one final question for you. The FC is coming down very slowly...I only have 50 CYA in pool. It started at 21 48 hours ago, 15 yesterday, and now it is 12.5. It only lost 2.5 and today was sunny all day (and my pool...

Shocked pool...brought FC to 22 PPM. Did overnight test. Had 20.5 FC this morning. No CC. Water clear. From what I read here I am done shocking pool? I lost 1.5 FC instead of 1, but I am not sure if I should continue shocking today. When I am done, should I turn on my SWG, or wait until FC...

I have never owned a pool, and am 2 months into it. I recently moved into a new house that had this monster already built. My wife is ready to divorce me because I spend 4 hours a day trying to get a handle on this beast. I have mostly had trouble with equipment, but all of it except the...

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Added Sig. My pool is extremely hard to brush. It has 3 waterfalls, a waterslide, steps under the waterfalls, and because of this half of the pool is extremely difficult to brush because you are standing up on 5 feet of rocks climbing around trying to access the wall. Should I wait and...

Overnight test results went from 11FC to 8.5. CC only at .5. Anything else I can try before shocking? I am surprised my CC would have been 0 last night with FC 11...I thought I was out of the woods. Comments Appreciated. Thanks.

Re: Bubbles coming out of both return lines - not loosing wa I had the same problem and it turned out to be the O rings on both valves on the intake side. Fixed those and problem went away. Sounds like you have a different problem, but you know what to look for next. Tony

I tried one thing first. I put up my SWG system from 50% to 100%. I added 1lb. Dichlor (2ppm for my pool of 30K gallons). Came back 4 hours later and my FC went from 4.5 to 10.0. Must have taken a while for the first two pounds of Dichlor to take effect (I am using Dichlor because I want to...

After brushing my pool, and adding 4ppm chlorine, I re-checked 2 hours later. Now for the first time, I saw 1.5 CC and I though my FC would be about 7 but it was only 4.5. Should I continue to try to get the chlorine to 6ppm by adding more, or do I need to shock? Thanks

Hi, SWG FC 4, CC 0, CYA 40, TA 80, CH 200, PH 7.8 Pool at 85-88 degrees all day long (full sun all day). Chlorine is keeping up and not dropping below 3. My pool is perfectly clear. Pool is a brown pebble tech. I noticed on the entrance to the skimmer from the pool about a square foot the...

Thanks. I forgot to mention that every time I check my FC and CC levels I have a CC level of .2 (once in a while .4). The past 30 readings have showed me this...I am using the Taylor K2006 kit. I keep reading that it should be at 0...what is your recommendation to get me down to 0. The good...

Hi. Below are my numbers 32K gallon SWG pool. New AquaRite t-15 running 60% 14 hours/day FC 3.2 Checked nightly PH Rises from 7.6 to 8.0 in about 4 days. TA 80 CH 200 CYA 40 SALT 3100 Borates 0 Few questions. Do I really need to bring up my CYA to 70-80 if I can keep fc at 3 at only...