Recent content by Yan

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! We became new American citizens in 2006, and I think Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. No presents involved, just giving thanks and being grateful for what we have. Not keen on Christmas---"Season of Greed!" You can tell I'm the "Bah, Humbug" type when...

This is a bit late in the year, but I'm new to TFP, and just saw your original message. We had a mosquito misting system installed in the spring, and we love it! We also had a cooling mist installed at the same time and that's how we were able to eat dinner outside almost everyday since, and...

LOL. My skin is already tanned. I meant the Stabilizer did not bleach it white. Sorry, I should have been clearer in what I said.

Did like you said, squeezed the sock after it had been soaking for a while. Most of it is dissolved. My hand is still tan in colour! LOL. The brand is RAM Stabilizer. The pool builder had brought two bottles (4.75lbs each) when he first opened up the pool, used only one and left the second one...

For some strange reason, our son thinks we are rich! He says to have the heat on the way we want the water temp to be, then adjust accordingly when we get the gas bill. It kind of makes sense.... Thank you for such a quick reply. I, too, shall be "a bit more aggressive than most," and I'll do...

Is chlorine "killed" only by sunlight, or do high water temps play a part too? We are heating the pool this month---until we see what the gas bill will be like! I thought algae grows where there's warmth too. Do you heat your pool? I don't know if this next question should go to a different...

Thanks, I will try shortening the pump run time. Does that mean I should have the % of the SWG set higher to make sure FC stays between 3 and 5? What % do you have your SWG set to?

Thank you. I didn't realise it was so fast. How do you work it out? When the pool was first finished in the summer, the pool builder had set the pump run time from 6am to 6pm. Now I've got it running from 9am to 7pm. I haven't shortened the run time by much because we are heating the...

Hello Mark, Looks like each item has one pipe coming and one pipe going, every pipe is labelled---pool, spa, main drain, skimmers, cleaner, waterfall---and also with arrows showing direction of the water flow. The only thing that has only one pipe is the spa blower. Is this what you mean? I'm...

Thank you for trying to help me. This is the best site ever. I can give you the pump model number: Pool:Pentair Whisperflo #177475. Spa:Pentair Whisperflo #186237 Sheer Descent: Pentair Whisperflo #177476 In the manual is a very nice graph called Pump Curves. I'm a bad Chinese---Math makes my...

I forgot. We are tentatively heating the pool, until we get our gas bill! So, if the temp of the pool stays above 70°F, I should still use the SWG whenever the pump is running?

Hey, I'm in Houston too! :) This is not a hijack of the original question, but an expansion, I hope no one minds. 1. How does one calculate how long it takes for the pool to make one whole circulation? 2. The manual states that if the temps go below 51°F, we should not use the SWG. Am I...

Thank you for explaining how to prolong the life of the SWG. I thought I was doing the right thing by following the instructions in the manual, and from the PB. So, after the FC has come back down to the ideal range, I go to the Pool Calculator and find out how much liquid bleach to put in when...

Both the manual and the pool builder recommends putting the chlorinator at 100% once a week before an expected high bather load. So that's why I've been doing it on a Thursday, so it's ready for the weekend. You don't think I should do it any more? The rest of the week I've kept it at between 50...

Thank you for directing me to the link. So it sounds like there's really nothing I should do, or try to make the plasterer re-do. Like one of the people that posted said, in the sunlight, the pool looks beautifully sparkling clear. Anyone would love to swim in it. It's only at dawn and dusk that...