Recent content by YesRushGen

Ok, thanks everyone.. By wiping the tip with a damp cloth between drips, I'm finally getting a sensible reading for my TA. Appreciate the help! I suppose luck has granted me a sense of complacency, having never had this happen before!!! Thanks again, Kelly

Good Evening! I just received a complete replacement set of reagents for my TFT-100 Test Kit and something is wrong... I have used this test kit for 10+ years now, and have never experienced any difficulty. Until now... For both the TA test and the CH test, the reagent bottle that causes the...

Hi all, long time member and follower of TFP methods here - somewhat infrequent poster... I'm preparing to open our pool in a couple weeks and have a couple questions for the experts - first the background: 1. With the "run" on liquid chlorine products being what it is, I've gone ahead and...

Greetings! (Sorry for the length, but this is written to be mildly amusing as well - grab some popcorn!) I write this post, not to embarrass myself - although that's a distinct possibility - but rather to remind folks of what they already know: You never ever ever operate a pump when the...

SDor brings up an excellent point - a dent doesn't necessarily mean a hole will form. In our case it did and may have something to do with pool volleyball activities over 12 years. (those dang rambunctious adults!!! :cool: )

I'm not an expert by any means, but I can tell you this: One of the dents in my pool is precisely what led to our expedited liner replacement project this year. One of the dents in my pool developed a tiny leak which we successfully patched: Details in this thread: Potentially Serious Problem...

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. So, with pump off, I decided to apply a bead of silicone sealant around the drain plug and in the tiny crack. My thinking was maybe the sealant would be drawn into the leak. Well, that didn't happen. The leak is still present, but the leak rate has been...

I used 2 wraps of tape for the redo. I think I can see the leak source. If you look back at the leak photo a few posts up, look at the 11:30 position. There's a tiny crack there about 1/8 inch long. I don't think sealing the threads with silicone sealant would seal that too. At any rate, it...

So, I just couldn't leave well enough alone. I removed the drain plug, cleaned and lubed the o ring, applied teftlon tape to the threads and reinstalled. The leak is now worse than it was before. I'm thinking replacement of the drain plug is in order? Or, what about a permanent fix like...

I did open the speed stir, just tonight, I love it!!!

Yeah, this was my first time and it was a pain in the you know what!!! I just reviewed my photos here and realized I forgot to show the removed gasket. Rather, what was left of it. Here is halfway through, I neglected to take a picture after the whole thing was out.

I actually did get the speed stir a couple years ago. I'm embarrassed to say I never even opened it. :silent:

If I do decide to mess with it, can I use the "Closed" setting on the multiport valve to hold the water/DE in the filter? If redoing the plug means loosing my fresh load of DE, I'm definitely waiting.

Well isn't that interesting... I just did a "reverse salt calculation" and came up with approx 28,000 gallons for my pool. I added 800lbs and I'm at 3400ppm, which implies approximately 28,000. What's strange is that prior to the liner replacement, I'd been using 33,000 in all the PoolMath...

Following the retirement of "Bob," our Polaris 280, we now rely on our trusty Dolphin Premiere, "Darwin," for vacuuming services. He does a great job of maintaining, but takes 3 or 4 cleaning cycles to fully clean our pool. If large debris like leaves, use the bag. If small particles like sand...