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So, I’ve been running a automatic liquid chlorine dispenser for about 10 years, it has finally died, and was originally looking to replace it. But, then I thought it might be time to move to SWCG. I’ve been doing research, and have found a few threads that the typical life span is 10,000 hours...

Last Year, before finding TPF, my pool was still a green swamp 2 weeks after opening. But not this year, thanks to TFP. Now that this site has taught me how to handle Pool care, this is what my Pool looks like on opening day, BEFORE I even started to add chlorine.

It's fall. Does your pool cleaner deserve a raise?

This may sound stupid, but bear with me here....... I came to this site because I had a CYA over 400. I solved it with a drain, and am fine, but this question comes from all the reading I've done on this. Over and over, everyone says the only way to lower CYA is a drain. Yet, when someone has...

So, I've had all I can take from my neighbors trees. I can't keep up with the stuff his trees are dumping in my pool. I'm emptying my skimmers every morning, and by the time I get home from work, they are so full nothing else will fit in the basket. His trees come 20 feet into my yard, and over...

So, I am new to the TFP method, and loving it. Before finding this site, I was using only DiChlor in my pool. That took my CYA out of control (which is what brought me here), but also always kept my pH low. I was always buying tons of pH up, and always seemed to have a low pH, no matter what I...

So, in trying to get rid of a HUGE algae problem on this years opening, I have totally messed up my CYA. Over the 6 years I've had my pool, my CYA has been rising every year, and I never knew why until I found this site last weekend. This year, after putting in 20 gallons of liquid chlorine to...

Hello All, This is a great forum, with tons of information. I just wish I would have found it a few weeks ago. Here is where I am at now, in the process of a drain. But, I'm looking for advice on what to do after the drain. Here is the story: Lasr season, my pump broke near the end of the...