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  1. Shablam

    No Power To Pump Or Chlorine Gen After Storm

    Hello, long time no post. I recently purchased a new house and still not completely familiar with the different equipment and setup from my old pool. We had a storm last night with some pretty narly lightning. Today when it came time for the pool to come on I notice the pool still. Walked over...
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    Pool Light Tripping GFCI

    Just wanted to see if anyone was actually able to fix this issue. I have replaced the light and gasket even though I do not see any moisture in light. I have re-terminated the cables at the junction boxes. Also have plugged a radio in at the GCFI and does not trip. Still the light will come...
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    Poolskim and Kreepy Krauly

    Hello... Picked up a pool devil pro from amazon for 39.99, placed it on the end where most leaves fall and the kreepy krauly would get stuck on the fitting hooked to the return. As it would go over the hose and hang up. I relocated and found that I shouldn't have tried to cheap out on this...
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    Suction Cleaner

    Hi everyone I was looking at a robotic cleaner but cannot spring for the money. Whatever cleaner I buy will probably have to stay with the house when I sell. With that being said I was looking at a Kreey Krauly cleaner. The price and the rebate just make it the best practical deal. I then...
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    Help with leak

    Good Morning... Below is a picture of my location of leak. These two pipes are my returns, however I am confused as to why there is a 3 way valve here. I assume one return goes to the pool but what does the other go to? I have never turned this valve after purchasing the house 4 years ago...
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    Temp boost

    We get shade on this pool till about noon so they water is always pretty chilled. Is there a way to boost the temp a little? I've looked at the solar options but was wondering if I. Used my heater to give it a boost would it hold? See the odd thing is my handy Carl says 62 but the floating...
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    SmartPool Wall Climber or Scrubber

    Hello everyone! Would like to purchase a robotic cleaner soon. I have brought the zombie Polaris pressure sweep back from the grave for the last time.. it is no longer with us. I would really like to move to a robotic cleaner but refuse to pay $1000. I have a roomba vaccum and love it so...
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    Selling Need BIG Organic Stains Gone!!

    Ok need some big time help. I bought the pool and had some stains, got rid of them by shocking for 3 to 4 days and scrubbing. Then one fall the Oak Tree from the neighbor dumped its leaves in my pool when I was gone on vacation and stained the entire bottom. Since then I cannot get rid of the...
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    CYA and Chlorine Levels

    Hi This is my first full summer on the BBB; I converted about mid season last year. I am having issues keeping my CYA and chlorine levels stable. I test everyday outside of CYA as i try to do this test every other week. After the winter my CYA was at 0 so i brought it up to 40 -50 and was...
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    AA and sequestering agent

    I am about to tackle the metal stains in the pool. Wasn't hard to identify since I found bottles of algaecide in the shed after buying the house. Vit C tab worked as expected. I have ordered the AA and now need the sequestering agent. I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation on what brand...
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    Ready, Set, Swim!

    Shocked and passed my first over night shock test of the season since opening last week. I really have learned so much from this site the past year, here is to a 2nd Trouble Free Pool Year! CheerS!!!
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    How I Fixed My Pool Light

    When I purchased my house the light did not function. I found out that it was tied to a GFCI outlet close to my pool equipment and if I reset the outlet it would allow my light to turn on for less then 30 seconds and then trip the GFCI again. After reading online I found information pointing to...
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    PH Help

    Numbers: FC - 8 CC - 0 PH - 7.8 TA - 120 CH - 250 CYA - 70 I am having a issue with the PH in my pool; no matter how much acid I put in the next day it shoots back up to 7.8 +. Yesterday I put 35 oz per the pool calc of acid to lower to 7.2. Tested a few hours later and it only dropped to 7.5...
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    Green Cloudy Water Need Some Help

    Hi first time posting and have become quite desperate. I have owned this pool for two years and have always had crystal clear water. Started with a DE filter and after getting fed up with the broken grates and DE in the pool I put in a Hayward c17502 cartridge filter last year. The pool is...