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I have an auto cover that was installed when the pool was built 11 years ago. Time to replace the fabric. I went back to the original installers that I'm really not happy with, but at least at the time, they were the only game in town and were recommended by the pool installer. Their costs...

Have had the pool for about 10 years now. Have used the TFP method since day one and it's never disappointed. Several years ago, I noticed (Primarily) when it's night and the pool lights are on, there's a lot of particles floating by the pool lights. I can also see them during the day if I'm...

Lately, I feel like I've been turning my SWG % up higher and higher to get 'er done. I really thought I had strips to test for salt, but apparently not. Instant and average (I know, I know) from my SWG say 3400. I used to see little air bubbles coming out of my returns, but tonight, I'm not...

Found some older posts on this subject, but wanted to start a new thread to hear what's been working for folks over time. I have two Savi Melody's. Been replaced once already, and one has died again. I see a handful of various products out there that should be a direct replacement, but...

Here's my current test results - FC 1.5 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 90 CH 240 CYA 65 Salt 2700 Yes, FC is low. Had the salt cell at 20% and obviously need to bump it. Haven't been using the pool at all in the past few weeks as weather just hasn't worked out. Wondering if the low salt (2700) is also...

On my original cell since pool was installed. Seems to be running fine, though I do need to increase run time % a little each year. This year I'm definitely running a higher run time %. I cleaned the cell several years ago (Once) and not since. I understand cleaning the cell shortens its...

I bit the bullet and purchased a WaterGuru Sense for daily testing. I have an auto-cover and SWG, so it actually makes balancing chlorine difficult, I feel. There are days we won't swim, so we don't open the cover. Thus the SWG is generating chlorine that's not really getting used up since...

Friend of mine just bought a house with a pool. I told him I'd help him close it since I have the blower and do my own. His pool is probably 30-40 years old. Very basic - single speed pump, cartridge filter and that's it. There appear to be two main drains in the pool (Deep end and shallow...

We have a Cover-Pools automatic cover that was installed with the pool 5 years ago. All summer now, I keep finding a puddle in one area of the cover. It's right under a tree, so at first, I just figured it wasn't getting sun to dry out that area. Or the tree was dropping something weird or. ...

I will send $100 via check, paypal, etc. to whoever figures this out. Driving me mad. I posted about a year ago on here to see if anyone could figure this out. I've worked with some local companies (No help) as well as Pentair support (My filter company.) No one knows what this is or why it...

So we lost our pump last week and I couldn't get replacement parts for almost a week. So our SWG was down and I wasn't able to maintain with bleach all week. So once I got it back up and running, I brought it back up to normal levels and did an overnight loss test. Went from FC of 5 to 3.5 in...

So I need to replace an LED light in the pool. To do this, I don't need to lower the water. However, I need to get 75' of cabling through conduit (That should have been a little bigger.) I used a fish tape yesterday and got it within about 10' of my pad. I believe I was at the bend under the...

I have an Intelliflo pump that is JUST over three years old (So out of warranty.) Noticed it wasn't running this evening. Go outside and the LCD is normal, but the Start/Stop LED isn't lit. Figured I must have left it off or something after cleaning the pool yesterday. Turn it on and it...

I have two Savi Melody LEDs for the pool which are about three years old. Last year, one died. Apparently water was getting in. What I didn't realize at the time was the housing was cracked. So they sent me a new LED cartridge, but I need the housing. Since it took them almost a year to...

I'm in the process of SLAM'ing because our FC dropped to 0 and then the pool got cloudy. We have an auto-cover, and to help(???) the process, I've been keeping it closed during the day. I've read a few threads where people said this was fine if you weren't battling CC, which I'm not. During...

Our FC dropped to 0 this past weekend. I was out of town and family came to use the pool. They left our auto-cover open most of the weekend, and I don't usually have our SWG running high enough to cover that situation. We only open the cover when using the pool, so our SWG is dialed in for...

My CYA was getting a bit low (Seems that's the only chemical I add from year to year.) Everything else really stays in check. So I was around 50PPM. Based on my pool size, I added 34oz by weight of CYA (I bought this CYA the first summer I had the pool, so it's now three years old - could it...

I noticed this last year, and am noticing it again this year. We have little white particles in the pool. You can't see it when looking at the water from outside the pool, but when you're in the water with goggles, you see it. No idea what it is, and feeling like my water isn't getting...

I closed my pool for the first time last year on my own. All seemed to go well. I reused the gizmo that the pool company used when they closed the previous year. As we have an auto-cover, I have to keep the water level up to normal - about halfway up the skimmer. I thought it looked low, so...

Working on getting things optimal for the Winter closing (We're still swimming since the weather has been nice and the heater is working well.) Generally, our chemistry is always good anyway, but I've struggled with getting pH up this year. Still am. I did adopt borates in our pool last year...

So its our first year with a heat pump. Works great, very happy with it. But I'm also trying to be as efficient as possible with it, since it's most efficient maintaining temps (As opposed to bringing them up). What I've been doing up to this point is running my normal pump cycle for six...

Finally had time to finish the plumbing and wiring on the Aquacal this weekend. In case anyone else tackles this themselves, here's what I learned - 1. Anyone who is handy and has knowledge of plumbing and electrical can absolutely do this themselves. Take the time to figure out the plumbing...

This is probably going to be a dumb newbie question. . . I have a Hayward SWG and understand that the SWG% is basically for runtime of the SWG. But - as salt levels go down over time in the pool, do I need to run the SWG longer (Bump up the %) to compensate for that? Basically, is the SWG...

So I'm working on plumbing in the new heat pump. All was going well until one of my joints sprung a PIN hole leak. Barely noticeable; only realized it when I saw the concrete wet (After it dried from all the work I did.) See picture below. Never had a PVC joint leak before - not sure what...

I'm running electric from my existing subpanel to my heat pump (Maybe 10' of line?) 220VAC 40amp line. I'll be running at least #10 copper. Question is, what do I need to be using for conduit? The pool installer used a mix of flexible whips and solid pvc. So not sure what's used and when...

Need a little advice doing the plumbing work to add my heat pump. I attached some photos and drew out a 2":1" layout on graphing paper. First image below is simple the current layout on my pad. Second image is the current layout on graphing paper. Last image is my proposed layout. It...

Was just looking at the new styling of the pool calculator this morning and noticed the suggested FC levels there slightly differ from the suggested levels in Pool School. Any reason? At a 70 CYA level, (And suggested levels set to TFP, SWG and fiberglass) pool calc shows - While Pool...

HP was dropped off today and some friends helped me maneuver it into place. That thing is a beast, but not as heavy as it looks. Seems very well built! Now the fun begins in terms of plumbing and wiring. At this point, I probably won't really use it until Fall as the pool is already 82 (And...

While the pool is "open" and running daily, we're really not using it much because of the weather. When I opened the pool, we still had 7.5 FC and 0 CC, so I never slammed. I also never turned the SWG on because I had been monitoring FC and with our auto cover, it just wasn't dropping. I was...

First, I understand each local entity has different codes. I also understand getting someone "local" to interpret them for me is probably going to be like pulling teeth with our township. So just trying to do my homework and educate myself a little. Any advice I get will absolutely be checked...