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Hi folks, Switched to a Hayward AquaRite 40,000 gallon unit 5 years ago. Purchased the entire system for $850.00. Have not opened my pool yet, but was checking prices on the chance that the cell needs to be replaced. $900 now for just the cell. Wow - Unbelievable. New System is $1,789...

Has anyone repaired a solid cover that has some tears in it? We have solid cover with a section that has ripped. The section is probably 2 feet by 4 feet. I was thinking of cutting some vinyl tarp material and gluing or stitching the cover to get at least another year out of it. 90 % of the...

Not sure I understand the common logic of waiting for the pool water to drop below 65 or 60 degrees before closing. My water is at 72 right now, next week outside temps are suppose to go into the 80's.. Assuming I close with my solid cover today and the temps rise and my chlorine levels don't...

I have a 38,000 gallon pool and flip/flopped between wheter I should go with a stenner system or a SWG. The last few years I just manuually dosed with chlorine, but its tough going away for any length of time. I was leaning toward a Stenner setup just because the pool was so perfect with just...

so I just switched to SWG and installed my Hayward AQR 15. So far so good, with one exception. I used the Taylor test kit for salt and at first the numbers compared to the SWG matched very well, when I was in the 2800 - 2900 range for salt. Then I added about 160 more pounds to get the SWG...

Installed a new hayward AQR-15. The average salt level has default 2800. What exactly does that mean? So it doesnt really read the salt level, it takes an average over some period of time? It read 2800 when I first installed it with no salt added to the pool. I added a conservative amount...

Would love to hear if anyone with a large pool has the AQR-15... Thanks!

Hello All, Need to automate my chlorine additions this year and pretty much have settled on a SWG. I have a 36,000 gallon pool and I know the advice is to upsize to something larger, but I would much rather go with an industry leader like Hayward than Circupool. I used manual bleach additions...

I would love to create my own DIY bleach feeder/injector and have read many posts on this topic. I'm wondering if there is any way that I could use my exisiting Hayward Chlorinator to assist in this effort. As most of you know, it draws the water through the feeder and has a control valve on...

Hi guys, I like to take a sample of my water first thing in the morning. I run my pump during the day and I often take the sample prior to the pumps coming on. I just realized that may not be the most accurate to do this...if any changes were happening with chlorine loss, etc, would it happen...

I know that the Circupool RJ series was the same as Compupool units and they got horrible reviews and a BBB rating of F. Circupool has gotten much better ratings...anyone know the details on this? Thanks

Hello All, Trying to decide between a DSG, Stenner, etc....and just have some questions. I really would like to go with an Industry leader like Hayward, but everyone states my pool size at 38,000 is too much for the 40K cell. But shouldnt you really go by the amount of chlorine needed per...

Hi folks, Been thinking about a SWG for a while sinvce I travel a lot...got a lot of positive feedback here. Thanks for that. My problem now is I was going to go with the Hayward 40K unit because my pool is 38,000 gallons. Hayward is the most installations in the US and I like most of their...

Hi All, Thinking of moving over to a SWG because I travel alot and we are often not home on the weekends. A SWG seems like the only real solution to be able to add chlorine without adding CYA and not babysitting the pool every day. Hate to spend the money, but hate more that everytime I go...

Hey guys, Opened my pool last Saturday. Got Ph and Alk in line and pretty clean by Sunday and SLAMED that night. The pool was cloudy. Later that night but after at least 3-4 hours after Slammimng, my numbers looked like this: Sunday Night FC - 24 CC - 0 PH - 7.2 Alk-110 CYA-60 In the...

Hey guys, Wasnt sure exactly where to post this, but we have a beach house and leave our pool for several days at a time during the summer and at least 1 week a year. I hate to keep asking my neighbors to look in on the pool, so I was thinking a SWG would be the best solution. Everyone I know...

I know the CYA "black dot" test can vary greatly between users based upon light, experience, etc. Yesterday was cloudy and I wanted to some chlorine into the pool as I had opened it up two days earlier. I had read the CYA to be about 60. Basing everything on pool school, my schock value...

I had a new liner installed two years ago and just this year I I noticed some rust in the skimmer...didn't think too much about it till now that I am getting ready to close the pool. I pool the trim plate off and while none of the stainless steel screws seem to be rusted, if I run my finger...

Hey guys, I just started using the TFP method this year...when I started the pool up I was unable to get a FC reading and the CYA level was 0. Actually every time I open the pool the CYA is at 0. Chem Geek surmised that I had some bacteria and/or algae that grew over the winter and reduced...

OK, so I am battling the same issue that many people have. Very low free chlorine and about 2x that in total. I have a high ammonia level and I am keeping everyone out of the pool. I am concerned that the ammonia is being caused by bacteria because the water is crystal clear and there is no...

After opening my pool and getting no free chlorine after shocking, I was a little concerned. All my other numbers are fine, but the more shock or chlorine I add, 99% of it goes to combined, and not to free. Current numbers are as follows from Sylvan. I ordered at Taylor K-2006 which should be...