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Helping out the sister with her small pool... (based in Aus) It used to be one of those "magic mineral" pools when built, then changed to Salt chlorinator, now chlorine & acid dosing... with the magic ORP system. (FFS!) As "they couldnt get it working right after it was built"... *sigh* Its a...

yes i know... i'm VERY aware of the cost & efficiency of using resistive heating, power consumption, cable runs etc... However... Solar is installed & i need to use more of it (In Aus we get paid close to zero for generating), so thinking about setting up a resistive element to get *A FEW...

Just finished the SLAM & its all looking perfect on all the levels. About a month before the SLAM (2 months ago) I added CYA & it was at the upper levels 80-90. Tested it again & its <10! I've only done about 3-4 back washes, but they're only <2min & probably lost about 3" of so of water level...

OK - i've done the basic reading... Pool - Concrete (plaster?) 50,000L with pebblecrete surface. Its kidney shaped with the skimmer in the middle on the long straight side, the 2 returns push water almost parallel with the long straight side away from the skimmer. (hope that makes sense)...

Thankfully this place exists! So new to pool ownership, took some samples into a local shop (it was getting green & some slight algae growth) - added some chlorine & salt. Then acid & buffer. Things have been going well - of course I got a hunch about the local pool shops after taking in a...