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    Assistance Needed - SWG water Balance - Want to do it right!

    Hello All ~ I have finally gotten a handle on the newly installed digital ProLogic system....and it's great! Had the green monster hang around almost all month according to my house sitter (was out of town)...but slammed the pool and as I am looking at it right now it's blue and clear and...
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    Has our T-cell gone to heaven?

    Hi all... We recently had a new digital Prologic unit installed for our SWG system....well, it gave me a salt reading of below 1200 for over a week even though I had added Salt. I was beyond frustrated because I had to leave town and nobody was going to care for the pool for an entire month. I...
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    ProLogic control newly installed and at a loss

    Who wants to give me a quick course on how to work this....we had a P4 pro logic unit installed. I like the fact that I can control from iPad or iPhone but I cannot understand the online menu and how to set what? Maybe I am just seriously frustrated and I should step away from it for now. I...
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    Hut Tub Lights broken

    Hello All - and Happy "almost" pool season! We have a Dynasty Spa (Hot Tub) - Neptune Series and for over a year now the lights been screwy. I cannot change them anymore, stuck on blue, and sometimes they go off by themselves or flicker. Does anyone have experience on how I can repair those...
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    The Green Monster is back!

    Hi All, The season has begun...pool looked amazing two days ago and levels were good. Had some metal stains all around bottom and edge of pool. Got absorbic acid and metal out with the result of a sparkling looking liner and water. Heater was on and pool was at 85 degrees. Added CoverFree (I...
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    Hayward Booster Pump Replacement-INSTALL question!

    Hi All: Our Hayward booster pump finally gave out, it's 5060 and I was able to get a 6060 on ebay, for a really good price. Well, I realize that the 6060 is the replacement for the 5060 (since they don't make that model anymore) however, the pipe fittings on the 5060 are a lot smaller than for...
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    Pool Light Replacement!

    Happy 2011 Pool Season to all...I know we are not quite there yet but it's the time of the year for us to do some major maintenance. Last year our pool light went bad and we are wondering how to replace it. The light is located on the side wall of the deep end approximately 4 feet down from...
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    2nd Skimmer in lower end does not work?

    First, we do not close our pool in the winter, we keep the pump, and waterfall running during freezing temperatures etc. Second, the pool has been running perfectly fine until today! Hubby has took several dives into the pool, it's been around 70-72, has now dropped to 66 because of colder...
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    Looking for Salt Water Pool Cleaner recommendations!

    Hi All! Looks like our Polaris 380 is on it's way out...the return valve has cracks in it and it does not work well at all anymore! Can anyone here recommend a pool cleaner (vacuum) for a Salt Water inground pool? It would have to attach the same way the polaris does (we have a sub-pump) and it...
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    Cloudy Pool underestimated heat!

    Hi All! After enjoying a great summer thus far, our pool suddenly went cloudy, and checking the chemistry the mystery was solved! The chlorine dropped from a 5.0 to 0 within 2 days. I totaly underestimated the influence of heat on the pool. We had turned up our heater to about 89 because we had...
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    Pool Heaters any recommendations!

    Hi All! Our minds are made up, we want a pool heater pump! However, even though I've been doing research I feel that I'm more confused than anything else! Our pool's highest temp this year was 84 degree's (for maybe a couple of days) since then it's been hovering around 80. We have a very...
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    Stamped Concrete Color Change Project!

    Hi All! Previously, we had looked into re-sealing our stamped concrete deck, but upon an accidental spilling of waterproofing deck stain my hubby came up with a new :idea: After the spill he proceeded to color the entire stamped concrete deck with: Olympic Maximum Waterproofing Sealant...
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    Dragon Flies & salt Water Pool!

    This may appear to be a strange question but has anyone with a SWG experienced that there are more Dragonflies around. Don't get me wrong I love them and it's absolutely enchanting but we never have had so many....right now there are about 12 flying around, over the pool, sitting on...
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    Heater and Solar Panels!

    Hey All! Hubby has new :idea: ...yes, it's the same old nagging hubby from my SWG post, I decided to keep him around since the algea wouldn't even eat him :rant: but that's another story :mrgreen: Anyway, we would like to acquire a heater for our pool since we are in the middle of an oak...
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    Outdoor Shower pictures!

    As many of you we strive to create our own piece of paradise in our backyard. Two weeks ago we decided to re-built an outdoor shower. The original one was hooked up to a garden hose and we used a camping heater to get hot water to it, to say the least it was a hassle and I also didn't care for...
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    Purple Stuff is here...SWG...still slightly green!

    Hi All! In case you were wondering what's been going on with our pool I figured an update is necessary and also since the Jack's Magic Stuff finally arrived (only one bottle arrived out of two and the stain test kit did not either). But I finally have been exercising POP! Well, here I am with...
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    Stamped Concrete Sealer!

    Does anyone have experience with stamped concrete? We are looking to re-seal ours and are wondering what sealer to use. Also we have a fabricated stone waterfall and since we converted to SWG we also want to seal it, can we use the same sealer?
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    Thank you for making light at the end of the tunnel!

    I wanted to send out a thank you to all of you that responded to me in regards to my frustration about having a Green pool after an SWG install. I am happy to inform you guy's that I have new found confidence thanks to all of you that I can handle the issue. I've got the test kit from Dave S...
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    NEW SWG...total frustration..seeing GREEN!

    Hi there! I am new to the forum and I am hoping that you are the "godsend" people that I need in order to be able to feel good about my decision to have changed our pool from chlorine to salt. Stats of the poolInground Mountain Lake: 40x21x(4-6) Water Volume: was told when pool was put in that...