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    Why is my CH so high?

    Any help is appreciated as I’m at my wits end. We have a roughly 6 month old gunite pool. I’ll list all my parameters below, but my issue is CH. It was all the way up to 775 so I decided to go ahead and do a partial drain and refill with our tap water that consistently tests right at 300. I...
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    SLAM in progress

    I finally got started doing a SLAM on my pool and have a question about how quickly the chlorine level should be dropping. I'll begin with sharing my beginning test numbers and my current ones. March 27th, initial test before SLAM: 0ppm FC 0ppm CC 525ppm CH TA 80 CYA 100 Replaced 40-50% of...
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    Upgrading to LED light, power question

    I just ordered a pentair color changing LED light to replace the old regular light in the pool that has tripped the gfi since we moved in. The bulb I removed from the current fixture while troubleshooting is 120V and 500w. Will I need to buy a transformer for the new 12V LED light, or is the...
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    Nasty cloth behind light?

    Today I decided to troubleshoot my inop pool light. We just bought the home a few weeks ago and the previous owner said it was working recently, but now it trips the breaker when energized. I didn't find anything obvious, but I did find this old, nasty looking piece of cloth behind the light. It...
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    New house, new pool, test kit arrived today...

    As the title says, my wife and I just moved into our new home yesterday and there's a pool. Luckily I ordered my TF-100 last week and it showed up today, so of course I went straight to testing my water and hoping for the best! Here's the results I got: FC - 3.5ppm CC - 0.5ppm Total Chlorine-...