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    New Heater Options

    Saw a recent similar post, but didn't want to hijack the OP's thread. Facing a similar dilemma though in the mid-Atlantic region. We've had a pool for 9 years, no heater at all. In the beginning, my wife and I just dealt with the cold water. Having our own house with our own pool took the...
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    IC40 vs iChlor30

    After 9 seasons, I am ready for salt. Liquid chlorine has just become too expensive and cumbersome to buy, transport, and store. I called two installers who naturally recommended two different things . . . the Pentair IC40 and the Pentair iChlor30. It's not immediately clear what the major...
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    Season 5 Leak

    So thanks in large part to this site, I've had 5 relatively "trouble free" pool seasons with all my major problems caused by my own laziness and ignorance in the very beginning. But now . . . I have a leak. I didn't do a bucket test because it's pretty obvious that there is a leak. It just...
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    questions about pump motor and vac pressure

    So I made some total newb mistakes over the winter. New house, new pool, total newb, didn't discover this site until last month. My pump timer is inside the house next to the main electrical box. The timer looks exactly like the timer for the outside lights at my old house. So naturally...
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    New

    Hi everyone, new user and new pool owner here. Let me start by saying the minute I walked into the pool store for the first time, I knew I was about to be taken. It took a couple weeks, but I found myself here. I have the Taylor K-2006 test kit and I think I'm ready to DIY this thing. I have...