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My pool math account has apparently expired, hitting renew and I get cant find user. Any help please, have no problem renewing and supporting this site ever!!!! roth79

Happy new year. I have a Jandy cv 460 only 18 months old. Pulled apart today for a cartridge cleaning. The inner band has rust and I’m not sure what I should do. I do have salt system and am concerned about staining the pool. My balance is good as I do it weekly. Should I be concerned? Advise...

Hi all, I have IntelliCenter and the engenius 202 wireless extender mounted next to the IntelliCenter. it seems that I have somehow lost the connection, I have power but I think I need to log in somehow and reset up the settings. Does anyone have any advise what I have to do, I tried connecting...

So I overdid it and had a new pentair intellicenter installed this week. I have a small single body pool, with intellichlor, waterfall and vsp pump and light only. My pool electronic guru installed yesterday and I am trying to add pump schedules. I he has it set up 2200 rpm 8-5pm and slow speed...

I want to ask if it is time to drain and refill; My test results are as of today; PH7.8 FC 4 CH 620 CYA 60 Salt High 4200, Pentair 40 should be 3400 Borate 30 Temp 77 I am concerned about the CH level, it is in direct sun all day in florida, should I worry about it? Thanks and happy Memorial Day.

I have a ic 40 that’s only 2 years old, I. Getting low salt light but the cold water light is not on, temp is 53 degrees, ya in Florida brrrr.... I reset it power off and still on. Tfp salt test shows 3400 as of this morning, Added 40 lbs Yesterday and the salt is fine. Any suggestions? Thanks...

I have been using the web version as I had windows 7, I upgraded it windows 10 and downloaded the app, its telling me I need a premium subscription which is no problem however I hit the upgrade and get nothing, how can I do this so I can use pool math. Am I doing something wrong. I do want to...

I live in Florida and have a refinished wet edge about 2 years ago, my FC is about 15 and I am wondering if this throws off the rest of the readings from my TFT100 weekly testing? I am a little nervous letting it drop as I do travel and only get to the testing and dosing once a week. The temp is...

Any problem starting borates in a new finish 2 weeks old, I am waiting 30 days for salt as directed, but can I add borates and MA now as I'm testing and fighting the chemicals daily, its a Florida pool and want to get it perfectly balanced for the new finish. It is the BBB method I learned...

Just had my pool refinished with wet edge satin finish last week, its been 10 days and here are my numbers with tft 100. FC 6 CC 0 PH 7.2 Ta 70 CH 230 CYA 30 Temp florida 82 degrees It is a salt pool but I am not going to add for 30 days and I did use a few pucks to add some cya and...

Just had my pool refinished with wet edge satin finish last week, its been 10 days and here are my numbers with tft 100. FC 6 CC 0 PH 7.6 Ta 80 CH 230 CYA 30 Temp florida 82 degrees It is a salt pool but I am not going to add for 30 days and I did use a few pucks to add some cya and then a...

I have a stupid question, I don't own a scale but if I wanted to add for example 1 lb of calc chloride or any powder chems can I use a DE scoop, you know the orange ones that have 1lb of de fill to this line, or are those measurements just for DE powder. I use powder CYA, I buy 5lbs Baking...

So I'm getting a new skimmer during a remodel and my PB put a extended throat in today instead of setting it back so now the opening at the skimmer will be flush with the wall instead of a tapered opening with concrete, is there any difference, I would assume I would get more skimming action of...

I'm getting ready to have pool refinished (wet edge Satin) and I have a question regarding the existing cap tile which is being removed. One of the estimates has replacing the existing cap tile. I have remodeled the pool deck a few years ago and we put travertine pavers over a concrete slab and...

I am getting ready to get my pool refinished with wet edge I believe, it needs a tile remodel update as well. I am getting quotes now and I want to lose the outdated 2-1/2 cap tile. However the deck is an existing old school concrete acrylic coating slab which I had remodeled with travertine...

I'm getting ready to have pool refinished and I have a question regarding the cap tile, one of the estimates has replacing the existing cap tile. I have remodeled the pool deck a few years ago and we put travertine pavers over a concrete slab and we didn't use remodel overhanging coping, we use...

I am getting my pool In ground pool refinished soon and want to add an additional return. The area I want to add it to is below a concrete deck, so my question is in looking at parts for a new return most have a big plastic nut or fastner that you have to secure from the back of the pool...

I am getting a new skimmer installed as it's an old hydro baker leaking, also doing a refinish yet tbd. I would like to run new 2" pvc lines as the pool is 1-1/2" now. I will split the skimmer and main drain back to the pad but my question is do I go the expense and effort to change the returns...

I am in the process of getting a ig pool refinished and adding a new skimmer as my hydro baker is leaking I believe. I have replummed above ground at equipment deck with 2" pic when I put in a variable speed pump last year but the rest of the plumbing in ground is 1-1/2. So here's my question...

I have a 14 years Hydrazzo refinish that has a nice size crack from skimmer down, I have done the bbb method since I joined this site, see join date. I am getting bids now on fixing crack with staples. The Hydrazzo has held up pretty well, but that was 14 years ago, so the question is with the...

now that I'm a BBB pool owner and the pool never looked so good, I have some left over pool supplies that the local pool store sold me before I new better, I have suncoast super water clarifier and suncoast super metal control, I was using a quart of this every other week as told buy PP pool...

My numbers this morning are: PH 7.8 FC 5.5 TA 60 CH 275 CYA 60 Temp 90 Salt 2800 When I first found this site my cya was way up there, Pucks, I drained and balanced, got swg etc. I am slowly adding cya and am uptight of going to high, but I was at 40 a few weeks ago. I'm looking for that magic...

How much dilution of tsp and then ma for a good soaking and cleaning a Hayward de 4820 in a 40 gallon garbage can. I cant find a wag for dilution anywhere? Thanks, R

I need some advise for my neighbor who is using tabs, todays first numbers: PH 7.5 FC 6 CC 0 TA 50 CH 810 Yup that's right! CYA 50 Temp 85 full sun I don't know if the CH results through the rest of the numbers off but here they are, advise gurus! Thanks, Roth

Pool looks great and clear, here are my latest numbers, ph 7.6 FC 8 TA 70 CH 280 CYA 65 Salt 3200 Borax approx. 50 temp 86 Leave it alone or should I raise the CYA a little, I do have some liquid left over? Florida pool gets full Sun. Thanks all.

I had checked the numbers yesterday and the FC was 3 and I did see I thought a little algae on a step and it wiped off real easy by hand Friday night so I raised the Pentair swg to 100% all day yesterday and checked the numbers this morning, so the swg ran 8 hours at 100%. this morning numbers...

numbers today fc 5.5 ph 7.5 ta 60 ch 300 cya 70 temp 80 degrees. based on above add some baking soda today, I did add MA yesterday t bring down the ph which it did. Thanks again.

my numbers today FC 7.5 ph 7.5 ta 70 ch 320 cya 60 temp 72 degrees, I want to raise the cya to 75 based on calcs numbers and tfp recommendations, I have natural chemistry conditioner from my neighbor liguid, active ingredients are 35% monsodium canurate monohydrate and 65% spray adjuvants...

I travel so have not checked numbers till this morning, borates last sunday. temp 69 PH 8.0 FC 9 TA 80 CH 300 CYA 70 Salt 4000 Borates 50 Plan to add MA only this morning, I am dialing in the SWG so I guess I need to cut it back to lower my FC, what so you think is next. I do have to add a...

So the Borax Mule 20 is tetra on the drop down box for the pool calculator? Can I raise the borates slowly a little at a time over the weekends or do I need to do a full treatment first, I checked it with the strips and I do have zero now. Tf100 tests today Ph7.5 FC 8 TA 70 CH 350 CYA 70 salt 3500