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When the pump starts up I get a little water on the equipment pad under the pump. The water is not coming from he drain plug so it must be the seal where the wet end meets the motor. So my question is if this just started and I don't hear any Honorable sounds am I good just getting a seal kit...

I know there have been several threads about nicheless LED lights failing just wanted to share my experience. Pool will be 3 years old on OCT 30 we noticed this spring that one of the LED lights was not 100% what color we chose. For example if I chose blue most of the LEDs in the light would...

OK so not really a Stenner but I figured anyone searching for info on using a peristaltic pump would start with Stenner threads. I recently purchased a 250 gallon spa and wanted to automate sanitation as much as possible. Just like when we had the pool built I strongly considered a SWG but...

We will soon be buying a 4 person spa from Costco, I am just starting to read about caring for a spa and have few questions.. I keep the pool CYA level around 35-40, TA stays around 60 with a pH near 7.8 if not slightly lower, CH around 600 due to fill water build up. Does anyone see any...

Finally finished my solar install :party: I ended up with 320 sq ft of solar for my 420 sq ft surface area pool. I installed powerstrip from h2otsun.com as it was the only system I could find to maximize the usable space on my pyramid shaped roof. The system cost about 25% more than an...

For those of us who have a mixture of internet connected devices that may automatically adjust to standard time and manual timers that do not. It’s a good time to check your timers on dosing devices such as SWG’s or Stenner pumps (especially if you use one for MA). Of course you can always set...

We have 4 of the white Lounge chairs like you might see poolside at a hotel. We bought all 4 of them in a garage sale and they were a bit scuffed up and had some staining from sitting out uncovered for over a year. We tried Oxy clean, simple green, and a few other things but they still looked...

So I started to do some research on plumbing for solar and some of the schematics I have seen get quiet complicated. My PB put 2 dedicated returns in the floor of the pool he called DPs as part of the base price of the pool. Right now they share return flow with skimmer returns via a 3-way but...

Ran a full set of tests for the first time in a while, only the second time ever doing CYA. The main question I have is there any reason I should bring the CYA up if I have not had any problems keeping the FC above 2? Usually sits around 3 to 4 and I am not going through chlorine very fast, a...

Pool has been built since October but we are just getting started with landscaping. I have had several people ask we what are those pipes for or why all the drains. Today I have an answer for them and to think we were swimming 2 days ago. The little black circles are 2 of the 6 drains that...

Our pool was finished in late October filled the day before Halloween. Since then I have been working on testing and keeping the water balanced. As expected my MA use has been high and in the last month or so while still a bit high at least is now predictable, I almost don’t have to test to...

I have an iAqualLink connected to my Z4 pool only panel and use both the phone app and the web control via both internet explorer and chrome on windows 7 and 8. Recently I called tech support for an unrelated problem I was having with my panel and the tech was able to see all my schedules and...

PB turned over the pool a few weeks ago and I have been testing FC pH and TA every day and full test except CYA on weekends. I did the CYA twice once at day 10 and again at day 18, both came out the same so unless I have to drain I don't think I will test again for at least a month or more. I...

This may be helpful for those who use the milk jug style chlorine and acid. I imagine that most just estimate when adding and it works out just fine but I have a bit of OCD when it comes to measures. So I wanted a method that was somewhat accurate but would not require me to pour from one jug...

Please tell me if I am missing something. We are in the process of getting quotes to have an IG pool built, I am guessing that we are going to end up 17K gallons. I know that we want SWG system and I have decided on AutoPilot Dig-220 I was considering Hayward but I like the “plain English”...