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First I am not sure if this is the right place, apologize if there is a better place to start this thread. Our Pool School is a great webpage, I spent couple hours reading it, then I know most I need to know for my pool. My question is: did you find any webpage explain and teach you about Lawn...

You are the man! Please keep up posted.

BTW, which side should be up? bubble side or flat side?

Will look into, thanks John

Thank you all. Got my solar cover 16x32, seems a good fit.

I repositioned the gasket under the pump lid, as well as the o-ring inside of the pipe union. Things seem better. The pump prime itself in 2 minutes. I still see bubble in the return, and there is 3 inch air pocket right under the pump lid. Once I shut down the pump, the air pocket slowly...

Thank you all for clear explanations. I tested overnight FC loss. The pool lost ~1ppm overnight. As well I tested CYA, unfortunately the minimum CYA mark on Taylor K-2006 test tube is 30. My fill the tube all the way up and the black dot is still clear, so I must have a very low CYA level...

Some observations: If I keep the pump running, it won't lose prime. If I shutdown the pump for several hour, it loses prime. There are lots of air in the filter, when I fill the water under the pump lid, all water goes to the filter. When the pump is running, I see lots bubbles out of return...

Opened the pool yesterday, before I put any chemical, the test results are: FC 0, CC 0, pH 8.0, TA 90, CH 170 I didn't test CYA, CYA is 30 at the end of last season, I think the current number is much lower. shock with 3 bottles of walmart 184oz (1.42lb) 6% bleach and 1lb of 70% trichlor. pump...

My pool is little larger than 16x32. Shall I choose the solar cover size 16x32? Is the solar cover supposed to be floating on the water surface? Or should it be larger to cover the coping? Also, how about the stepping area? Just leave it?

I know, I am lazy. Pouring bleach 2 minutes per day still seems too much for me. :sleep: I am wondering if anybody tried or think about setting up a automatic feeder for bleach. Then we only need pour bleach into a larger container every weekend, or something like that. Any idea? :cheers:

Got an email from Leslie's their Algae Control (polyquat60) 1Qt for 50% off, regular price $25.99 Is it worth stocking up for next year closing? Will it degrade considerably over time?

Hi New2Me, thank you for the details. I will follow your instruction and post back.

You are right. after my post, I always keep FC level 3~4 ppm. I just did an overnight test, lose 0.6 ppm at night.

To report back, my Taylor K-2006 kit arrived today. FC 1 CC 0 pH 7.6 TA 90 CH 150 CYA not tested (added last weekend, expected 25~30) The water looks clear, I guess now it's back to normal maintenance status. Thank you all for the help. btw, I also tested my tap water (from private well): FC 0...

Hi New2Me, I need some help with my Merlin robot. Today it stop working, no pump, no drive. I measure the voltage output of power supply, it's 36v AC. I thought these electric motor usually use 12v DC. Does that mean something wrong with the power supply?

Thank you for the first-hand information.

Thank you, dravenone and chem geek. I will keep your advices in mind for the comming days adventure. A follow up, this morning the pool water LOOKs crystal clear. I bring the water sample to the pool shop again: FC 0 CC 0 pH 6.9 TA 50 CH 225 CYA 0 Phosphorus 200 So even I putted 5 lb cal-hypo...

Greetings, I am new pool owner. Long story short, the pool was neglected by previous owner last fall, they do hire people to close the pool, but my guess is they didn't vacuum it nor check chemistry. For some reason, I just opened the pool 3 days ago (yeah, not too much time left, hehe), the...