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    Slam - The last thing I needed right now

    First up its my own fault for ignoring the pool For the past three weeks I have done nothing but be in and out of hospital after my partner had sudden renal failure. :cry: Needless to say I have not even looked at my pool He was discharged two days ago, still very ill, while we wait on more...
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    Test kit availability

    It can be hard to find good test kits if you live outside of the US I see people struggling to find kits from Mexico, Spain, Uk, Canada etc I could have imported from the US but the cost was astronomical!! Nearly tripled the cost of the kit and not to mention the 6-8 week shipping :mad: I...
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    Its been the weirdest week for NZ

    It has been the strange and surreal watching it all unfold in the Wellington/Marlborough region this week. ::epds:: BTW I live 2 hrs away so not really affected Sunday - 7.8M earthquake at midnight :shaking2::shaking2: Monday - Tsunami - Heavy rain causing rivers to burst banks :drown: Tuesday...
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    Direct solar pv pump vs solar controller and pump

    Hi all I have a homemade solar sytem I use to heat the pool It currently works off of an old intex pump to circulate the water, on its own plumbing loop and I currently turn it on in the morning and turn it off at night I have approx 100sq ft of panels, about 6 ft away from the pool level with...
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    Magnesium sulfate - balneotherapy home trial - help calculating additive amounts

    Hi all My partner has severe psorasis, its one of the reasons we follow TFP, the water actually seems beneficial to his skin, compared to a traditional chlorine pool system. Following advice from here I run my salt at 3000ppm which we like Last year I added borax at 50ppm for extra water...
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    Finally starting to grow up

    Hi all, I am so excited :kim::party: Up until now I have had small intex metal framed pools 2 years ago - 6ft last year - 10 ft Now I have just brought a 16ft intex ultra frame I think it will fit in the garden, just... Now just have to wait until summer.... This is it at its old home