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Here in sunny, hot and humid Florida my pool temp was 94 degrees yesterday. I like a warm pool but not that warm. Not sure if there's anything I can do to lower the temp before we have guests next weekend who really want to swim. I do have solar but the display on my Pentair Solar Touch is wonky...

I’ve been draining and refilling my pool for several days due to a mistake in adding too much salt. My CH is reading at 240. If I raise the level to 350 will this also raise my salt level as I’m assuming chloride = salt? The salt level is still reading at 3800.

Too follow up on my post from Friday where I mistakenly added salt before realizing that I was getting an erroneous reading from my AquaRite due to cell failure. We have been draining and refilling the pool since Friday. Getting the water down to the tile line, refilling and then doing it again...

I screwed up and added too much salt to my pool. Got some algae in the pool and tested the chlorine level and it was at 4. My AquaRite said my salt level was at 1900 so I added a bag of salt. My bad for not using my salt test kit to confirm the level but I was tired and getting ready for bed...

I have the Taylor K-2006 case. I purchased the refill kit from TF Test Kits a few years ago and the refills fit in the case. Just reordered and made sure I bought the refills specifically for the Taylor kit but the bottles don't fit. Going back and double-checking my order I saw that it says...

I have an Intermatic timer that’s no longer turning on the pool pump. I can manually turn it on and then the timer will turn it off. The trippers are fine and I can hear it running. Clock works. I’ve seen that there’s a part behind the clock that can wear down so the tripper won’t turn it on...

I did an ascorbic acid treatment on my pool on Saturday per the instructions I found here. Stains cleaned up nicely and after 24 hours I started working on balancing everything out. Added washing soda to bring up the ph and added liquid chlorine to the minimum for my CYA. The only thing that was...

I posted the other day about some stains that I thought could be from topping off our pool with city water. I've since been told by a city worker that our water does not contain high iron and none of my neighbors seem to be having an issue. The stains definitely come off with vitamin C though...

Still consider my self a new pool owner even though it's been a few years. This group has been invaluable and I've had very little trouble (trouble free) with my pool. The past two pool seasons I've noticed that the white plastic around the main drains has been discolored as well as the jet...

We have a Pentair Solartouch control system for our solar. I recently noticed that it is showing the water temperature as much higher than it actually is. I have a floating thermometer and my Blue Essence salt system also displays the water temperature. Yesterday the Solartouch said my water was...

Well it seems like our pool light bulb has burned out after barely 2-1/2 years of minimal use. It's just a regular light bulb, not a color changing or LED bulb. I've seen some videos online that make the replacement look fairly simple. Does this sound right? 1. Turn off main breaker to pool...

I'm looking at having to replace my salt cell for the first time. I currently have a T-5 but am considering going with either a T-9 or T-15. I have a friend that can get them for me at better than pool store prices but they are still so darned expensive. Here's what he gave me. T-5 $310.39...

Current readings. My salt light is flashing red. Cell was check just last week and was fine. The SWG says the salt level is low at 2600 but I test at 3400. New reagents. Should I just ignore the light?

First CH test of the season. Added the 20 drops of the R-0010 then the 5 drops of the R-0011L. The sample showed a very pale, barely noticeable hint of pink. I decided to go ahead and add the R-0012 and got up to 70 drops before I stopped as I couldn't really detect any color change. Tried the...

Follow up to my question of yesterday. We are experiencing freezing temps here in Central Florida. Based on other suggestions, I set my automatic timer to turn on my pool pump last night at 3 am when the temp was supposed to reach 35 degrees and to shut off around 9 am. I also confirmed that the...

We live in usually sunny and warm Central Florida but are expected to have some below freezing temps the next couple of nights. Anything special we should do with the pool? Maybe just throw a blanket over the equipment? It's up against the house so it's not totally exposed. What about the solar...

We live in Florida and have an unscreened pool. We are in a new neighborhood with relatively few trees but do have issues with some leaves and pine needles from neighbor's trees, not a whole lot but enough. Netting is too time consuming and using our current Kreepy Krauly risks clogging the...

Our neighbors have some kind of pine tree that the HOA planted between our properties when the house was built. As it’s gotten bigger it has begun to cause problems for our pool. It’s okay in the summer but it loses its needles in the fall and many of them end up on the bottom of our pool. With...

My husband was trying to help a neighbor who is out of town by trimming some of their weeds. He accidentally cut the cable to the flow switch for their SWG. When he pulled the switch out the silver metal piece must have fallen off. He purchased a new flow switch at Pinch A Penny ($117 what a rip...

My salt levels have held steady since our pool was built until I tested tonight. It usually runs right at 3400 but it's now at 3000. I do have the Taylor salt test kit. Pool Math tells me to add 29 lbs. of salt which isn't even a full bag as I understand they are 40 lbs. Should I go ahead and...

I usually test CL and pH daily and everything else one a month. Today's numbers: FC: 5.5 PH: 7.5 TA: 40 CH: 590 CYA: 50 I will bring up both the TA and CYA according to Pool Math. My CH is consistently high though every time I test it even when all my other numbers are good. It has...

For those who live in climates that get a lot of rain do you lower the water level in your pool when it gets too high? We are in Central Florida and have been having to add water most of the winter. Our rainy season has hit with a vengeance and last night the water level in our pool was almost...

We recently planted a large upright Elephant Ear plant in the corner by our pool. It needs some shade so we bought a market umbrella and a heavy base. We also tied the umbrella to the fence (you can see the ropes in the pic if you look closely). When we came home from work yesterday the umbrella...

My sister in law just had a new pool built by the same builder we used last year. She will only be a part time resident here in Florida so she will be using a pool service. The pool was filled last week (salt system) and just for fun this weekend I took my test kit to see what kind of numbers I...

Our pool is just a year old and we need to repaint the deck. Any suggestions from experienced painters? Brands that hold up well? Anything that would help us first time painters would be appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Our pool was installed in March so this will be our first "off season". It's still in the low to mid 80's everyday and sunny for a good part of the day. We have solar panels and I'm wondering how much we should expect them to heat up the pool as it's still warm enough outside to swim if the...

Not only am I a new pool owner but also new to hurricanes. Matthew is coming our way and I'm not sure what to do about the pool. Should I just leave it as is or should I turn off the pump and drain some of the water down now? No screen to worry about and not many trees (new neighborhood) so I'm...

My pool was finished in March 2016. I'm still dealing with constantly rising pH and adding MA about every other day which I know is fairly normal for new plaster. I've read here that aeration can cause the pH to rise as well and am wondering if I should maybe adjust my returns so as to get less...

I posted previously about my brother in law who follows the traditional pool $tore methods. A few months ago he let me test his water with my Taylor kit and his CYA was 200+ (diluted test) and at that time his FC was a whopping 31 (brown on the OTO test). He will not drain his pool (his pool...

I see that some people have a "TFP Lifetime" membership icon but don't see that membership option available when I click on the "become a TFP supporter". How does one go about becoming a lifetime member?