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Guys my water is too cold to run my salt cell but when it is turned on should I still have a salt reading and obviously the cold water shut off? I swore I still got a reading last year in cold water but I might be wrong. Thanks jim

Water 61 degrees via app Salt level 2400. I know its low but even when low I get it to light up properly. Taylor test kit. App says cold water cutoff when the lights are blocking on app. light re as follow: Salt level section (top 2 lights): good and low alternating blinking. good is green...

hello all. opened today in NEPA. 1. I over shot lowering my PH as always. I dosed little by little but my last dose drove me down to 7.5 instead of 7.8 where I wanted to be. so between my CH being only 125 and PH low and water only 42 degrees needless to say my CSI is in the hole. like...

We are closing at some point Friday. They won’t tell me AM Or PM. I want to drain down tomorrow night so it’s good to go in case they come in morning. Can I leave my top step in my low end and deep end exposed over night. The low is 47 only. Then in morning I figured I would mix in my poly...

Holy cow. 5 plus weeks now trying to solve a major internet service issue in my house. We hd an outage 5 weeks ago when they got our neighborhood back up and going I have had service issues since. Comcast is telling me my underground line is crushed cause of a large tree that was a sapling 15...

Guys it takes me forever to get up to smoking temp. 225-250 for agreement sake. I have been watching videos. So today I’m experimenting. I set my fire in the center as I usually do. My charcoal is right at the fire ring level. I’m not blocking those little notches in the ring. I lit my fire...

Ok cooks out there. Best pellet grill? I came across. Green mountain something. They look nice. I want to be able to sear also. I have an egg but want something for during the week when time doesn’t allow for ease. It will replace a gas Weber.

My father just got me 12 gallons from Leslie. I put in 112 oz last night. Should have taken me from 2.5 to 8. It took me to 5 only. Added another 60 to go up to 8. Took me to 7 only. All in the dark. And yes I passed a over night test twice actually. So I looked on bottles. They say 092921. So...

20000 gallon plaster pool. My ch is 225 after winter I want to take it up to 350. Pool math says I need to add 23 lbs of chloride. That right? Seems like a lot. I want to take it up now cause it helps my csi for lower temps now and always gets dilated back down with spring rain. Sound about...

Hey all. I’m not open yet which is late for me. I usually open when water is in 30’s but winter hs been rough in pa this year and we have a small repair to do and want cover still on since steps are exposed cause water is down still. Don’t want sun on them. My water is 47-51. Can I have an...

Hey guys I’m in pa. We are closed and under a huge freeze for a few weeks now. My water was 8 inches below my tile but now with melting snow and rain I’m 4 inches of solid ice to the bottom of my tile. We are suppose to get hit with rain, then ice, then snow but not too much from Wednesday night...

Hey all! Long time, not first time. . . lol Not for me this time. I am done! like totally done! anyway. . . I have a friend who finally got their glass shell. it's going in when we thaw out up here. so what i'm looking is: 1. best practice for installing the glass shell. i now all the...

Hey guys! Can you all help me build a 15x28 vinyl pool on a budget. I didn’t ask the budget cause I didn’t feel I should. I have her a lot of the typical things I did: 2 inch skimmed and drain lines all schedule 40. 1.5 inch return lines with schedule 40. All independent runs. All...

I am at 250 right now. Ideal is 350. I’m plaster with liquid chlorine right now but salt in summer. It says 19 lbs to get it up 100. Is that right? Seems like a lot! Can someone check my math. 20k gallons. Should I even bother bringing it up to ideal. I know in bottom range of...

Hey all. I know I have asked this before but. When I open my water will be mid to high 30’s maybe low 40’s. I know to test my cya I have to do a warm bath to get the pool water temp up to about 70. But ph. It’s not accurate with low water temp. Should I be testing that at 70 degrees also? I...

A lot of you that know me here know my family’s love for Disney. There used to be a collection called the Walt Disney classics collection. A work of love for 20 years thst Walt always wanted to see happen but unfortunately didn’t happen. Without getting into the details it was a very limited...

I have to drain down tomorrow to have my builder close me on Wednesday. Night temps suppose to be 42. I can leave the top steps exposed overnight right? I know u don’t want water to freeze on plaster cause it will mark it bit it’s not going to be freezing temps. Maybe some frost. I should be...

Guys quick question cause I forgot. My water is hovering around 60-59. Goes up in day down at night. I have the cell set to 10 percent so I got the blinking lights. That is low output mode correct? But shouldn’t the cell Darn off if water hits 59? Could I damage the cell keeping it on now of...

Guys I forgot again for closing do I add my bluetec and kemtek (poly) before I lower water? Maldonado kemtek bottle says 8 oz per 10 grand so I would need 16 oz cause I’m 20 grand. Bottle is 32 oz. should I just use full bottle or follow label? I forgot what most do. I have been using the...

TA 70 CH 300 Salt3400 Temp79 Cya 60 Ph 7.7 to 8.0 csi -.24 to .05 I put the range cause it climbs in 48 hrs. I haven’t touched my CH cause it keeps my csi in check. If bring my CH up to 350 then I’m even more on the positive side when my ph is 7.7 to the 8.0 rise. is that ok? Any advice?

Does anyone know of covers for patio furniture that will not thin out and rip due to the sun. I don’t care if it fades but the ones we buy from plow and hearth last 2 seasons and then if u sneeze they rip. The ones under cover and champs. But the ones out in the sun just stink. I’m using thier...

Hey guys. I finally have my egg coming Saturday. I got all kinds of questions. 1. I know for first 5-6 hrs keep it below 500 degrees to break it in. 2. So I figured try ribs. Somewhat cheap and somewhat straight forward I’m thinking. 3. So I load up my egg with charcoal. I have those...

ok this isn't for me but for a very very good friend of mine. as a lot of you all know i live to fish! my buddy has a spot with a new camper on a local river which is knows to be one of the best small mouth bass fishing waters here in pa. the susquehanna river. so he wants an outdoor screen...

If I have to raise my CH level this is the Clorox brand from Walmart ok?

So. I passed my overnight test. Fc7 at 8 last night and now fc7 at 5 am. When I got home from the river yesterday at 4. Full sun 70 degrees. My fc went from 10 to 7 over a 24 hr period. No rain. Just an all sunny day yesterday. I added more chlorine at 4 to bring it back up to 10. Tested at 8...

I have an easy touch. Not the new system. 1. Can I use the intellivalve on it? 2. do i loose any control with easy touch since the valve isn't made for it vs new system. 3. i have a 3 way valve. inlet and the 2 outlets are floor return and a surface return. pretty much all want is to be able...

I just went to wal mart to get cya. The packaging for the Clorox stuff is not bottles anymore. Bags. Just so you all know so u don’t start to panic like I did since everywhere else is closed. But they had something new. Packets u put in skimmer basket. I was tempted to buy them but didn’t know...

I know you guys help me every year but I can’t remember. 1. I run my pump 24/7 at 1500 rpm. If we get freezing nights still do I need to run higher? 2. Chemical balance order. I know to get my chlorine up according to my cya but I’m not worrying about adding cya now right? Since temps r low and...

I’m doing something I never thought I would do. Install windows in a Mac. The new automation app I use only can be programmed and created on windows and the old old windows machine I use for this is just a bear and I have to constantly move files from my Mac to the windows machine with google...

Hey guys. Got a closing question. This year I’m going to drain down below my returns before the guys come to close me. My plan is spin my scale control and poly 40 a day before. Next day lower water to below returns using my bottom drain since the skimmers will be dry once water goes below...