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Good morning TFP experts. In Aug of 2016 my booster pump died and I decided then to dump the dated Polaris 380, cap off the booster line, and invested in an M400. Over the years the robot has performed well, and the only issue I encountered would be when one of the tracks was dislodged and I...

Hello TFP Experts. I live in Houston and like many other have been trying to find a way to lower my water temps during the heat wave in an affordable manner, without too much uplift. I’ve researched a bunch on the forum and went down the aeration route and landed on the Kool Your Pool pool...

Hello pool gurus, I could use some help please. You are looking at my auto fill and overflow bucket. I recently renovated my pool and had this supply side connected to a manual ball valve (not pictured). The small hole is the supply side, large hole goes to pool and standing pipe is the overflow...

doing a pool reno and trying to understand what jets these. Any of you experts know? Currently have 5 jets in the spa and 3 are really strong and 2 are pretty weak.

Hi TFP gurus, I could use add'l eyes and opinion to see if ya'll think this is algae. I've been a several year TFP user and am familiar with the SLAM process (which I just started cause I believe it is algae), but my chlorine numbers seem to be pretty stable day over day. Here's the current...

Hello fellow TFP-ers: Looking for some friendly advice from this group regarding all of the gear on my pool pad. For some history, I bought my house about 4yrs ago and inherited the pool, and stumbled on the TFP site and educated myself on what to do. I had an issue with my 1998 heater...

I bought a home a couple of years ago and believe the pool to be an early 90's vintage. I noticed the pool pump is not connected via bond wire and there is not anything in sight that resembles one. Is this a safety problem? If so, what do people do in these situations?

Hi TFPers, I always attempt to read threads to research and educate myself and hopefully stitch together the answer to the question I need. At this point I think I know what to do, just need some confirmation. I could use some help at the electrical panel. Current setup is a pool built in the...

Hello community, I need some help and advice on the wiring side. I have a single 240V circuit coming from the panel to my timer box. The 240V at the panel is connected to two x single 20amp breakers (which I do not believe are GFCI). At the timer box, I recently dumped the two yellow...

Hello TFPer's I took over pool service, drained and refilled due to high CYA (thanks pool man!). I'm back on the steady maintenance and numbers (I think) and have a stenner maintaining chlorine levels and am using pinch a penny liquid bleach (10%). Pool plaster is prolly 7ish years in age...

Hi TFP, I'd like some help on replacing all of my equipment as it is quite vintage and I think I can get some newer equipment that would be more efficient and better performing. Here's what I have: Pump - Challenger 2HP (SF 2.20), single speed. Has a dribble leak, likely the seal which I have...

My polaris pump died on me and I needed parts for the polaris 280, so I decided to go with the Dolphin M400. I've removed the booster pump, my question is, do I cap off the lines or do I just connect them? I need to aerate my pool to lower my TA and was thinking of keeping it looped and...

Hi experts, I had a high cya issue (maybe 140) and I drained about 70-80%. Now I'm refilling and I'd like to know what to focus on first, second, third, etc. Refil is coming from city from my three hose bibs. I'll test as soon as it gets fill but curious what I tackle, in what order. Appreciate...

Current reading from Taylor 2006: FC 27.5 CC .5 pH 7.8 TA 150 CH 275 CYA 140 I'm going to drain about 70-80% and try to get to CYA of 40. Assuming CYA measures at or around target after refill, what part of my chemistry is my next item to focus on?

I've searched all the 'stenner' TFP threads and would like some advice on the proper stenner setup to get. Can any folks who have travelled this path help me as I make the switch from pucks to liquid chlorine automation please. Background: Current pool readings (using my taylor 2006 kit): FC...

FC 27.5 CC .5 pH 7.8 TA 150 CH 275 CYA 140 New to the forum and pool maintenance, and I currently have a pool tech weekly managing the chemistry with pucks in 2 floaters. The numbers above are my test results, not the techs (which are vastly different). I'd like to know what to do here. I...

Hello TFP community, new to the group but have been surfing the forum for the past few weeks. I bought a home 2 yrs ago which already had a pool/spa and it is covered by screened in pool cage, so it remains virtually debris free. Never was a pool owner or had any knowledge of such until I...