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Hi everyone I need some advice. Seems pretty clear the line is leaking badly. Haven’t done a pressure test yet but covering the inlet in skimmer with my hand and/or connecting cleaner/robot causes immediate and significant pressure loss and theirs lots of air bubbles coming back into the pool...

My Pool is 25-30,000 gal. I've had the Whisperflo for a decade (it don't whisper no mo, that's for sho) The municipality requires a variable speed pump nowadays but do I really need a 1.5hp pump? Is there a smaller option that will be variable and quiet? Thanks! Jim

Hi Everyone, Ahh alas Summer weather is coming to an end, even here in sunny Los Angeles. I've been away for a couple of weeks twice this summer and as an experiment both times I simply adjusted chems (per pool math) and brought CL to SLAM level. Turned off pump and simply covered the pool...

Happy New Year Everyone. Was vacuuming out leaves (had a bunch) from the bottom of the pool, happens every autumn so the procedure I follow is simple, vacuum until the pump basket gets full, power down, empty and resume. Eventually I get it all out and all is well. This time though when I saw...

Hi everyone, FC 2.5 Last night was 6 CC 0.5 " " 0 pH 7.5+ " " 7.5 CH 300 TA 130 CYA 30 Did those tests just now. Should I be concerned about the drop in FC? After testing last night I added about 2.5" of water. Had a very hot sunny day today. I see...

Hey Everybody, So here are my my first #'s w/ the new TF-100kit (yep I have the SpeedStir). The Basic test kit (from the TF-100) showed: CL .5, BR 1 pH: 7.8 FC: 2.5ppm CC: 0.5 TC: 3.0ppm CH: 875 TA: 170 CYA: 60 Normally I would add acid to bring the pH down some before adding chlorine...

Hi Everybody, I've visited and read on this site several times and learned great things and just registered. Happy to join the community. I've had the pool for 10 years, used a pool guy for several years but started maintaining myself a few years ago, finally got tired of the big pool stores...