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Thank you ps0303. It is not leaking water and I managed to get a little air out of the filter air relief valve. Maybe it's the water "wooshing" around in the heater that I hear. Good to know that I can pick up a replacement and not have to order the old valve currently installed if it ever goes...

I am looking for a replacement safety relief valve on my raypak heater. I have a 25000 gallon inground pool and spa combo and the heater is the last piece of equipment before water returns to the pool. I think the relief valve is bad and allowing air (sucking) into the return water flow. I hear...

Ok, That's exactly what I was thinking but I wanted a feeling of comfort from you all. Thanks!

Hey Guys, First closing for me went well thanks to all of your help. I had a question about my solid pool cover. After it being stored and rolled up all summer, it's not even close to fitting all the pegs. I had to loosen most of the straps to get the the loop and spring assembly onto the...

Do I refill with a garden hose because everything is sealed. I'm guessing this is the way to go. The guy I used last year didn't blow out the lines or plug any ports or use any antifreeze. I'm lucky everything lasted through our brutal winter. since I don't have any experience with using the...

Thanks Scott, but how do I refill the spa after sealing off the ports and drain? Thanks!

Hello Everyone, I'm in southern PA and have a question about my pool since it's the first pool closing for me. Is there anything special or extra about closing a pool/spa combo. I have read thru the winterizing thread and feel pretty comfortable with what to do for the main inground pool. My...

Thanks Jason, I'll keep logging and post what I find....probably in a couple days.....happy 4th everyone!!

Sounds good...is the waterfall from my spa to my pool enough aeration? Or should I add something else into the mix? Thanks!

Ok, I may need some help or assistance from anyone who has done this before. I have a submersible pump if I need to drain the pool. If I need to lower the TA first then how should I go about this. Sorry, but I may need some steps to do this right.

Ok, so it's the CH. Does the CH or any of the other levels hurt the effectiveness of chlorine. ie. when I see the milky white cloud is something happening to the chlorine, like diluting it or killing off some of it making a CC number register?

Hello everyone. I got a chance to test my levels and they are as follows : FC : 21ppm CC : 0.5ppm PH : 7.4 TA : 190 CH : 580...can this be correct? CYA : 60 Well water CH : 130 - that I've been topping off with after backwashing a few dozen times. Note : Pool is clear blue. no cloudiness...

I have a 25000 gallon pool and its inground plaster. I add the liquid chlorine all at once right over the pool return nozzles. normally two jugs of 6% 182oz at a time. A white milky cloud forms and follows the route of the pool return water. It dissipates around 15 minutes and is clear...

When I add liquid chlorine to my pool there is a milky white cloud that appears and then dissipates within 15mins. Is this normal or should it still be as clear as it was before adding liquid chlorine.

Ok, so here is an update. A couple of notes and questions first then please check my pool log for the past two weeks. 1. Sunrise and sunset are now 530am and 830pm so it's hard to get an accurate FC overnight. I'll get up before 530 in the next day or two and check it. And it's been HOT, month...

Jimmy As a new pool owner myself and also an owner of the K2005 you need to get the TF100. The K2005 did not show me the correct chlorine levels and I wasted a lot of money on chlorine trying to fix my problem while using it. I received the TF100 a few days again and I saw immediate results the...

June 24 7:30am - FC : 18ppm, CC : 1ppm 12:00pm - FC : 12.5ppm, CC : 1.5ppm 4:00pm - FC : 12ppm, CC : 1.5ppm Huge Thunderstorm 5:00pm - FC : 12ppm, CC : 1ppm 5:15pm - added 3 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 10ppm) Thought I was close, but then the drop today. Pool is still beautiful. I'll stay at...

Sounds good. I'll keep checking and logging my levels for now and post the history again tomorrow. Thank you Jason.

When is it safe to swim? Can you swim in 18ppm? The pool looks beautiful. Here is the updated log. June 21 - http://www.meshoxford.com/bowe/Pool_dimensions.jpg 10:30pm - added 10 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 35ppm) 11:15pm - FC : 9ppm 11:30pm - added 6 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 21ppm) June...

Ok great! Pool has been stable at 18ppm for most of the day. The reading this morning at 830 could have been off because I don't think the person who did it went a foot below water level for the sample. I just backwashed again. The pool is getting pretty clear now and is a lovely blue!

OK, I got some levels checked at the pool store. Iron : 0 Copper : 0 Phosphates : 1000-2500 (probably around 2000 the guy said) I could have bought 8 of the bottles for 31 a piece from him. But I followed all of your advice and came back to figure out what phosphates are and what this means and...

continued update -- June 23 12:15am - FC : 18ppm, CC : 1ppm 5:30am - FC : 17ppm, CC : 1.5ppm (sunrise, pool much clearer since yesterday, still blue) 8:20am - FC : 14ppm, CC : 2ppm (pool covered in sun and close to 90F) 8:30am - added 3 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 10ppm), no one will be...

June 21 - water looks like picture in previous posted link 10:30pm - added 10 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 35ppm) 11:15pm - FC : 9ppm 11:30pm - added 6 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 21ppm) June 22 12:00am - FC : 20ppm, CC : 4ppm 12:10am - added 4 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 14ppm) 1:00am - FC ...

Thanks loughps!! Update : June 22 9:00pm - FC : 22ppm, CC : 2ppm 10:00pm - Noticed waterfall wasn't flowing too well, checked the DE psi and it was >9psi from clean start. Backwashed and added 6lbs of DE. The Waterfall is flowing strong now. 11:00pm - FC : 17.5ppm, CC : 1.5ppm I'm gonna...

June 21 - water looks like picture in previous posted link 10:30pm - added 10 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 35ppm) 11:15pm - FC : 9ppm 11:30pm - added 6 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 21ppm) June 22 12:00am - FC : 20ppm, CC : 4ppm 12:10am - added 4 182oz jugs 6% bleach (approx 14ppm) 1:00am - FC ...

Yeah, the pic is what it looks like tonight in the shade. When I started this post it was after shocking the pool and it was much lighter green/blue. I had to wait until I received the test kit to start shocking again. Now that I have the test kit I hope it gets better. I'm about to test the...

OK, I'll get back to shocking it in a couple days. I won't be around tomorrow so it will have to wait until Wed night. At 844pm levels were : FC : 1 CC : 3 but you can probably see where this is going until I shock again. I'll buy chlorinator on my way home Wed and start shocking and post...

Ok, I got my TF100 test kit. At 644pm my results were: I added a heaping tiny blue spoon full, haha and it was clear so.. FC : 0 CC : 1.5 CYA : 50 At this point I added two 182oz jugs of 6% bleach which should bring my pool to 7ppm. One hour later at 744pm my results were: FC : 2 CC : 2...

Thanks for the support bama rambler! It may come easy to you guys but I'm just learning. As I said before we bought the house with the pool in this shape and our pool opener screwed us on other things. What an experience. This forum is definitely what I needed. I'll check the levels later...