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    I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add borates

    Re: I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add Thank you RobbieH. I am putting 7 lbs in to get 40 ppm.
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    I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add borates

    Re: I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add Will do. I read it takes about a week to dissolve the CYA and have experienced that in the past. This is why I was concerned. On the 1st page of the "So you want to add borates" it reads in step one to get the TA to 70 or 80 so I...
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    I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add borates

    Thank you everyone in advance for this great website. I just got a new vinyl liner installed and wanted to add borates. My question is how important is it to get the TA to 70 to 80. I just got my TFT test kit yesterday and got a result of 120 for TA. It seems the lowering of the TA then...
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    Water behind my vinyl liner

    Hi and thank you for this site. I have a 22,000 gal vinyl liner pool with a main drain and one skimmer with two return jets. There are some holes in the liner at the top of the pool which seem to have gotten a whole lot of water behind it. Should I lower the water in the pool to...
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    Buying a new pump motor a couple questions

    Hi I'm pretty new to this pool forum. I'm so glad I found it. I have a A.O.Smith 1&1/2 HP 3450 RPM pump that just stopped working yesterday. 1.) Is a 2 speed 1&1/2 HP motor the way to go with a replacement? 2.) In reading a lot of the info on here it seems I can use a smaller motor and get...