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I've had 3 of the nicheless savi melody lights since we built the pool in 2012. With all of the known issues, I've had them replaced a time or two. The last batch lasted about 6 years but now one of them is out. I was thinking of getting one of the Jandy HydroCool lights which have a 3 yr...

I noticed some overall staining on walls and floor of my plaster. I rubbed a vitamin C tablet and it cleared right up. I think its Iron coming from the 3 cheap umbrella poles that sat in the tanning ledge for the past year. So my plan is to do an Acorbic Acid treatment. But I'm still confused on...

We're experience a pretty good drought here in the south east, so my pool is down about and two inches. I've never really had to add water before, rain pretty much keeps it full. The problem is that my outdoor hose bibbs are all on well water. By my calculations I need to add about 700 gallons...

Lightning strike took out the main board and the SWG surge board in my EasyTouch 4. The board has PCB #521091 printed on it, but from reading another forum that's not the true retail part number. They say the real part number is #521218 but googleing that shows a different board than the one I...

I've got an EasyTouch 4-circuit / IntelliChlor that won't communicate with the variable speed pump. I can turn the pump on by pushing one of the 4 button on the pump itself but when it's in "running schedule" mode it doesn't do anything. The Salt Cell comes on during the scheduled time but the...

I've been using a Pentair T100 sand filter since I built my pool 3 years ago without any problem what so ever. But....I've just been given a brand new Pentair 180007 FLT FNS Plus D.E. filter. I know D.E. Filters are "better" but I've had no complaints with my sand filter except a little algae...

We had about 2 weeks of crazy rain which tripped the breaker on my pump. There was also so much rain that my salt level was too low to generate much chlorine, so I've got some algae problems. I was going to start shocking today but weather calls for another 3-5 days of rain. Should I begin to...

I've had some problems with some small black spots in my pool. If I scrub them off with a wire brush there's still a faint spot there and if the Chlorine ever gets low they just come back. So my plan is to scrub everything real good and start SLAMMING. But we've had a ton of rain so my CYA is a...

There's a chance of an ice storm down here in South Carolina. My Pentair pump automatically comes on when the temp drops to freezing but what if I lose power? Anyone have any suggestions to keep the pump or pipes from freezing?

I've got a plaster pool and about a month ago I noticed little black spots popping up in the deep end. Lightning had tripped the SWG breaker and so FC was down to 0. I brought it back up to 4 and took a stainless steel brush to the spots. But slowly over the course of a week or two the spots...

We put a couple of umbrella sleeves in our new pool but for some reason they're not a snug fit. It's not a problem for our round umbrella since it's round, but our rectangular one on the tanning ledge slowly spins with the wind and ends up cock-eyed. I thought about getting some small rubber...

I had been buying Regal Calcium Increaser but it's a little pricey at about $2 a pound. http://www.thewaterboys.net/shop/index. ... uct_id=132 Then I found Buckman's Calcium Chloride Flakes which is only about .38 cents a pound :goodjob: http://www.buckmansinc.com/store/Calciu ... 4I_84.aspx...

Does anyone know if this is ok to add to the pool to bring my calcium up? I can pick up a 50 lb bag of this stuff for about $15 at Lowes compared to $30 for a 25lb bag from the pool store. http://icemelt-rocksalt.com/documents/CForce%20MSDS.pdf

I've got to add about 25 pounds of Calcium Chloride to my plaster pool. The "pool school" section says to spread it around the deep end of the pool. But I've also read on here that some people suggest dissolving it in a bucket of pool water then slowly pouring it in. Is there a preferred method...

I just built my first pool last August. Inground, with a plaster (quartz) finish. Everything was going perfect thanks to this site....so perfect in fact that by the time December rolled around and the water temp was around 45 degrees I ignored my pool. Except for the occasional vacuuming. The...

I just built my first pool this past July. And I followed the startup and balancing procedures from this site and everything worked perfect. But now that the water is too cold to swim (at least for me. The dog still gets in!) I've turned the pump down to run about 4 hours a day and dropped the...

I installed a dedicated vacuum line with a vac-lock fitting like this when I built our inground pool. I've got a basic vacuum head with a 1 1/2" vacuum hose. The hose fits fine into my skimmer, but it's too big for the vac-lock fitting. The vac-lock is 1 1/2" I.D. and the O.D of the hose is 1...

I installed a dedicated 2" vacuum line when I built our inground pool. I just purchased and installed a Waterway Vac-lock fitting like this. But the 1 1/2" hose that came with my vacuum head won't fit it. The hose fits fine in my skimmer, but I want to use the dedicated line. Is there a...

This is my first pool and the plaster was finished about 4 weeks ago. I've maintained the levels without any problem with the help of this forum, but now I'm turning on the SWG and noticed that the recommended levels for TA are a little lower for SWG systems than for bleach. (SWG = 60 - 80)...

Our plaster was installed 4 weeks ago, so now I'm ready to fire up the Intellichlor (IC40). I've been doing the bleach thing for the past month with no problems...thanks to the info from this forum :goodjob: . I guess I need to buy some salt test strips or take a sample to Leslies? Until I test...

I've got a 3Hp intelliflo variable speed pump and I want to install a dedicated pressure side cleaner. My plan was to shut off the returns and direct all pressure to that line. But I'm told that with certain polaris cleaners a booster pump is needed. Why can't a 3HP variable speed pump create...

I just finished our pool 3 weeks ago and I'm not all that satisfied with our suction side cleaner. I've got a dedicated vac line and I was thinking of switching it to a dedicated return line and getting a polaris 280 or something. The pool doesn't get that dirty, at least it hasn't the first...

Since all of the chemical levels have a range, do most of you shoot for the upper end of the scale and let it drop to the minimum before adding chemicals? Or do most of you shoot for a target level and try to keep it there. Adding chemicals as needed to keep it at that number?

Why are the forums CL levels 3-7 when everywhere else (National Plasterers org. / test kits / Trichlor package etc.) has the level between 1-3? I'm not arguing the numbers, just wondering why?

I just finished building our inground shotcrete pool. Plaster went in last Saturday and I've been testing and brushing non-stop. The SWG will be turned on in about 3 weeks but in the meantime, I've been adding 6% bleach from Lowes. But I'm going thru about 1 1/2 gallons a day. I'm in South...

When starting up a new plaster pool, the "pool school" section says to add some sequestering agent. So I did.. but is there any way to test to see if it's needed on a monthly basis? I'm all for preventative maintenance, but I'd rather not toss $35 a month into my pool if there aren't any metals...

Just finished filling the pool with City water after the plaster was finished yesterday. I just tested the levels and here's what I've got. I was told that the city water wouldn't have much of anything and I guess they were right. I've got to get the PH down but everything else needs to come...

I built my own inground, shotcrete pool and the guys are coming tomorrow morning to apply the KrystalKrete quartz aggregate finish. I'll be filling the pool up with City water which the pool store tells me doesn't have much of anything in it. I've read thru the Pool School section (a couple of...

My inspector seems to think that since Pentair doesn't state that my Intelliflo variable speed pump SHOULD NOT be on a GFI breaker, that I should go ahead and put it on one. He said some pumps require it, while some do not. I'm not trying to be cheap but.....$8 for a regular breaker vs. $115 for...

I'm going with a KrystalKrete quartz finish for our new pool plaster. The manufacturer recommends the following chemical levels which differ from what the forum recommends. Also they list a level for CL. I'm assuming that's Chlorine but their level is way off from the FC level this forum...