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I have always sanitized my hot tub using the 3-step system described in How do I use Bromine in my spa (or pool)? I used liquid 'Rendezvous Enhance' (35% Sodium Bromide) The instructions were clear that the initial dose was @ 125ml/1000l water. I rarely used the weekly dose of 30ml/1000l and I...

My inground pool has built in stairs. I have had an ongoing problem with debris collecting in the stair area. There is only minor improvement when I adjust the position of the eyeballs on the jets. I do not have any jets in the stair, and there is a jet about 2 ft 'upstream' of the stair...

Over Christmas I missed my regular weekly testing twice and now pH is so far off, I don't know where to begin. Taylor drop testing of Bromine indicates about 6ppm, My TA is about 30, but not the 'normal' colour of pink, more orangy My pH is off and I don't know which way to go. The mixed...

Until recently I am running my SWG at 30% for 10 hours per day that provided for FC around 3ppm. The water was quite good. In early August, I noticed a bit of slime on the bottom of the pool, so I changed to run the pump 24/7, which increased my FC to around 6 ppm. My pool water looks...

My Kafco/Equator Weir always came loose, so about 3 years ago I installed the KafkoSkimmer Weir Replacement Kit. https://images.inyopools.com/cloud/documents/kafko-weir-conversion.pdf I installed it in the fall during closing when water was level below the skimmer. It worked for a year, but...

I was asked to help with my neighbours pool (Approx 70,000 litres) Initial Readings Cl=0, Combined Chlorine =0 | pH=8+| TA=240 |CH=340 |CYA=55 | Puck Chlorinator was Empty, Filter Pressure 15, Temperature, likely close to 80F The water looks much better than the numbers would indicate, so I...

We had our pool installed 16 yrs ago with a Hayward H250 heater (millivolt system). We actually only use it 2-3 times a year and each time is a struggle. At the beginning of the year it takes about 5 minutes of holding the gas valve on 'PILOT' to keep the pilot light from extinguishing...

I just replaced the liner in my pool. Balancing the water required me to add 2.5kg of stabilizer. I forgot about the recommendation to add CYA to pool using pantyhose, and followed the instructions on the container said to broadcast over the pool and brush the pool. After about 45 minutes of...

My Aquarite SWG T-15 cell is 4 yr old, the warranty is 1yr. I've removed it from my system each year and stored it in the garage. Last year I noticed that the product label that goes around the middle cylinder came off. When the pump was running, there were water drops originating from the...

During last fall's closing, lowered to pool water level just below the return jets. I noticed in the early spring that our 'elephant' cover was sagging quite a bit in the centre of the pool. I waited for the snow to thaw and today I removed a few cover hooks from their anchors to find that...

One of our neighbors passed away this summer. Her family knows nothing about pool care, and used a pool company to maintain the pool until the estate is settled. The pool company used a large amount of stabilized chlorine to fight an alge bloom, and her CYA was through the roof. With the help...

Can someone reconcile these two instructions. My tub manual lists the size as 1350 litres and recommends an Initial Bromine bank of 3 litres of Sodium Bromide. It does not specify the strength. The thread below recommends a dosage of 125ml of 35% Sodium Bromide per 1000 litres of water...

My neighbour has a pool algae and high stabilizer level. I have done a partial drain and refill, and am doing SLAM and tesing regularly. I have Taylor K2006C with FAS-DPD chlorine test which has a 1ppm resolution if I use 10mm vial. I am concerned that in testing so often I may run of reagant...

One of our neighbors passed away this summer. Her family knows nothing about pool care, and have been relying on a pool company to maintain the pool until the estate is settled. In the past month alone, they have spent an incredible amount of $ battling an algae bloom. After seeing my...

When refilling the spa water, my understanding is that I should balance pH and TA, prior to adding Bromine. Water temperature, pH, TA, CH are the inputs for determining water balance. When I fill, my water is 65F, but my target water temperature is 102F. I thought it made sense to balance the...

I have a 1350 litre hot tub, sanitize with Bromine and 32% MPS activator (Rendezvous Activate), and my ozonator is not working. I'm trying to get my head around using the Pool Math to determine how much MPS to add to achieve specific Bromine level. I think there is something wrong with my...

Last week, my daughter and her friends were in hot tub late. I didn't add MPS after their soak. A couple days later when I checked the tub, the water was murky. Shocked it and added some buffer to adjust TA. Still no improvement. Went to pool store to have water checked and they said my TDS was...

I am in the process of moving our hot tub location and have read up on the electrical code for bonding. Excerpt below (1)The metal parts of the pool and of other non-electrical equipment associated with the pool such as piping, pool reinforcing steel, ladders, diving board supports, and fences...

My hot tub numbers are: Bromine 5 pH 7.6 TA 85 My hot tub has pillows that detach from the tub. They look like they are made with some type of plastic/foam. Last week I noticed that the pillows were shedding foam debris into the tub. When I went to the pool store where I purchased the tub...

Warning of hidden charges. I had the Taylor 2005C test kit and most of the reagants were very low and/or old. I thought I would just buy myself a new kit with the FAS/DPD test. Based on a previous thread, https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/114919-Test-kits-in-Canada I ordered my...

Every 3-4 months I change the water in my hot tub. The TA of my tap water is around 250ppm, pH greater than 8.0. So I have to drop the TA to get the pH under control. I use the pool calculator to drop the pH to 7.0-7.2. I find this difficult because my pH is over 8.0, and climbs above 8.0 very...

I have just drained and refilled my tub for the first time. I am using tap water, my initial value of TA is 250. After my initial fill I spent many days reducing pH to around 7.0 and aerating. I found the following thread as a way to reduce TA quicker...

I just bought a Hayward evac robotic cleaner. The power supply has a button right under the ON/OFF switch. Does anyone know what this button does? Pushing seems to have no affect on the cleaner when its running.

I've had a pool for almost 15 years and have been a regular user of the forum. My wife's been diagnosed with fibromyagia, and my arthritis in my ankle is starting to get worse. So last week we decided to take the plunge and installed a 1300 litre hot tub, with ozonator. So far we're loving...

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I found a reasonably priced Polaris 360 for sale, and I'm looking to replace my vacuum cleaner. I have a 1HP pump with 3 return lines. The filter gage runs around 12 psi. From what I understand, 1 of the returns will get a quick connect to install the cleaner. The other 2 returns will likely...

I need a bit of an education here. Every year at one point or another, my liner lifts about an inch off the floor in about a 6' x 2' area in the deep end. I've resigned myself to believe this is due to ground water. I've learned to live with it, but the most frustrating thing is that our...

Since we installed the pool in 2005, every year around early August I've get an algae bloom that kept recurring until I closed in September. Except this year. I was wondering I could repeat this from now on. The salt meter display on my SWG stopped working this year as it is reading 5400...

I find that in the heat of the summer, I am adding about 1" of water to the pool every week. This year I'm expecting watering bans due to the low water level. Has anyone given any thought to directing rain water into the pool. I have a shingled roof, with a downspout close enough that I could...

I have an AquaRite SWG installed in 2005. The recommended salt level is 3200pm, recommended CYA level is 60-80ppm I have always found the salt level reading to be fairly accurate when compared to my strip testing. This year started opening my pool during a particularly warm March, wishing that...