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Thanks, JoyfulNoise! I agree...and as I said, he is using 10% liquid chlorine in the pool (which, as we know, is REALLY what is keeping the pool clear). And for anyone else who is following this thread, I need to let you know that I talked with a tech at Carefree Clearwater this morning, and he...

Thanks for the clarification, JoyfulNoise! I should have known that those relays need an electrical stimulus from the buttons on the Circuit Board... And, yeah, this pool is obviously a bit of a weirdo with built-in problems...not much I can do about that. Any idea how I can rig the "continuity...

Ahhh...I guess the old guy's still got a little something left in the tank then! :party: Well, I had better go before my head explodes...:)

You might consider the possibility that there is a break in the cartridge zone...and that some of the old dirt from the cartridge or housing is making its way into the water flow and actually being ADDED to the pool from the filter! But looking at your "stain" photo, it also looks like you...

Aloha Automation Wizards! I've been pretty much "out" of the pool service business for years now...but someone ran into me at HD (big orange) and tapped my brain for some info. It led to him pleading with me to solve his pool problem at a large and expensive home that he recently acquired. What...

Aloha bigmoguls! :wave: I bet your pump is up above the pool water level, and as the water level drops, your pump has to work harder to pull the water up, and it eventually develops a suction leak somewhere, or just can't handle the pressure. If this is the case, you can go to a local HD (the...

Aloha jdfrye! I agree with jblizzle...your symptoms don't sound to me like you have a bad generator cell. The ACTUAL salt amount doesn't matter to your system at all...if it THINKS the salt is 2400 or 2200 ppm, it won't send electricity to the generator plates (takes too much amperage to send...

Aloha Kitty! Nope...we don't let that Calcium get in the way... :whip: You only replace a generator cell when it goes bad and refuses to generate chlorine any more. The calcium buildup depends upon how high your Saturation Index is, and you simply service your generator cell (anywhere from...

Aloha Kitty! (See...I CAN exercise self-control!) To answer your question, I would have to know more about what type of water you have...people with really hard water DO get calcium buildup on the plates of their generators. Where I'm from, we don't have any calcium in the water (the island is...

Aloha Eddie! I noticed in your second post that right after the Revision number, you said "0 board reading"...usually that reading shows what size of Turbo cell you have hooked up. It should look like t-9 or (in your case) t-15...so I'm gonna add my hunch that you need to program it using the...

Hello Kitty! (sorry, I couldn't resist!) :whip: Dr. Blizzle's Tapa Talk made him all thumbs (he's a neurosurgeon of pools, but a stand up comedian on his phone!), which might have confused you...so here's my clarification and one addition. You WILL add more salt at some time, due to...

Re: Looking for used sand filter - questions. Aloha friends, That last message, I think he meant 20-30 gallons per MINUTE...but you probably figured that out... This is a bit embarrasing...a pool guy having to ask this question...but I don't think it seems very accurate to describe the specs...

Re: Looking for used sand filter - questions. Aloha y-not! OK, here's my perspective...even when you get your bigger pool, the gallonage will still be considered a "small pool"...so you don't need a powerful pump, as others have pointed out. Also, since your pump will be below water level, you...

Re: Looking for used sand filter - questions. Aloha Y-not! That looks like it is probably the smaller version (maybe 100 lbs. of sand)...but that size can handle your pool just fine. Since you know nothing about the inside, you may want to verify that it actually DOES HAVE enough sand in...

Thanks Jason... That's what bothered me...why would they call PIN 2 Line? It IS a 115V motor (I have seen it running properly at both speeds)...and no, it doesn't have the switch on the back cover, or I would just leave it that way. So my extension cord goes to a watertight ON/OFF switch, and...

Aloha guys & gals... Just checking in with any of you who know your electricity more confidently than I do... I have a Hayward 115V 1HP 2-speed pump I acquired that I am planning to use as a mobile pump for cleaning rainwater catchment tanks...only HI speed is needed, and I want to keep the...

Aloha Babe the Blue Ox! :wave: It must already be evening in Oklahoma...so if you haven't added a bunch more chlorine, yes, it is time to add more! You are creating mono-chloramines, di-chloramines, and tri-chloramines in that pool as you destroy the algae...and you have to continue...

Aloha WilburFW :wave: PLEASE don't add any lye (sodium hydroxide) to your pool... :shock: I've never heard of that one...so I think there must be some sort of confusion going on... :wink: I agree with TOPHER and LOOP PEA...you should probably get rid of 3/4 of your pool water and refill it...

Aloha Zeroturn! :wave: Here's what you need to know...the key to easy interpretation of the pH color test is to get the proper ratio of test sample to drops (the directions don't always help you to reach this ratio). The COLOR (frequency--going from a neutral yellow-orange up to a bright...

Or move to the Big Island, where even the well water is soft! I used to blow people away when I'd put a TDS meter in my rainwater catchment tank and get readings of 8 ppm--and that was my raw, unfiltered water, with just a touch of chlorine and Baking Soda added! There's nothing like having the...

Aloha! I don't think that 6 hours will create a problem, since it will take a little more than 6 hours for them to fill the pool (if the fill rate is 5 gal./min.). But that was an important point to bring up (good catch, NORESULL ) especially if they fill faster than 5 gal./min. Aloha! Warren

Here's the deal...California wants people to use less salt and less water, so Kenmore went along with it and provided this setting that would make it more efficient for salt and water usage (during the recharge process). Only problem is, it recharges more often to do that...and that's precisely...

Aloha Samantha, OK...so DON'T turn on the California efficiency (oxymoron :hammer: ) feature...(I can say that because I'm an OxyMoron from California)! You want full capacity, so keep it OFF. And I doubt that your well pump will give you any problems with putting 3,000 gallons into your pool...

Aloha Samantha! :wave: I think I found your unit here: http://www.kenmore.com/kenmore-300-seri ... 238306000P and it seems to be about 30,000 grains per cycle. Since your water is 16 grains per gallon, you should get about 1875 gallons of softened water before you have to backwash/regenerate...

Yes...I guess we all have to make our own decisions...I just wanted to make sure that people knew it IS possible (and sometimes even a real smart idea!) and that they knew the method to figure out how many regenerations it would take. It all depends upon: 1) How hard the water is (grains/gal...

Aloha Samantha/Sabrina! :wave: So here's the math: You need to find out how many "grains per gallon" of Calcium Hardness you have in your water that comes to the softener. If you can do a Calcium Hardness test with the kits typically mentioned on this forum, you'll get a PPM result. If it...

Aloha all! :wave: I have a customer who is getting impatient with the cloudiness in his pool. It is a 25,000 gallon in-ground vinyl liner that I removed iron stains from...and the liner looks awesome, but I think we have a bit too much of the sequestrant or too much algaecide in the pool...

Aloha Caliking and others... CuLator has a new product (Ultra) that has great applicability to a stain treatment, especially if you have "whole pool" stains from metal(s). It handles nearly 3 times as much metal in one pack, and comes in a plastic egg-shaped "protector cage" so you can put it...

Re: Just bought a house with a pool-Black Algae and No Chlor Aloha & welcome Gruve! :wave: The gang gave you good advice...here is the only one I think they missed (simply because they were concentrating on the more important things first): If you have high Calcium content in your water...

Re: Replaced Salt Cell - Check System on - No Flow - Salt Of Aloha gtr1721! :wave: Troubleshooting steps: 1) There is a way to "reset" the "Check System" light (I think by holding in the Diagnostic button for 3 seconds?) This might fix it up... 2) Verify that you actually have flow...