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    1 year old Pentair Cartridge filter .. deteriorating

    Good afternoon.. I have a Pentair cartridge filter. The builder installed the pool last spring, so these filters are just one year old now. I was going to open the pool for the season soon, so i opened up the the filter to clean the cartridges and noticed all the tops and bottoms of the each...
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    Texas Area Help.. TT Reagent search

    Looking for aid from some Texas members.. I have a friend that is in Texas (at least until tomorrow ). He's currently in Galveston.. and heading to Beaumont for some golf tomorrow.. I asked him to look for : Taylor R-0718 Reagent Silver Nitrate 0.75 ( as the bottle I have expires May/2022 ) The...
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    OCLT..to determine if slam is necessary

    Is it safe to say, if I pass a OCLT that I don't need to SLAM. I've read a lot of threads about all sorts of issues.. cloudy water..etc. Many times the response to the OP will be to SLAM.. is it safe to always just do a OCLT first.. and if passed, no SLAM is required?
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    IntelliCenter Breaker Question about heater

    Would you ever consider wiring a NG Heater to the same breaker as the Pump? My Heater only uses 2amp on 220 .. and the intelliflo is 16? .. so still good for the 20amp 220 breaker Just to note.. the Heater has a built-in shut off switch.. where as the swg doesn't... so I understand your thoughts...
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    Stable pool all summer.. now PH increasing daily

    My PH really hasn't moved all summer.. then all of a sudden it seems to really want to move up.. Moved slowly toward 7.9 .. I added acid and 7 days it went from 7.5 back to 7.9. Tomorrow or Saturday, I'll add acid again.. Yesterday TA was 70 ( It was 80 for most of the summer until I added acid...
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    Pump and heater wiring causing: Water sw open error

    My automation panel is still on order, so my electrician temporarily brought main power from my panel, to a disconnect box ( similar to what you'd have for an air conditioner ) Anyway both my intelliflo vsf and raypak 266k heater is powered from that box. again this is supposed to be temporary...
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    New Pool Opened.. First Test - 2nd day after fill.

    A jug of liquid Chlorine was added by pool guy while pool was filling. When Pool was full it sat 24 hours with no filter as Electrical was needed. Last Eventing, when Filter got started.. we added another Jug of liquid Chlorine + 2 Super Pucks to Skimmer Basket Tonight ( 24 hours later ) I did...
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    Pentair intellicenter 5P-C sku : 523125 - Long delay?

    So I ordered the intellicenter Mid February, the pool liner is going in on Tuesday.. and I'm still waiting on the panel... I thought I had allowed enough lead time..but I guess not. I hear I'm first one on the suppliers list with 12 more behind me. Anyone know if this is a problem with Pentair...
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    Ledge Loungers .. how do they weather..

    I want to buy 2 Ledge Loungers Chaise ( Deep ) I was thinking Coral ..or Blue.. (My wife won't commit to a colour until we can see liner colour choices: hate to clash.) Anyway, 1500 (USD) + Freight + Brokerage? from Texas. They gave us a dealer number that's closer and I called. His price was...
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    Hello From Ontario, Canada.

    Hello from Ontario! I'm Dave, and I've tried to read many many posts here, and thought I better sign up as I still have lots of things to learn! I grew up with a pool.. but being a crappy son, I didn't really help out much to maintain them, so not very knowledgeable. I mean I vacuumed, helped...