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Ive had ours to 110 and could have got higher but it was way too hot to use. Public spas cant ben over 105* I believe so thats as hot as you will need it ever. With the cover on it will hold the temp for a few hours. It might drop a couple degrees but not much. Once you take the cover off and...

We have had great sucess with the solar heating the spa. I also have a solar cover on it too but on a day with sunshine im able to get it anywhere from 95-105which is too hot for me. I like it around 100. Recently got a solar cover for our pool too and now with the panels even during winter im...

Sorry didn't update. No the valve was not the culprit..my pool doesn't have one, at least from what I can tell. I did dye testing and never found the leak so hired a leak detection company to come find it. It was in the conduit for the wiring for the pool light. It was cracked around the edges...

there are two main drains in my pool. I will get in and take some pictures with our waterproof camera and hopefully it will help out.

Pool was built in 2007 I believe..and I am not sure if it has a hydrostatic valve or not. I need to dive down and see if I can figure out if it does or not. Sounds like I may have to hire someone to come in and do it unfortunately :(

How would I go about finding this hydrostat..is it something I can see or do I have to remove part of the drain? Also can it be replaced with the water still in the pool? Thanks

Thanks guys Im not sure how well I did the dye test so I will do it again to see what happens. Last resort is to hire a leak detection company so I hope I can figure it out and save myself some $$$ without having to go that route.

Hey guys, Well about 3 months ago our pool started to drop in water over the week. I figured it was just due to evaporation since we were getting into the warm months here in FL, and we have only been in the house since november. Well I have found that we are now loosing about 2" of water PER...

Wow, all great info guys thanks a bunch! I will do the dilution test..I was just talking to my Dad about that and we weren't sure if you could do that, and then I come on here 30 seconds later and thats exactly what you guys suggested haha. While I am on the topic of Algae, Has anyone heard of...

Ya that is the only thing I don't like about it. I will have to make due for now, as I can't wait to get my pool taken care of on a test kit. I just checked and it was showing 10+ppm plus I added another gallon of chlorine after that, scrubed down my walls, and will run the pump all night. I...

Pool Manage DPD Test by Lamotte says Pool MGR Test Kit Model PM 51-NJ Code 3368-NJ I got it from my dad who owns a resort with a pool in MN. This is the same kit he uses.

Awesome thank you. Here are my results as of this moment and I found something else I wasn't aware of as of lately. (ALK is really high) Last time I tested ALK was about month ago and it was ok. (didn't think this was important as far as my issue, but maybe it is) FC: 5ppm TC: 6ppm PH: 7.6...

Hello, I am having some issues with keeping my Free Chlorine levels up and I can't figure it out. Sorry for the long post in advance, but I want to make sure I provide all the details. My problem started this week at the beginning of the week. My free chlorine levels would be almost 0 in the...

Ya I can turn the valve all the way open and close the other return lines it gets as high as it is in that photo, and if I open the other lines too, then it only breaks the surface by a few inches. I was hoping some kind of cool water feature hooked up to that but sounds like it is a bubbler...

Hello I was wondering if anyone knew of something that screws on to this or some type of attachment that creates a fountain or an actual water feature, or if not, then what it can be used for? The jet itself is pretty much the same as all the return jets in the pool it just is in a weird...

HA! Now why did I not think of that! Making the necessary changes now will so simple and no need to plug holes in the roof, drill more holes across the top of the roof etc.. Thanks for your suggestion! Hopefully I get a chance in the next week to get up on the roof and fix everything. :lovetfp:

Ok, I will just use white PVC and paint it for the new plumbing then I guess. Easiest would be finding black PVC, but since I haven't seen black PVC anywhere I am not sure where to get it. Any suggestions? Here is how we will plumb it. Split the supply line and run one line to bottom corner of...

where can I get black PVC? The ABS I got because it is the only black pipe I could find and it's pressure rated plenty high enough for the amount of pressure running through it, so instead of running white PVC I went ahead and bought the black ABS. My dad has Black ABS in his system too which...

Ok, I understand now what we did wrong after doing some drawings. This first picture is how it is now (Red is incomming line from filter, blue is return line to pool): This picture is how it SHOULD be if we ran all incomming water from the BOTTOM however I am not going to do it this way...

Answers to questions in bold. I thought the way we did it was fine being water comes in the bottom left panel then forced to the top of those panels and out the top right, then into the top left being forced down through the panels to the bottom right. I guess I'm not seeing where the issue...

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Solar is up and running today for the first time. Heated the Spa from 70* to 90* in just under 2 hours this morning. Hoping for 95-100* by 4pm

I thought I would share my recent work with all of you. A little info..bought a house last month, it has a pool and raised spa, but no heating source for either.. I decided to go the solar route to start off. My dad and I got the my solar system all installed over the past two days. Between all...

Thanks for the info. I do agree that time of year is going to play a big part. Average temps here during our entire winter is around 73-75*F during the day. We also have sunshine like 95% of our days during winter months so I wonder how warm it will be able to keep it during that time. I have...

Hey Guys, Had a question on heating our attached spa with solar. I Finally got my pool crystal clear and we now are itching to use it. We currently have no heat source however since the previous owners of the house, or somebody (we just purchased a foreclosure) must have taken the heater as...

This is what I am finding when I test: (I am using strips..I know that is not good, but its all I have right now and am waiting on receiving a good test kit) TC 10 (max the strips show, so maybe higher) FC ~20 PH ~7.2 ALK ~120 CY ACID 30-50 Pool is free of green, just a bit hazy and a little...

I thought I would start a new topic, since my last topic on low waterflow and air in my pump basket that I started is no longer relevant as the issue was solved by removing the filter.. Anyways, to expand on what we found out in the previous topic..I have a cartridge filter for my pool...

Since the flow issue has been solved and we found it was the filter, I am going to start a new topic related to my filter issues. Thanks

Thanks guys. I cleaned it again and PSI went down to 8. After an hour or so, it was back up near 20, so I cleaned it again and same result. Looks like while I fight to get this pool cleared up I will have to keep cleaning it, and hopefully after it is cleared up things work as they should. Is...

OK I just got home and noticed water flowing over the spa was hardly anything again. Went out and checked the pressure at the filter and it was back up to 20 psi There is no way it can be clogged up and dirty from only a few hours of use. Right? What the heck is going on here? I took the filter...