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Hello again, I had a thread earlier about the GFCI to my Bullfrog Spa tripping (it's a new spa), and I am still waiting for my LPB to check it out- not entirely their fault, I put them off due to sickness. At any rate, when the GFCI trips lately I've noticed that if it's off for any length of...

Hello again. I have a question and I'm trying to avoid a service call by my LPB and also the electrician, if I can help it. We just got a new Bullfrog Spa in October. We purchased it from our LPB that we've used for years, and they had their recommended (contracted) electrician come and do the...

Hello! It has been awhile, but I have been lurking some and of course using the Pool Calculator regularly, so thanks again. My pool pump is squealing (or at least loudly whining) when it runs, and the last time this happened I got a call from my neighbor and replaced the pump motor, lol. It has...

Anyone here familiar with Bullfrog Spas? I just got a R7L model and haven't had time to set up filter cycles or anything like that yet, so I know it could be a setting issue, but-- my wife and son will get in the spa for a couple of hours, and since we've had the spa they say that the pumps will...

Okay, our Aquacal heat pump that was installed in 2006 began giving a 'LP' error when it would begin the Heating cycle, so we called our LPB that installed it and they in turn told us to call local HVAC contractors, as our LPB will not mess with freon. So we finally found a local HVAC that will...

Hello all, long time since my last post. I'm still using the troublefreepool method with my pool, and still using the test kits from duraleigh. Great advice and I recommend you guys to anyone who has a pool who will listen, haha! I've had a Aquacal electric heat pump since the pool was installed...

OK I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this, but I figure someone has dealt with it before. I don't remember this being so bad in the past, but this year I have alot of junk (leaves, bugs, who knows what else) in both of my pool drains. The pool is a '06 install, so these are the safety drains with all...

Just dropping a note to say THANKS to all the folks at TFP, mods, advice-givers, Jason, etc. I haven't been on here much this year (busy) but I have gone through another season with my pool, spending WAY less time and money on it than I did before I switched to BBB and got help from TFP. So...

Hello, I have a Hot Springs spa and am refilling it today. We have an ozonator and also silver ion, but above that I do use chlorine (Sodium Dichlor) and 'Spa Oxidizing Shock' (non-chlorine, contains potassium monopersulfate). We've always been told to add the chlorine and the potassium mono. at...

Hello, Haven't dropped by in awhile but I did run into something weird this weekend. It's been cold here, and I admittedly have not kept up with my chemistry in my spa for several (maybe 3?) weeks now, but the water is very clear. I topped it off last Saturday and added less than 1 tsp chlorine...

Hello! Hope everyone is well. I recently emptied my spa due to cloudy water that appeared to have a type of film on the top of it. It was due to be changed anyway, so I emptied and refilled my spa. Now, within a week, I'm noticing the cloudiness and film again. I guess it's film, it's all broken...

OK...I cooked ribs for the 4th. Problem is, I got 'previously frozen' since they were on sale and I was a little tight on the greenbacks. I cooked those things for 5 hours in my BGE and they looked great, but I have to say they were a little tough. Not bad, but not as good as the ribs I did...

Hello! We got a new Intellichlor cell at the start of the season (IC40), and whereas the last cell seemed perfect (same model, it's just that the PB messed up and the threads got glued and then stripped), this cell seems a little 'off.' For one thing, the lights on it show a lower reading than...

Back when I used Baqua stuff, I had to run that cleaner solution through the sand filter a couple times a year, and replace the sand every year or two. Now I'm doing BBB and I have a SWG...and as nasty as my pool was when I opened it this year, I was wondering if you ever have to clean and/or...

I put my new pump motor on my Pentair pump this weekend, then realized that my booster pump has seized up over the winter. :x At any rate, when I was finished handling the pump motors, my hands and forearms were ITCHY! Almost like insulation-itchy. I noticed this happened the last time I...

Hello everyone, it's been awhile! :-D I guess we're all getting ready to open (if we haven't already), and I had an issue come up. At the end of last season, my pump motor (Whisperflo WF24) got REALLY loud and finally died. I got a new motor from my PB, and when I went to attach it to the...

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been on here in awhile...busy summer for sure. The GOOD news is that I truly have had a 'Trouble Free' summer, thanks to changing to the BBB method and SWG last season, helped along by you great folks. Now for the only trouble I've had, my pump... My Pentair pump...

I've got the salt water test strips that duraleigh carries, and last season the strips were spot-on with what my SWG was reading. I had to replace the SWG cell in the off-season, so the cell could be partly to blame here, but this year, the same test strip bottle was reading 4700+ when I tested...

I'm a member here, but my buddy isn't...he has an inground pool with a Hayward "Super-Pump"(?) and I know he has a sand filter... anyway, he's just opening his pool this season and he says the pump is pumping air into the pool, so that it creates bubbles/foam. He's had it happen before, but...

I noticed when I opened my pool last month that my pump wasn't quite working right...I have a Whisperflo 1hp Pentair pump. I figured out that the impeller (which is all plastic, by the way) wasn't rotating, so I removed the bolts and forced the impeller to turn manually, then re-assembled the...

Hey guys, I noticed at the end of last year (my first using SWG) that my rails and ladder were VERY hard to remove from the pool (almost 'stuck' to the fittings inside the 'holes'), and I did some research on this forum and elsewhere regarding issues with salt and different types of pool...

Hey ya'll, OK so I said I was going to branch out, and I got a whole pork loin from Sam's. That sucker must be 2 1/2 feet long...anyway, I wanted to try to smoke it in my BGE, but the directions on the packaging recommend roasting it in a pan at 325. Do you think setting up for indirect cooking...

OK I'm back for my second year of BBB (using SWG)...and we uncovered the pool this weekend...looks pretty good! One thing that I had noticed upon closing the pool was a whitish residue (which I took as corrosion) all over my ladder fittings and rail fittings, and it was very hard to get my...

I'm going to try to get a good remote meat thermometer this spring...any suggestions? I know we gave one away for a contest on this forum, I was going to look at that one, but I wanted to get one that is accurate and that will last a good while...does this one fit the bill? thanks

OK so I've been doing fish & chicken all winter, and some quesadillas...but now I want to try some new stuff on my grill & smoker (BGE)... Any ideas? I guess I've grilled ALOT over the years, but nothing much more exotic that what I just listed. I did do ribs last year and LOVED it, I...

OK I finally did pork ribs a couple of weeks ago...spare ribs using the basic recipe that comes with the Big Green Egg, but with some help from the folks at "Porknography," aka amazingribs.com . I'm not a 'purist' (yet), but I have to assume that the folks at amazingribs.com are...if anyone...

A couple of weekends ago, I tried to remove my Intellichlor SWG and put the Spacer Cell in its place. I could get the fitting on the ‘inbound’ water flow side off easily, but the ‘outbound’ side’s fitting would not budge... I got a Strap Wrench and, this past weekend, worked with it...

OK, you guys, good news is that this thread http://www.troublefreepool.com/arrrgggh-grunnnt-i-can-t-get-my-rails-or-ladder-out-t9941.html helped me; I tapped the bolts down and put water in the cups and wiggled and wiggled and wiggled and the rails and ladder finally came out - THANKS! So now, I...

OK sorry I haven't been on the board in awhile, the wood/pellet stove industry is HOT this year (bad pun) :) I decided after getting earlier advice from Jason, etc. on the board (and my PB) that I'm going to give it a shot this winter and keep the pool open. So I got everything balanced and...

OK here's my dilemma, I've been holding this question to end-of-season, even though I've been wanting to ask it all summer: How feasible/expensive/reasonable is it to keep my pool open all winter instead of shutting it down, and how would I go about it? My local PB (central VA) mentioned to me...