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Over the past two days, I have noticed a significant drop in the water level. I filled it overnight twice and each afternoon my skimmer was sucking air. I added about 4 inches last night and during the night it occurred to me to check the discharge pipe. It runs the width of the backyard and...

I bought a Hayward leaf canister, model 560, to put in-line with my pool cleaner and vacuum. It's a petty simple construction. The inflow has a female port and the outflow has a male connector. If I connect it t my vacuum, which has a male connector on it, it will fall off if it gets bumped by...

So here's the deal. Last fall, under protest, I left the cover off the pool as the wife wanted to keep the pool open all winter so that it would be pretty for Christmas parties and such. I complied (happy wife, happy life!) until I had a major medical issue that prevented me from keeping it...

This is my second full year with our pool. Last year we had so much rainfall, we only got to use the pool maybe 10 times. It was so much rain that I was constantly having to draw down the level so that it wouldn't overflow when I was not at home. As a consequence, I never could get the CYA much...

My Timex timer broke recently (plastic shaft inside snapped) and no longer will spin. I bought an Intermatic T101M as a replacement. Beside the fact that mechI got a super deal on it on eBay, but didn't realize that it was a SPST as opposed to the DPST that the Timex is. Which means that the...

Couldn't find an answer to this on the board, so I thought I'd let the experts speak to this. My CYA is down. Way down. It won't register on using the sight glass, so it's either down to nothing or, like I read last night, levels below 20 won't register at all at times. At any rate, I got some...

If I shut the pump off for a while, like overnight, or 10 hours during the day, when I turn it back on I get a loud squeal that lasts from 45 minutes to an hour or so. The water seems to be pumping OK, and the pump pressure is good and in the normal range. It seems to me that once the pump gets...

Back in March I saw this clock/temp/humidty gage at Sears. I waited until it went on the clearance rack, at the end of July. I managed to snag the last one, the display model. I just got it set up last week. I am hoping to get a couple of low-voltage spots to shine up on it, so I can check the...

We had our company picnic at my house Friday afternoon. Kind of a big deal because the company President, our division VP and his wife came down from D.C. to join us. I had the pool sparkling clean for it. I got lots of positive feedback on how nice the water was. We had one adult and 10 kids in...

...when my wife came out to the man cave where I was tinkering with assembling a new pool float and asked if I had drained the pool! The water was crystal clear, I had the pump off, and the pool light on and she couldn't see the water! THE BBB METHOD WORKS! I just have to discipline myself to...

1. Is what I'm doing OK? Since my schedule is hectic and I don't get huge blocks of time to spend setting up the vac, vac'ing the pool, and taking the equipment down, so I just leave the vac connected and leave it in the water. A few minutes in the morning, a few minutes at lunch, and when I...

Now that I've got my pool clear and sparkly, the past two weeks have been a nightmare for me. I've had a schedule that hasn't allowed me to check my levels or add bleach for 2-3 days at a stretch. Either I've been away or it's monsoon-like showers. So, my FC will be down to 1, and I boost it...

I have two different Twilight low-voltage landscape systems around the house and pool. One is a model CB-250MD and the other one I can't find a model number for. Both systems work with the exception that they are always on during the day, when the switch is placed in the Dusk to Dawn mode. I'm...

I have a Timex timer on my pool that came with the house. It is old school, meaning that it has the rotating dial with push down tabs, like that of some Christmas tree timers I've seen. I can't find a model number on it anywhere, and can't find a users manual for it. I'm assuming that pushing...

The good news: my pool is sparkling clear. The bad news: Now I can see all the dirt/leaves/junk on the bottom. The good news: My leftover baracuda (that I named R2D2) is going to town on cleaning it up. The bad news: It's supposed to storm again tomorrow, dumping more junk in the pool.

I've noticed on the last couple of backwashes, I have a small leak coming out of the connection between the filter and the pump. It only happens when I'm backwashiing. A large drop of water will form at the bottom of the union and eventualy drops off onto the side of the filter. It doesn't...

We have had afternoon showers for the past few days. Amazonian rain forest type showers if they happen to pass overhead. Enough rain to prevent sweeping and vacuuming. I put some pucks in the clorinator just to keep some level of sanitation going until I had an opportuntity to clean the pool...

The previous owners left a Baracuda Alpha 3 pool cleaner in the pool equipment locker. I finally had an opportunity to pull it out and hook it up. It's about 10 years old, and still works, though I don't know how well as I have nothing to compare it to. It does move around and leaves a clean...

After 4 days of afternoon rains, it was sunny when I got home from work so I had a chance to clean the pool. The water was clear but a lot of dirt on the bottom. I put the vacuum on waste, put a hose in the pool to replace the water, and started. After 37 minutes, another storm came up and I had...

I noticed yesterday that during the day my water seems a bit cloudy, like I can just barely make out the main drain, but at night and early in the morning it is crystal clear. Is the temp affecting the clarity? We are in central Georgia, and it's at least 95 during the day (including the weekend...

Finally got a chance, though only about 30 minutes before dark, to vacuum the pool. Since we had a storm recently and I had the yard mowed, the bottom was pretty dirty. I set it up to vacuum to waste, or I thought I did, but it didn't seem to work, and I was just stirring the dirt up. I put it...

After reading lots of threads about chenistry and testing, the one common theme is that pool store water sampliing can't be trusted. My question, or questions, are: What method are they using? Is it a standard kit, or setup? Are there any standards used, or acredditing agency to insure...

We closed on the house yesterday, so I am now officially a pool owner. :whoot: The previous owners cleaned up the pool over the weekend, and it's in great shape at the moment, although I checked on it this morning, and the water seemed a little cloudy. Might have just been the early morning...

Looking at the TFP page on Test Kits Compared, and it lists the TF-100 as East Coast and West Coast. The links take you to two different vendors, but the kits look identical. Is there a difference, or is it just a matter of location as to where it ships from? Silly question but I couldn't find...

Since I'm new to this pool stuff (heck, we haven't even closed on the house yet) I'm just learning all I can about everything related to keeping it up. I am an old aircraft mechanic and I always want to know exactly how things work, so I will know when they don't. OK, inside a sand filter, the...

Another noob question, but my wife asked me and I have no clue for the answer so I turn to the experts-YOU! We will be hosting a large evening party sometime close to Christmas, and the wife thought it would be a nice treat to have to pool open, not for swimming, but as the outdoor decoration...

As you might know, we are in the process of buying a home with a 18x36 inground. I have some questions and my realtor said that she would pass them on to the selling agent to give to the owner. I realize he's under no obligation to answer, but we have mutual friends (hey, it's a small town!) and...

As I mentioned in my introduction post, I'm purchasing a new home, this one with a 18x36 inground pool. It is opened already and just from my visual observation, everyting seems to be running OK. I mean the pump works, water is swirling, the skimmer is picking up trash, and the light works. The...

We are in the process of buying a new house, this one with the wife's dream-a swimming pool! The only specifics I can give right at the moment is that it's 18x36 in-ground with side steps, and 45 degree corners. It's vinyl and uses a Hayward sand filter. The task of maintaining a pool seems at...