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Just saw this unit in the store (no longer selling the pool blaster max) while I was refilling my CL. I have been on the fence about the pool blaster max, only because of the battery issues I have read about. This is a little more powerful / little bigger, but it's not clear to me if there are...

New liner installed last spring, CYA kept at 30, FC at 3 - 5, with two shocks performed over the summer (12 FC or so). Liner at closing was slightly faded at and below water line, all the way around pool/ Liner supplier as expected, thinks normal FC of 4-5 is crazy high and the cause of...

Hey folks, I have a question. according to the Pool calculator, for my 80,000 litre pool: Each 200g puck of trichlor lowers PH by .12 Each 200g puck of stabilizer lowers PH by .05 I would have expected the opposite...by does stabilizer by itself have a smaller effect? THX!

Hi all, I suspect my sand filter may be channeled or at least not working as well as it should. This is my second full year with the pool. Water is great, everything is fine, but I have a few symptoms that are bugging me. First some background: Pool is about 25-30 years old. I moved i ntwo...

From Pool School: "If you are using trichlor tablets for chlorine, follow the bleach recommendations but have TA around 100-120 and be sure it doesn't fall below 100." I use 12% Chlorine to chlorinate, but I am curious about the above statement. Does it have to do with the acid lowering PH in...

I moved into this place 2 years ago, and the pool is 30 years old. I assume the sand filter is quite old, and have no idea when or if the sand has been changed. My PSI usually runs at 15, and almost never moves off of that mark no matter what, if I leave it alone. Sometimes after I vaccum the...

Hello guys, second post now..just moved into a house woth a pool last August. Opened green this summer, but looking great now. I am a fan of the BBB method, however I am mmissing the test kit part. Being in Canada, my options are limited, although Iam checking to pool store to see if they can...

Hi everyone, my first full summer with a pool after moving last August. Learning a bunch from the site, what a great help. I tried to track down a Talyor test Kit K2006, and the local place is $177! Can't ship the recommended kits to Canada from what I have seen, so am at a loss. Are there...