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They sent me a replacement VFD/Drive but it didn't solve it. This is where we are now. I want to have the whole pump replaced, otherwise I may send it back and ask for a reimbursement. Edit: Cody from PoolPartsToGo is friendly and super responsive. I'm returning the pump to Amazon since I am...

Now I find it... This is the exact same issue as mine: New 2HP Black and Decker VS pump rattle, is this normal?

Wow, that CaliMar pump is really appealing! I could also probably go with the 1.5hp pump for 100$ less (as my single speed is 1hp). Only 1 year warranty but still. Looks like the exact same motor type and control as the B+D Worst part: this pump appears it could have been a drop in replacement...

Sorry, I understand :) I don't have a youtube account but let's try this: (you can view them without downloading) Link 1 Link 2 The pump has a 5 year warranty so that could take a long time ;) BTW, no ticking this morning after resting all night but I suspect it will be ticking tonight. I've...

It's available in Canada but at twice the price! so I purchased it on amazon.com and had it shipped to a freight forwarder just south of the border and brought it across myself. Shipping it back will require me to take the same route. Yeah, I'm thinking it's so new and at that rate, it's...

Hi all, I decided to replace my trusty Hayward 1hp single speed pump, still working fine after 10 years but just using up so much electricity! So I ordered the B+D VS pump on Amazon and installed it last Saturday. This evening I go into the pool shed and I'm hearing this unusual ticking/clicking...

I'm in Montreal, Canada and I've had a fiberglass pool for the last 10 years and winters here last from December until April and temperatures go down to -30C and the water in the pool is frozen solid for months. It gets winter prepped by the manufacturer every year and they usually empty it half...

Thanks, I am reading up all I can find on you guys' experimentations and my knowledge is basic so I better not get ahead of myself here. :) I understand the idea of ORP vs FC but my impressions were that ORP stayed pretty much stable when FC needed to be increased based on CYA (1:10 ratio). Do...

Thanks Katodude, I was mainly referring to segalion's interrogations on CYA (which I use). I will definitely look into what you have done also. Seems like everything is pretty much in place and I have experience with RPIs (I have 4 currently in use) and DIY home automation and integration, so...

Hi segalion and others, I've been wanting to do something very similar to raspipool for a long time and only found your work in the last few weeks. I am very interested in putting this together for my fiberglass inground pool that is already using liquid chlorine with a peristaltic injection...

Is there any way to test chlorine concentration at home? Lately I thought I had a Stenner pump malfunction when my pool chlorine concentration dropped dramatically. After several tests, I have to conclude that my pump is fine and it's the chlorine in the holding tank, stored in my pool cabana...

Here's a followup to my ongoing story: After having filtered the pool water through the MetalTrap filter for a good 9 days (more than twice the water volume), the sequestrant finally stopped doing its job and I know this because the water went back to green again. :rant: I decided I needed...

You could still use the 25,000 gallon filter but at 1.5ppm it would only be good for about 16500 gallons. That's still alot of topping up. Unless you plan to completely refill your pool through the filter, it would be sufficient for quite a while I would guess. They say that for higher PPM...

I got the 25,000 gallon format for my 40,000L/10600 gallon pool so I'm hoping it would last me for this year's use and next year's. I'm planning to filter the water using a submersible pump at every pool opening in case the metal additions are airborne since we live close to a sand quarry and I...

Apologies if this frowned upon but just in case this may be useful to anybody else with the same problem, I've posted a follow up of my ongoing saga with stains in this other thread: http://www.troublefreepool.com/if-metals-make-water-green-will-they-make-cc-high-t59037.html#59037

Good idea, I'll see what TA=50 does to the PH and if it's not good, I'll go have a try with the BBB method... (don't have a dog or cat and only the neighbourhood cats and squirrels come drink from it. I'm fine with them not coming anymore if they don't like it!)

Follow up on my story: I kept shocking the pool until the green was all gone. Well, it was metals because then my fiberglass pool was a stained brown mess. Poured in some metal stain remover/sequestrant from the pool store (figured I had nothing to loose) and lo and behold, the pool returned to...

I use a Stenner pump with 10% pool liquid chlorine to keep the chlorine around 1ppm. I also have an ozonator which injects some air bubbles into the water stream along with the ozone. I figure this is the reason why my PH is always high (the constant aeration). I've been fighting to keep it...

Thanks all, I feel reassured now that I won't be aggravating anything if I need to maintain shock levels up for a while. I'll add a bit of CYA to target 20 at first, shock and then fine-tune the rest after. Cheers, Daniel

Well, as promised, here are my complete test results: I've recorded all results from the TF-100 and compared them with my LaMotte ColorQ 7 to see how good/bad it really is. First of all, the Taylor metal tests: Copper: 0ppm (no color, clear as water) Iron: 0ppm (no color, clear as water) The...

Thanks for that link. I had the same green tint opening last year and when chlorine dropped back to 0, water was clear. Add a cup of chlorine: green again until it drops. I then proceeded to use a chlorinator, keeping FC around 1.0 on top of an ozonator. At the end of the season, started...

Hi all, In the process of opening the pool. I've been shocking with granular chlorine (because I have alot on hand) as opposed to liquid chlorine. After 5 days, water has cleared but keeps a "lemonade green" tint no matter how long I shock. Last check, FC = 4, TC > 10 It's probably metals (just...

By acid, do you mean muriatic acid? No, I haven't tried anything else but what was stated earlier. What I'm doing now, is to remove leaves on top of the winter net every week so they won't accumulate like they did last year. I will buy the "Jack's magic stain ID" in the spring and also a TF100...

See, that's the thing. The first year, the pool was filled by a professional service. Had no problems either. Second year (this year), pool was topped up by rain & snow and nothing else. I didn't use any algaecide nor any fertilizer on the lawn. The pool is far from the neighbours (at least 30...

Is it a uniform stain throughout or rather several stains surrounded by no stain? Is it only on the bottom or sides? In my case, it seems to be very uniform, kind of beige everywhere but not in the skimmer (no sunlight?) In my case, I didn't really notice until I had the pool closed as it is...

Hi all, This is my second summer with a new all white fiberglass pool. It was installed in June and closed in late-September last year. Pool was closed by the pool company. During fall, winter and spring enough rainfall and snow filled the pool back up so I didn't have to add any water to it...

Nice work. In my previous house, I had pretty extensive home automation: all X10 lighting, ceiling fans, water mains control, inground sprinklers, alarm integration, baseboard heater thermostats, etc. but in this new home, still not much happening. I wanted to upgrade the technology so I din't...

tomt: Your work interests me very much! My pool has an ozone system (and very happy with it) and currently an offline trichlor dispenser (very unhappy with it). I've bought a Stenner pump for next year (will be closing the pool soon). Two reasons for this change: doing away with the CYA-creep...