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I'm changing my Jandy system to Hayward Aquarite. The Hayward cell is the same length as the Jandy. They are both for 2" plumbing. That's even better. The problem is that the Jandy has a bigger fitting that connects to it's cell than the Aquarite one does. I am very tight room due to...

I have an 8 year old Jandy Stealth 1.5 hp pump. I went home for lunch, and while there, checked on the pool. The pump was running but no water was moving. I look in the basket, and it's empty. I can feel heat. I turn it off. THe water in the basket was at least 150. The PVC running to...

Late last summer, my SWG got where it was working about half the time. This is the 8th summer for the unit. About 2-3 years ago I changed out the flow sensor. For pool start up this year, I bought a new cell and flow sensor. This was mid April or so. It has given me some some codes...

Each year I fight iron staining. This year has been exceptional. When I uncovered the pool in mid April, it was pretty bad. I put in 1 qt of polyquat 60 and maybe 2#'s of citric acid. It looked great. A week later, I started trying to pull up the chlorine level. The pool turned green. I...

It's time to replace my solar blanket, so I've been doing some searches to price them out. I came across some hexagonal discs that you put out, but they are either discontinued or on backorder, as they are listed as not available. I like the idea of isolated items that would be easy to place...

My pool was put in late summer of 07. Up until last summer, the skimmer closest to the pump has pulled a little harder than the other one. Late last summer that seemed to change. The closest skimmer also went all summer without a weir. I don't think that's relevant, but wanted to mention it...

I've had to deal with iron staining the past two years. In early March I did a citric acid treatment and have had the usual long road to get the chlorine level up and to hold. I've also had lots of trouble with getting green water due to adding chlorine too quickly, even if it was just a 16 oz...

My pool and Polaris are entering their 4th season. The polaris suddenly stopped working in the middle of last week. The tail end stays in the "air" and it just sort of listlessly sits there. I read through the manual and decided to mark the wheels to measure the rpm on the wheels. It's 0...

Each spring the biggest expense for startup for me is the dose of CYA. I usually go ahead and get what I think I'll need for the year. I usually expect to pay around $3.50-$4.00 per pound, but stumbled on this place. I ordered Tues, it shipped Wed, and it's supposed to be dlivered today...

I've suspected over the last few weeks that my Salt Generator hasn't been producing enough chlorine. I first wondered what-if back in March when I couldn't get my FC up after doing an AA treatment for iron. Things went ok until the heat of May hit and I couldn't keep it above 2.0 for any...

Late last summer I started getting some bubbles in the return jets. So far this year, there are lots and lots of bubbles. I can't imagine where I'd be sucking air in. To suck in air, wouldn't you also have to have a leak? The only place I see any type of leak is a slight smear of wate down...

The Cal-Hypo conversation in Chem 201 got me to thinking about trichlor cost verus bulk stabilizer. Does this analysis look correct? From chemgeeks post, a 10ppm increase in FC relates to a 6ppm increase in CYA. My pool is 24k gal. It takes a 3.7 ppm increase to get me to 182 oz of bleach...

The piping on my Polaris consists of hoses over bulb type fittings at the various components and then there is a nut on the hose that is usually too small to actually fit over the bulb. You basically screw the nut as tight as possible, but it won't actually go up and over where the hose wraps...

I have been bitten by the cold water hiding the salt content. We had a very wet fall and winter. My swg has been reading about 1600. The few times I've turned the pump on (for cold nights) I've run it at 0. Last weekend I decided it was time to bring the salt level up. The poolcalculator...

Has anyone had luck buying AA from a non standard source? Amazon has it a good bit less. They are typically listing it for vitamin stores. http://www.amazon.com/NOW-Ascorbic-Acid ... =1-9-spell I saw no listing of an anti-clumping agent. I know if you get food grade salt that has an...

A friend has a pool at his lakehouse. The pump was on a timer and evidently failed. He went down last weekend to check on things. The pool has about a 2" layer of ice over the whole thing and the pump is frozen. His question is, what should he be cocnerned about? I said my first concern is...

I have a science fair question and thought this would be the best place to ask a chemistry question. My sons topic (given to him, not selected) is on the food chain. We looked and looked on the net and about the best we could come up with was acid rain. We're going to test the effects of acid...

I have a constant flow of bubbles from the return nearest my pump whenever solar is running. It hasn't done this until the last month or so. Any advice or suggestions? I don't have any leaks that I'm aware of other than the slow drip I've had since day one. It drips once ever 8 seconds.

First off, it's past time for me to clean my cartridge filter. My skimmers seem to be sucking at different strenths. The one farthest from the pump has much less suction than the other. It's enough to vacuum, but still noticeable. It hasn't always been this way. Is it likely I have an...

Finally finished with stone and solar Japanese maple with firepit in background. The columns will have lights on them in the near future Back deck with finished flagstone under deck. Under deck. Jap maple and solar piping visible beyond Better view of flag and solar piping

I have a T10404R timer box on my pump and polaris. Just after getting the pool the polaris timer went out. The pool guy replaced it. Now it's out again. I can still manually turn the polaris on and off. So far, I've take the motor off the timer that doesn't work. On an ohmeter set to 20k...

I think I had my water tested 3-4x before I realized I needed to start searching the 'net for a way to do my own testing. I stumbled on Ben's old site which led me here. My initial "mission" was to find the equipment the pool stores use. I was quickly re-directed to the BBB and the type of...

Last year was my first full summer in the pool and I had no issues. I kept the pump running about 2 hrs a day through the summer, had a fairly high chlorine concentration due to the shading that the cover gave, and put the SWG on 0%. I tested my pH a few times during the winter with no major...

It seems as though the main thing I have playing around the pool consists of Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytalls, Jack Johnson, and Jimmy Buffett. Surely, there is a bigger world out there of laid back, beach themed music that I could be tapping into. Any suggestions?

First off, thanks to everyone here, especially JohnT, that helped me through the process. My one weekend project took a month. I learned alot and am dang, dang glad that phase is over. When my whole pool area project is done later this summer I'll post photos of the process, but I thought I'd...

I have been installing a solar system for my pool. I had some sand on the end of a 2" pipe and dipped it in the pool. It slipped out of my hand and hit the bottom hard. I didn't think I had a puncture. It's now about a week later, has rained tons for the last two weeks and I noticed this...

I posted the info below to an existing thread about solar. I thought I'd repost here since it seems like more of a pump/filter issue. OK, so I have all of the plumbing in to make the pool operational again, but don't have the panels hooked up. I did take the top off of my cartridge filter...

I bought Aquasol panels that I am planning on installing this weekend. I don't think their little packet does a great job explaining what the parts are and what they do. I have linked to a scan of the plumbing diagram that came with the panels. Here are my questions. 1. I have two parts...

I read a thread here in the fall telling how to take out the ladders when the salt had corroded them into place. Someone gave advice on a particular lubricant to put on the ladders before installing them in the spring. It will prevent the bond from occuring between the ladder anchor and the...

I've been considering solar for a while for heat. I have lots of shade and have a roof over a patio so I can put maybe 15x15 worth of solar up there and no one would see it. The heat would be for April, May, Sept, and Oct. Is it practical/possible to make the solar run my pump in June, July...