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Put in Hayward Aquarite SWCG last April and its working great. Keeping tabs on all the chemicals in the pool : PH, ALK etc. Turned the SWCG down to 10% and still reading 5.0 to 6.0 for FC when testing the water. Water temp is currently 56 degrees and knowing that it stops producing Chlorine...

Put in a Hayward Aquarite SWCG generator with TCELL 940 2 months ago. Its been producing chlorine and functioning fine. Wondering if anyone else has had the issue of the board reading of salt content being different from the Taylor salt test. The board reading has slowly been creeping up. It...

Quick question. I am having a SWCG being installed in week and half. I just received the Taylor Sodium Chloride test kit for water salt content. For the heck of it I did a test with our current water......which is clear as a bell. Followed the instructions and ended up putting in 53 drops of...

So with all the advice I got on here last fall (Nov. of '22), thank you again, I am shopping around for a pool company to install a Hayward Aquarite 40k SWCG since chlorine prices are going nowhere but up. My question is does anyone on here know of a good pool company in the Phoenix area to...

Havent been on the forum in quite awhile, actually thanks to this site. Have been using the TFP method for 6 years and never changed our water and the water has been great. Well, the price of chlorine this past summer has me wanting to have an SWCG installed for next spring and summer. the...

Been a member on hear for quite awhile and have been using the liquid chlorine method for the last 6 years and have had sparkling water with not having to do any pool drains. My post is in regards to possibly installing a salt cell on our pool equipment especially with the price of chlorine...

I am replacing our current pump with a Hayward Tristar 950 and wondering what the maximum RPM setting should be in regards to our Pentair Triton ll sand filter.

Well first off this website has been the best.......havent had any issues with my water or pool in a long time, thanks to this website.......it looks like I need to get a new variable speed pump, as the Jandy pump we got has circuit issues and is messing up the drive and motor functions. I must...

We are going to be out of town for 6 days, and I have no one to add Chlorine while we are gone, so I am going to have to use the dreaded pucks. I am not to concerned since the CYA level is at 40 and 5 or 6 days of pucks shouldnt throw it to out of whack I dont think. My question is since I...

We are considering adding a water softener to our house water system. My question is how this will affect our pool water via our auto fill which comes out of the back of our house. The auto fill is connected to a vacuum valve which also has an outdoor faucet connected to it. My initial thought...

Thinking about replacing the Sand Filter we currently have that is the original from 1991.......wondering whether to put in a Cartridge Filter or a Sand Filter.........Thoughts

I know its been posted many times about vacation maintenance of pools......but I thought I would get peoples thoughts on my plan for re-assurance......I Keep the FC at 6.5 with CYA at 40......PH is always 7.4 to 7.8 sometimes hits 8........ALK is 80 CH is 300.....going to be gone 5 days and the...

Wondering if the Tricholor pucks degrade in the same way liquid chlorine does.....I ask because we are going to be out of town for 5 days and I plan on using 2 or 3 Tricholor pucks in a floater and the pucks I am using have been stored in my garage in Phoenix for 2 years when I went on the TFP...

Been using the TFP method for approximately 2 years now and its been great, with many compliments from friends.....so thanks for all the previous help. Quick question regarding CYA levels. Is it normal to lose 20ppm of CYA from the previous season? Reason I ask is I havnt added any CYA since...

Does anyone know where to buy a wall whale brush in the Phoenix area. Amazon is out of them. Thanks in advance......and the TFP way is the only way to go.

First off thanks for all the info that this forum and website provides......its a must for every pool owner..... I have been using the TFP guidelines since last Sept. when I found out I had to drain the pool because of the stupid pucks (out of site CYA reading) and pool store guidance I was...

I have a quick question regarding my FC test with the TF 100 test kit. I watched the video recently on how to do the FC test with the TF 100 test kit and it says to fill to 10 mm line. I have been filling to the 25 mm and doing the test accordingly when I do my FC tests. It seems it might be a...

Did a full drain 2 weeks ago, been testing daily with TF-100 kit. Got the CYA up to 45-50 using liquid conditioner. Today's test results FC 1.8 CC 0 PH 7.4 TA 130 CH 270 CY 45-50 Questions are, I was wondering if I should be concerned about my TA level, and also is it normal to have to add...

I finally got my pool drained since my CY was off the charts............pool is now filled and added a small amount of stablizer and liquid chlorine.......... my water measurements are FC-6 CC-0 PH-7.8 TA-140 CH-230 CY-25 The calculator says to add 9.6 oz of muratic acid and 24 oz more of...

I just converted to TFP from the pool store........I just received my TF-100 tester kit and tested the water and got the following readings..... FC- 17.5 CC- 0 PH 7.6 Total alk 160 CH 675 CYA 100+ Wondering what advice you can give on what should be added to the water.........the pool is...