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    New Owner, Used Pool, What is what - And a missing Weir Door

    Hello All, Been at our house 2 years and inherited an older pool. According to the step, it was made by "Walnut Pools". Some work to update it is in our future, but until then, it holds water and cools us off. There are a few things about this pool that I don't know what they are or what...
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    Programming Variable Speed Pump

    Hello! As part of an energy upgrade, our pool pump was replaced to a variable speed pump. The installers configured it to the utility company's recommendation, but I don't have confidence that is what it should be. From what I can tell, it turns on at full speed at about 10am for two hours...
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    What is this?

    Just bought a new home (to us) and inherited a pool. Working on getting all the chemistry balanced and going well. Have a Hayward navigator pool cleaner and this contraption was attached to where the hose plugs into the skimmer. Seems the valve would open to prevent all the water from being...
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    New to TFP - High PH

    I'm a convert. I've switched to liquid chlorine from pucks and slammed my pool effectively once. The water has never looked as beautiful. However, my PH is pretty high right now. Here are my readings from today: CL - 6.5 (added some this morning) PH - 8.2 TA - 90 CH - 340 CYA - 38 I should...
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    New Hayward Ecostar - Need to configure

    Hey all, First off I must say I love this forum. Just found it a few days ago and have been spending a ton of time here. Stopped an algae bloom and the water is beginning to look better than it has all season. I recently got a hayward ecostar installed by leslie's. They configured it but...
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    Algae - Test Kit - SLAM?

    Hello all, I've been dealing with Algae quite a bit this season and went on vacation last week and returned to the worst so far. I've been going through pool school and intend to SLAM the pool. However I don't have a good test kit. From what I've read, the TFT-100 is preferred, but I don't...