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    Chlorine fine, but says low salt?

    Last night while swimming the Salt water Generator came on, without the pump running...my grandson had touched some of the buttons while outside ... I looked and it had a red light saying low salt, got out and turned everything off...then reset the pump and salt water generator to restart...
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    DO I really have to empty 11% of water to get TA right?

    well, guess its a trip to town (23 miles, and hope the wallmart has some more Ph down, Hubby visited the Lowes, Home Depot, and only Walmart had one, hope I can find some....next big town is 45 miles.....
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    DO I really have to empty 11% of water to get TA right?

    Added more "Ph down" via Pool calculator amounts. Today ph is 7.8 (aiming for 7.5), FC, CC are both 5ppm+, very dark yellow on drop tests. TA still 120 probably.....so I read you want it lower for SWG, so is the ONLY way to get it down is to empty some water and replace?
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    DO I really have to empty 11% of water to get TA right?

    going by the numbers here on TFP about what works for a SWG,even if they said the "instructions" were not exactly the same. So I was aiming for a TA of 60-80. and CYA of 70-80. It said if I got above that it may shorten the life of the SWG. I plugged in the numbers I had when we filled...
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    DO I really have to empty 11% of water to get TA right?

    New pool, Been circulating pump 24 hr a day since set up as it was well water on a second fill, and got some sediment. I used the t-50, and set my chemicals based on pool calculator. I hadn't tested CYA & TA again until today (it's been a week since we filled roughly) and I wanted to...
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    Well, I did get One nice swim, then I noticed broken pins

    Re: Well, I did get One nice swim, then I noticed broken pin Well, here is what hubby did, he got out some straps with ratchets and ratcheted the opposing legs together at the top, so it doesn't move anymore,a we wrapped the ratchets in towels so they wouldn't maybe put a hole in liner...
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    Well, I did get One nice swim, then I noticed broken pins

    :hammer: Well, we got Our pro-series, ultraframe ,Intex type pool up. Had to empty once after our leveling failure (skid steer = laser level twice. We were 3-5.5 inches off. So we emptied it, dug out the high poles allowing for different depths by using laser level again and noting with a...
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    Wasps in the post of my above ground pool -HELP!!

    ah, wasps, me who was allergic until I took 5 years of shots. Living in rural area outdoors..I used to get them in the bottom of my farm gate posts, I would spray up into post to kill with the 27 ft type wasp spray. Then I put expanding foam or tons of walmart bags into the empty cavity to...
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    Black goo from pump...

    well, it's not the quietest pump in the world....not any new noise before goo....
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    Black goo from pump...

    We just put up our 22 ft. pro-series, summer escape. A hose popped off the filter overnight and water came down to below skimmer. We fixed ,it added water, then hubby noticed black goo dripping out of bottom of pump, that is attached to filter. It is a 2000gph. We have been running it fine...
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    new pool,fiilling,tested, now what,in what order?

    Target CYA is 70-80 says the note under my desk cover taken from Pool School SWG page. But read that Stablizer may not show up in test results for a week, so I didn't retake it today. (used half my regents already :-D . Water still a bit cloudy, greenish, but getting clearer, tiny filter...
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    new pool,fiilling,tested, now what,in what order?

    Ok, I got my test kit. Only thing I had was ph of 7.8 no Cl or fcl (well water) . while filling and waiting for test kit .I put 1 bag of tri-clor shock,as it took 2 days to fill. temp 72-78 . somewhat cloudy from 2nd well filling . Got kit ,tested. No stablizer, ph 8.2.Put in recommended...
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    new pool,fiilling,tested, now what,in what order?

    Ok, got pool refilled (almost 5" to go, before we can start pump.) Unfortunately , the 2nd fill fromour well, has some sediment the first fill didn't ,so I will be doing a lot of filter cleaning. Tested. with t-50. Temp 72 degrees. Ph 7.8...No Cl, FC,CYA. TA 120-130 . I did the pool...
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    New pool install troubles, nothing but clay

    We just call ours Georgia concrete. You can only dig it 2-3 days after a rain. I have used augers to dig holes for trees. I use a pick ax sometimes, But for our slop and poolk we rented a skid steer. I have a small hobby farm and we hav e"boot sucking " mud in some places, can't tell...
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    22ft. pro-series(Intext type) NOT level, draining, fixing

    Re: 22ft. pro-series(Intext type) NOT level, draining, fixin Just finished and checked with laser level. All within 1". :party: My husband lifted up at the Ts, I then disconnected the upright posts. We did several , every other one, then after digging hole for the upright post the...
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    how long have the bigger seasonal pools been around?

    Well, our neighbor had a steel wall above ground pool in the 60's ... I'd say it was 4 ft. tall and around 18-24 foot.
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    22ft. pro-series(Intext type) NOT level, draining, fixing

    Re: 22ft. pro-series we Thought was level, draining, fixing update. Well, we drained to 6" or so . (keeping some in pool for stability if a storm pops up. We got out laser level and put it on top of every pole and marked poles with pen. we were off up to 5.5 inches on...
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    22ft. pro-series(Intext type) NOT level, draining, fixing

    We used a laser level, within 1.5 inches all way around. had to wait 2 weeks and drain and fill a small area after the Georgia monsoons... ground is hard,hard clay and rocks (we live on side of a Ridge). As the water filled we noticed it was off some , but thought we were within...
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    Filling pool,2 days, now what?

    The shock is tri-clor... But, looks like we are draining and refilling after moving pool so skimmer is in a better place. We also have two places it is over the 2" not level.We used a laser level and rented a skid steer, but we had two weeks of Monsoon Season, and had some...
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    Filling pool,2 days, now what?

    Sorry, the o was a typo. total alkalinity is 120-140 on strip. It's not the 180, but color is somewhat subjective. It is well water in Ga. No Clorine or very little showing ,even though I threw a jug in this morning and one yesterday, but not up to skimmer level so I can't circulate...
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    Filling pool,2 days, now what?

    Pro-series AG 22ft. round, 10,000 gallon pool.We started filling from our well (Ga.) and it took 2 days. Will be at skimmer in a couple hours. We have the 2000gph skimmer filter that came with it. But Bought an Intex saltwater generator and rigged that. I am going to wait and see if I have...