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Good point. I’ll kick it up again and maintain it until it clears.

i opened my pool five weeks ago, ran the SLAM process and am maintaining chemicals. My water will not clear up (I still can’t see the drains in the deep end). Current test results below: FC 7 CC 0.5 Ph 7.4 Alkalinity 60 CYA 40 any ideas? It’s like the sand filter isn’t filtering well. Do...

My original thought was I used bleach with an additive but I would have noticed that when I poured in the bleach...at least I hope I would have.

We recently opened our pool and have a film on the top of the water (pic attached). I’ve never seen this before. We have had the pump running nonstop for five days so far and the water is still cloudy and this film is floating on the surface. My recent test results are below. Any ideas on how...

After disabling the flow switch, the pump has remained on. Thank you for this. I will look into the flow switch.

I am getting good flow however the flow switch is showing no flow. Is there a sensor that would need to be replaced? I disabled the flow switch and we’ll see if the pump stays on (I didn’t know how to do that, so thank you for the info)

The pump will kick back on when I push the filter button however it will shut off in 20 mins or so afterwards.

The timers are off, so I don't think that's the issue and i'm not sure what else in the automation would be the problem.

I don't believe the motor is being turned off by automation. It could be overheating (it's not hot and there is no warning). The filter light goes off. The new motor is the same as the old (1.5hp). As far as wiring, I think I did it right but I could have done it wrong. There are two wires and...

The timer is off (meaning the pump should be running nonstop) and i'm not sure what other program would be affecting the pump run time.

I have prologic automation to turn the pump on and off.

At the end of last year, our pump died and we replaced the motor with the same 1.5hp Hayward Superpump this weekend. Things seemed to be set up just fine and the pump kicked on no problem. I am opening the pool, so the water is really dirty. I first vacuumed to waste and ran the pump for...

We are considering opening our inground pool tonight. Recently we had a bad storm and several sections of our fence were damaged leaving my backyard and pool open to anyone or anything. The fence company is coming this afternoon and will finish it up tomorrow, and I'd like to keep the mesh...

Thanks for the info, Jason. Very helpful.

Sorry, that was the one thing not in my signature -- it's a 400K BTU natural gas heater. Normally the return water gets really warm, but it isn't yet.

We built our pool last summer and this is our first season opening the pool. Everything has gone well however I am not sure the heater is working. I don't have any error codes and I can hear the heater humming along nicely, however when I reach into the pool the return water is not warm (and it...

Do you mind sharing the specifics of the travertine and where you purchased it? That looks truly amazing!

Here's a small picture. I will see what the builder says.

Our vinyl liner pool was finished a couple weeks ago. After swimming around I noticed these white strips in the corners that seem to be holding the liner corners in place near the coping. Right around those are little tears (about 1/2 inch) in the liner. It looks like they used a hammer to pound...

I haven't gone through the steps to lower my TA, thanks for the advice. I did add some more salt; we are at 3,100ppm now, that being said, I am having a hard time lowering my pH. It seems to go down to 7.5 for awhile then the next day jumps up to 7.8 or higher. My FC seems to be doing fine...

Our SWG was just started yesterday and I am little confused about the recommended levels. The water balance for SWG suggests the following levels: Salt: ~3,000 CYA: 70-80 FC: 3-5 TA: 60-80 pH: 7.5-7.6 Here are my current readings: CYA: 40 FC: 4.5 TA: 110 CH: 100 pH: 7.8 Salt...

The numbers continue to look good, the water however does not. I asked the PB why we should add CH increase to a vinyl lined pool. He hasn't responded yet. FC- 6 CC-0 pH- 7.5 I didn't do all the tests this morning. The last time I did a more full set of tests was Wednesday night, with these...

Here are the latest readings after a cloudy cool day...with a little rain. FC- 12.5 CC- 0.5 CH- 150 (still not sure if this is too accurate) CYA- 50 (I'm more confident the CYA is 50 and not 60 as I thought earlier) TA- 130 Ph- 7.6 I understand with the amount of mud that washed into the pool...

Thanks for the info. You guys are so helpful. Added signature.

PB is asking me to continue to add calcium hardness increaser. I believe my last reading was 250 but will confirm tonight when I get home. Are there other reasons to add if CH levels are fine now?

The slope around the pool is fine, I might argue the pool elevation is too high even. The mud coming into the pool occurred because of no sod yet, a ton of rain and 70 mph winds. The landscaping including sod will be a few weeks yet as everyone around here is backed up due to the weather. I...

Thanks so much for the info. I did buy the TF-100 and believe the CYA number to be accurate although it could have been a little lower (still not 100% on when I can no longer see the black dot...). I will check it again in the morning. Thanks again.

We finished our build a couple weeks ago. Overall the process went well. Here is what I have (some is functional): 20x46 rectangle IG vinyl liner- ~35,000 gallons 500lb sand filter 1.5 hp single speed pump 400K BTU NG heater (not functional) SWG (not functional) 2 laminar jets (not functional)...