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  1. Darrenmv

    Having trouble keeping chlorine level up

    My main question is why I can't maintain my chlorine level higher than 1.5 to 2.5 on average. I run my T15 chlorine generator 14 hours/day at 80% (6am to 8pm every day) which I feel is longer than I should have to run it. Salt between 3100 and 3400ppm. When I check my chlorine levels I get...
  2. Darrenmv

    How to safely drain a pool?

    My house and pool flooded on August 12th. This killed my pump of course. Here it is now Sept 17th. The water is black as night and has been sitting now for over a month and counting. I have replaced the pool pump, but since I have a cartridge filter I think I may be best off to drain the pool...
  3. Darrenmv

    Recovering from a flood - Louisiana

    We are currently recovering from a flood. The pool of course is black. The pool pump is dead. May be a week or more before I can get it replaced. Should I try to drain the pool? Leave it and dump bleach into it? Do nothing at all until I can get the pump up and running? Any advice would be...
  4. Darrenmv

    Using up pumps left and right....

    I live in South Louisiana. I had a new pool installed in February of 2009. It's a free form design with 34,000+ gallons using a Hayward 2 speed 1.5 HP pump, 2.5" pipes, chlorine generator, SmartPure Ozone generator, cartridge filter system (4 large cartridge filters). Pump runs full speed from...