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First, I want to say for years I've been using the pool calculator with great success. Using my SWG then Bleach, it's been so easy with my AG Pool. After opening this season, I haven't gotten things on track yet. My PH reads between 3 add 4. My TA reads 500 (yes 500) but I stopped counting and...

Of course you do! Ha. The cell itself is in great shape, so I hate to nuy a new one. It is the 42 size or 48... whatever the middle one is. The union nut on one side broke in half. The cell is good, but will not hold because of the nut. I was planning on getting many more years from the existing...

I had the Aquacheck strips from last year that i finished up and bought a new bottle. There's a big difference in readings from the last bottle to this one. The only kicker is my SWG agrees with last year's bottle. I had roughly 3000 ppm but now the new bottle says 2400+. I've checked with both...

Opened yesterday morning but I couldn't run the pump as the water was still below the return. I had these numbers- FC WAS 15 yesterday, but now 13.5 CC - 0 TA 70 Borates 40 -45 Salt 2900 PH 7.45 CYA 30-35 CH 70-80 Now they're slightly different as I added salt and other stuff to adjust...

I think I have a Happy bottom. I forget. My AG 18ft round pool is on 2 inches of sand and was perfectly smooth and tamped when installed. A day after the install and for about a month, it rained (last year) and the floor got many bumps in it. The whole floor looks and feels like dimples on a...

I see it online but I'm having difficulty finding it locally. I didn't want to wait for delivery, but now I';m thinking maybe I should have already ordered it and it could come sooner than I find a local place to buy it. I've called a couple of pool stores and nurseries and nothing yet. Do I...

How loud is your acid pump? I have nothing to compare it to, so I'm not sure how loud it should be. I have a Pool Pilot TC system with acid tank. The pump, when running, has a very loud hum to it. It seems to be working fine, but I can hear it inside my house through many walls. I hear it in...

I have an 18' AG pool with 2" pvc piping. 1.5 hp 2-speed pump. 200 sf cartridge filter. When the water gets to anywhere near halfway down the skimmer, the pump basket gets full of air bubbles. I have to fill it up to 2 inches or less of space left on the skimmer for it to work properly. I...

The factory default might have been changed at some point during my troublshooting. i just want to doublecheck it is correct, or back to default. I've been eyeing my TC system for a while now and today was the FIRST time ever that I've seen "forced reverse" or something to that effect on the...

That's pretty much all I have to say, but wow, I thought that was a lot of water! lol We were at a pool party several weeks ago, at a 27,000 gallon inground pool. We got to talking about my cousin's pool which is ABOVE GROUND, and he said it was the "biggest one in the store". lol Above ground...

Is that supposed to happen? I'm not sure this is the right place for this question. It may have something to do with my swg. **Edit** My question was getting way too long, so I'll delete and rewrite. I added 150 ounces of bleach and my swg went from 7.25 ph, to a 7,90 ph almost instantly. I...

10-12 oz every time. Is this normal? I'm going by pool calc numbers. My ph seems to stay on the low side. I think it is from my swg not producing chlorine regularly. I think it makes too much, then I have to shuit it down for a while so the Fc levels go back down. During this time, the borax is...

My digital display was set at a 575 setpoint for orp. Everything seemed fine with that (fine for this example at least), then my timer shut it off at 2PM. I manually turned it back on maybe 30 minutes later, (pump and swg go on at the same time with the timer) and the orp setpoint was now 775 or...

This may be an swg issue, not sure. I've noticed my flow readings on the Blue/white F-300 meter was higher than normal. The flow is usally 30 gpm and it showed 55 or so. After looking closely, I saw tiny bubbles all around the inside of the meter, surrounding the float as well. This made the...

The above wasn't referring to me, but I'll assume it would definitely go for anyone who is a novice at this pool stuff. I have a different system than the OP, but I would guess that all orp sensors behave the same. I have a Pool Pilot Total Control swg with orp and ph sensors. I'm reading...

I'm trying to see what my cya levels should be with using the Pool Pilot TC with acid feeder. I may have made a mistake and raised my levels from 42 as of yesterday, to who knows what in a few days. I punched in the numbers in the Pool Calculator, and added some stabilizer. I may have to empty...

http://www.poolcenter.com/NE113_easypool.jpg ^^^ I have these exact steps. I've seen the link here by (Anna, I think?) that explains how to fill and cap 3" pvc pipes and weigh down the steps. I've made 4 of these 3" pipes and filled them with sand and tied them with nylon ties. The steps are...

I have a 1.5 hp pump on an 18' AG pool. Yes, it is too big, but that's the only pump the store offered with the package that was 2-speed. I plumbed it with 2 inch PVC and installed a flow gauge as well. I wanted to see if I could possibly downsize the motor down the line. low speed - 1.7 psi...

I see why it's there, and agree that many readers can learn from any question you may want to ask a fellow member. There is somewhat of a problem with asking the general public as opposed to a specific member. If you have a specific question for a member who has very similar pool equipment as...

It feels a bit odd to bump a thread after a day or two, or more... with just "Thank you" in the post. When I have more information to share, such as why I am writing back, then I do bump and post. Other than that, I don't like to do it because it seems somewhat meaningless. Of course I want to...

Do I need to cover the pump with something, build a roof for it, or is it OK to be exposed to the weather? It is a waterways AG pool pump with cartridge filter. They are on a base together. I have a small deck that they can go under (barely), but it would be an easier install to place them a...

Hopefully all pools "sit", but mine was actually not being treated either. So, it was filled to just under the return opening and left there for a week now. It may be finished in a few days. Not sure really. Leaves are accumilating in it that I've been taking out with the net, but some are...

I have a regular, straight return with no option to move it around in any direction? Should I get a replacement, or do I not need it? I've read many times of people having to "aim" their return up or down for various reasons. I have an 18' round AG pool with just that one return.

I have a 4' X 13' aluminum "fan deck" that will sit directly on top of the pool edge/ledge. Two ledge pieces of the 18' round pool will need to be disassembled so the deck can be screwed on top of the pool edge in place of the two pieces that just came off. My question to owners of these decks...

Hmmm, does it have one? I was reading the other thread about "when to turn on an swg?" and wondered when it was time for me to do so, if I needed a seperate switch in addition to my timer. The timer controls the pool pump AND the PP (total control) swg. It is just an on/off regular intermatic...

I was told I can get an award for stupidest question of the month. Year? Lifetime? Anyway, AG pool. I was wondering how high to fill up the pool past the skimmer? Does it have to be fully submerged or is halfway up the skimmer opening enough. Yep, first pool, and totally new at this. I didn't...

I see most pictures of shut off valves of AG pools, right under the skimmer with a union. That's not too bad, but why have the shut off valve there instead of near the pump? If you shut the valve off to work on or remove the pump, you will get all the water coming out from the piping from the...

My AG 18' round pool instructions say to level the ground, then place the 2x8x16' blocks INTO the ground, level with the ground. They want the bottom tracks to touch the ground. This way the whole bottom railing circumference of the pool would be on the ground. Then, they want a 2 inch sand...

I'm not sure what they are used for, but after reading a thread about someone losing prime and no water was running through the pipes... I figured, hmmm, maybe that would let me 'see' if water is actually running through the pipes when I turn the pump on for whatever reason. Maybe you can feel...