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Well I Googled the name on the handle of the top Valve and I found that exact Valve. A Discontinued Pentair "Ortega" Valve. There's no way I'm paying $125 for one valve. Just the parts I would need to refurbish the existing valve are as expensive and a brand new Hayward or Jandy 3-way diverter...

Yeah, like that but I need one for 2 inch pipes.

I need to replace my old diverter valves and am having trouble finding them with the same configuration. Here is a photo of the current ones: Does anyone know if there is a valve I can buy that has a similar layout - one with the handle in top of the 'tee', instead of the side. I can make...

To give you a real world example, since draining my pool and starting fresh three years ago, I've used only liquid chlorine and last summer when I took a sample of my water to Leslie's (to see how their test stacked up to mine), their test showed my salt level to be at 1500ppm**, which is well...

I submitted a review of the stuff, noting that it was just Cal-Hypo in a bottle and surprise, surprise, they didn't post it.

Shelley is pretty much back to normal now. Her scabs are still there but she's her same old excited self when i come home from work now. i have noticed one lingering change though. She used to ignore or growl at our cat whenever he came near me (shes the jealous type) but now she seems much...

Yes, I chose not to do that, but I did find and bookmark a thread that has a link to the exact parts needed. source-barbed-fittings-for-pump-drain-to-install-liquidator-t43247.html

Good news. X-Rays showed no obvious internal organ trauma. The vet said it looked like she had some muscle tears on her side below her ribs. She got some pain killers and antibiotics and seems to be slowly getting better. She even went with me for a couple of car rides today - her favorite thing...

jbeale, To give you an idea just how horrible those test strips are, I just grabbed one I had left over from before I bought a real test kit and tested my water. Here is what the test strips showed for my water, along with the actual measurements taken earlier today with my Taylor K-2005 test...

Unfortunately it looks like she may have been run over/hit by a car. The lacerations on her face look like road rash and her eye is swollen as if she was struck. I'm going to take her to the vet tomorrow. Can't really afford anything except for the office visit and maybe some antibiotics, so I...

Last night we went out to see a fireworks show and of course, we left our dog Shelley inside the house. She seemed in okay spirits when we got home, but before we went to bed she must have been let outside accidentally. For several hours after we got home people on our block were letting off the...

I use the cellulose stuff since getting a new DE filter, so I don't have to worry about DE nastiness. My boys love to hold the hose like a fireman and water the grass. :-D

Exactly. Since finding this site three years ago and learning about pool chemistry, I've had to shock my pool precisely zero times. :-D

I realized my mistake and flipped them around shortly after taking that pictere. I'll change the photo caption to note that.

After reading through this section for a while I decided to take the plunge and get a Liquidator. Here is a pictorial of my install: Notes: The install was very easy. It took me no more than 20 minutes to get everything hooked up.[/*:m:qftz1rqb] As noted by many others on the forum, the check...

There's always the wayback machine! http://web.archive.org/web/201104231554 ... lator.com/

:goodjob: Awesome! I wish our current dog liked the water. Dogs I've had in the past have loved to jump in the pool, but this one.....noooooo way!

Sounds like they know what they're doing. :goodjob: Must be nice to have that kind of resource. Nothing like that around here!

Re: Funniest/ most ridiculous thing the pool store has told More like a "known usurpers" list. :lol:

Re: Funniest/ most ridiculous thing the pool store has told All of them?

You don't have one of those multiport valves set on "recirculate" do you?

Re: Funniest/ most ridiculous thing the pool store has told "Liquid chlorine will cause your total dissolved solids to build up. I'd recommend using that (pointing a bucket of Cal-Hypo) instead." This was after he tested my water, which has a CH level of 390. His test incorrectly showed a 200...

My pool has a somewhat high Calcium Hardness level (390) and my hair gets "stiff" when swimming too. I'm thinking it's the Calcium.

Oops. I thought by "aerate" you meant run the pump. Not sure what would cause your test to vary that much overnight. :?:

As I found out recently, yes. Doing a test on water that has not been mixed in awhile can give you inaccurate results. See my thread.

Sure enough, a test this morning before heading out for work and I gave me an expected result - 7.0 FC and 0 CC. The overnight pump schedule had been running so the water was mixed.

Oh, and welcome to TFP! :wave:

I would let the muck settle back to the bottom and then vacuum it out of the pool (preferably to waste) before bothering with chlorine. The muck is just going to continue to eat through your chlorine as you have already seen.