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    fafco solar bear 4 x 20 good price

    yes, installed panels 2 weeks ago. I cant believe how well they work I installed the panels on a rack, ground level next to the pool water went from 70 to 82 within that time
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    Above ground checking in with numbers

    yes using bleach, so far ph has been stable. I thought CYA was a little low and will bring it up to around 40 thank you for the info
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    Above ground checking in with numbers

    Just checking in with my numbers above ground pool, living in michigan we just had 94 deg hot days, with the hot weather my FC was going fast, but now weather is low 70's, go figure but that is why my FC is at 9 heres my numbers, any thought if I should change any FC 9 CC 0 TA 130 CH 100 PH 7.5...
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    fafco solar bear 4 x 20 good price

    Just picked up 2 fafco solar bear 4 x 20 #975 panels, priced at 216.00 each normal price 238.00 also they have free shipping. talked to dave ( easy to talk to, with great info) tell him Garrett sent ya at National Discount Pool Supplies I have no connection with them, just seen a good price and...
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    portable spa radio or mp3 player

    I bought this from abc warehouse, so far has been great, somewhat water proof http://www.abcwarehouse.com/product_cat ... d_ID~42546
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    Is this a good price for bleach or chlorine

    I wish we had a real pool store close, to do the refill and not have to waste all the 1 gallon jugs, but the closest pool store is about 30 miles away, the meijer is on my way home so the price don't seem to bad thanks for the info all
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    Is this a good price for bleach or chlorine

    meijer is selling a case (4- 1 gallon containers) of 10% pool sanitizer or bleach or chlorine ( gets us guessing ) for $9.99 I was thinking if this was better deal then buying the bleach at 6% I going to check to see what the price for a gallon of the 6% bleach was but didnt have time thanks
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    Pool rover Jr question

    well I ended up returning the rover jr back to pool supply world, it started not to clean on 1 end of the pool, tried all different ways, talked to aqubot and they had me try all different ways of putting it in the pool ( what happened to set it and forget it LOL), but they would not replace the...
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    Pool rover Jr question

    well after using it with the gray non adjustable timer, the Jr does a great job covering the complete floor, seems to do a good job, I do like how it goes foward for 18 to 20 seconds and only 14 to 16 seconds in reverse, it seems to not go over the same spot because of the time being differnet...
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    Pool rover Jr question

    I talked to Aquabot and they claim that the new versions have no timer it has the gray control panel, claims that the cleaner will go in the forward position for 18 seconds and go into reverse for 14 seconds and claims it will clean any pool, I tried to explain to them that I would like to be...
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    Pool rover Jr question

    I bought it from Pool Supply World online, I dont know if their Authorized but i did call Aquabot and they said some of the JR's were shipped with the control boxs having times and some did not, but they said if I have problems that they would ship me a control box with a timer, I will find out...
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    Pool rover Jr question

    Hello I bought a pool rover jr, I have a question to the pople that have bought this unit ( people that bought the JR model) I noticed that the control box does not have the timer control, just a on and off button. to adjust the time before it goes into reverse I would like to know if you have...
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    First time BBB

    rethinking the feeder I think I will just turn off and not use it at all, i dont want to be come dependent on it so will 4lbs of stablizer fit in a sock or do I just full the sock and wait till the stablizer is gone and then refill with the remaining
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    First time BBB

    i turned my chlorine feed to full is that ok, or should I still have it set to a lower setting like 2 as 10 (full) being the highest I am just using the feeder to get my cya up to 50 and then turing it off, is this a good idea to raise it that way?
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    First time BBB

    Pool is up and running, new install took my first reading with the kit CL 0 PH 7.4 FC .5 CC .5 TA 90 CA 0 pool temp 70f per the Pool Calculator with goal level as TFP.com FC add 81 oz of 10% bleach PH add 16 oz borax TA add 35 oz baking soda CYA add 103 oz stabilizer does this sound about right...
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    Wire size for pool pump

    well pool is up and running, everything went great, and also passed inspec. NEC 2005 still in my area One thing I would have done diff. is get 1 1/2 conduit for easier pulling for the wire I have not put any convenience receptacle in yet, since this free pool :hammer: has not been free at...
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    Question about web site to buy Liner

    Looking to purchase a liner for my 28ft round x 48" above ground pool, I checked out may places on line and found this site swimmingpoolsetc.com anybody have good or bad luck from this place also I was going to use their gold service, this is what it says on their site for the gold service By...
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    Wire size for pool pump

    this is what I have come up with after read the above post's going the 240v route 50 amp main breaker 30ft 6/3 with Gound NM-B cable [romex] inside basment to outside wall into LB type fitting Can I wire nut the nm-b cable to thwn in the lb fitting or is there a better way? 165ft #6 thwn stand 2...
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    Wire size for pool pump

    I am comfortable doing this, I have wired my house and wired my garage, I use to work for a AC company and would wire AC units all day long.... I just did not want to spent money and time on the wire for it to be undersized, for that long of a run as for the direct burial that is why I had...
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    Wire size for pool pump

    Yes its 200ft one way.... I used this site to see how much voltage drop http://genuinedealz.com/voltage-drop.html for 10 AWG 120v at 200' run voltage was 6.162
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    Wire size for pool pump

    forgot to add that this is a 28ft round pool 48" is only 2 years old the next door neighbor is moving out and the new owners did not want the pool so I received the pool free :-D he had the pool next to his house but I am not so lucky, I have to install 200ft back from the house
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    Wire size for pool pump

    I am in the starting stage of installing a above ground pool, just starting to collect items before the install my question is what gauge wire should i be looking for pump will be located 200 ft from house fuse panel, and from what I have read that there will be some voltage drop over that...