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    Pool Light Problems

    One day last week, the pool light just went really really dim. I turned it off for a few minutes, then when I turned it back on it was fine. But then again it went dim after about 1 minute. This weekend I took it out to find a good amount of water inside the fixture where the bulb is at. I also...
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    removing dust from pool

    I recently had a large amount of stone work done on the house. Also I had a pretty bad oak pollen season. All the stone work is done and the pollen is no longer dropping. All the leaves and pollen are out of the pool and the water is clear for the most part and all levels are good. However there...
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    Help please. Jets and polaris are really weak...

    I live in central texas. We got hammered with rain for about 35 days. My pool turned into a green algae swamp because of it. I finally got it all clean, and water is almost crystal clear now finally after almost 2 weeks of dealing with it. I noticed the pressure coming out of the jets had...
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    how can I tell if my auto chlorinator is working???

    how do I test the functionality of the automatic chlorinator?? I put 4 chlorine tabs in it on Sunday..Today it seems like they are still in there, almost completely in tact and the dial is turned all the way up to 5. My pool is still a green swamp today. Of course we got some more rain today...
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    Algae and rain in central texas

    so its rained 32 of the last 35 days here in Austin. Pool was relatively clean until last week when we had some pretty torrential rain 4 days in a row. Now the pool is pretty green with algae. I shocked it yesterday just to bring up the chlorine level. Its supposed to rain all through this week...
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    Newbie with a quick question.

    Just purchased a home last week with a nice 30' X 15' kidney shaped pool. I have never owned a pool before and know absolutely nothing about maintenance. I have read up some on here and talking to people that at the pool shop nearby. Pool was in really good condition. Luckily, I just had to add...