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  1. J

    Solar plumbing question

    You can always drill an 1/8 inch hole in the shut off plate of the valve. I have heard that done many of times. You will end up cooling your pool at night with it running 24/7
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    Aluminum Fence - how to get a wider opening?

    Yes you can remove it and measure the opening, then order a new gate which will mount to the existing poles. The only difference in, "line" vs "end" poles are the cutouts for the railing to slide into.
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    Used Solar Panels - Yay or Nay

    I used ressolar.com Shipped to my door, 10 year warranty. New AquaTherm panels
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    Should Used Solar Panels (Fafco) Be Flipped Upon Reinstallation?

    Bringing up a old thread, however i am thinking about doing this. It's been three years on one side, might be time to flip. I cant see how it would hurt
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    Just noticed gizmo (gizzmo?) popped off / floating in skimmer. Should I be concerned?

    if there is antifreeze in the lines and he blew them out, as long as water did not reenter then screw it back in
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    New DIY build Huntsville, AL

    Also my 10ft fiberglass roman stairs were 9'11-1/4. I had to make up 3/4 inch just to make the stairs fit. The coping they sold me did not work with the stairs, after 2 weeks of arguing they sent me a different style. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    New DIY build Huntsville, AL

    Sounds like my experience with them. I started nit picking every little thing and made them reship everything based on how bad there customer service was. I swear they started ignoring my calls. My 90 degree corners were 80 at best and I had to take apart the rivets just to complete the job...
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    green pool help ? first timer

    Start reading Bill! Head right to the pool school section and get to slaming Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  9. J

    Replacing spider gasket in Pentair multiport valve....lube or caulk?

    I would use some lube. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  10. J

    New DIY In Ground in MN

    I did my own 18x36, 650 yards of dirt and 1 yr 3 months later it's complete. The saving's is unreal. Anything is possible with youtube and books! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    Advice for cloudy water?

    I just cleaned up my cloudy water in a day and a half. Find out your cya level and use the chart to see your shock level. use the calculator and add the necessary amount of bleach. PH aroun 7.2 works best. maintain that shock level until you pass the overnight chlorine loss test. It really...
  12. J

    Walmart pool essentials 10% chlorine

    my walmart had it priced 3.64 but rang up 2.50. Hudson NH
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    Pentair easy touch light control

    Select the color and hit the back button, should start clicking right after Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  14. J

    New plaster - fill with well water?

    Take it slow. On for a few. Off for a few hours. I did it with a 26k Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    Hey North East, Anybody Open Yet?? (Southern New Jersey here)

    New AquaTherm panels Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    Hey North East, Anybody Open Yet?? (Southern New Jersey here)

    Open for a month in southern New Hampshire. We have been swimming three days now, 78,78 and 82 on those days. Solar and heatpump. Combined I paid 18 bucks for electricity. Love solar! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    New to this forum, have cloudy water

    Please have a open mind because you are about to get good advise from the members. You need to slam, period. Weekly algecide is not needed in a properly kept pool and this site only recommends it 1 maybe 2 times a year and it's only poly 60. Your test strips are inaccurate and you have been...
  18. J

    Pool Light Niche Conduit Break/leak

    Aquabond Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    I have a leak. Anyone have suggestions for a NH pool outfit?

    Direct burial is good for solar. I am down in brookline and just built my whole pool entirely by my self, 18x36 roman end. I also installed my solar panels, if I did it again I would use foam insulation(pipe insulation) underground. You will have people say it's not needed but for the few...
  20. J

    Leak in plastic can I caulk ?

    Well all I can say is It worked for me. I see your side of it too Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  21. J

    Leak in plastic can I caulk ?

    I used regular pvc glue. Marine epoxy will work to but my way gets it into the cracks way down inside Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  22. J

    Leak in plastic can I caulk ?

    I just fixed a issue similar to yours. I blew out the line first and then added suction with my shop vac. Once under suction I laid on the glue to the outside of the pipe and it worked beautifully Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
  23. J

    Solar - Distance from pool

    Mine leaves the pump pad, travels 100ft to the house and 35 ft up then 100 ft to pad and 15 to the pool. Works great
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    Light socket sealant

    What he said. In most cases they run a #8 green ground in addition to what the regular cord has, this green wire is attached to the light niche and aquabond is used around the connector to prevent from rusting,scaling so that there is always a good ground for many years Sent from my SM-N910V...
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    Light socket sealant

    The electrician used aquabond on my pool last year Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    Pentair ultra performance heat pump

    From what I read the pool heat pumps really need a temperature of 60 or higher to really give you good results. There was a chart on here once that showed the outside air temp vs btu's produced. With 60 degree temp you will not be getting the full potential. It will take 80 degree outside...
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    Pool area landscape lighting

    Why wouldn't any landscape low voltage transformer work. Plug it directly into your gfci and your good to go. Pool landscape lights and landscape lights are the same. You can get a 300 watt transformer and photo cell for the same price of the px300. If you cut the plug off you should be able...
  28. J

    New AquaTherm panels

    11 months or so Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    New AquaTherm panels

    Sorry about being upside down Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
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    New AquaTherm panels

    Ask them why the difference. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk