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Here's my two cents worth. If you're constantly having to add water you're going to be constantly chasing it's chemistry. Also, have you figured out how much that's going to cost you over a year or two? I think the initial advice from the pool company you received is the way I would go. In the...

Yup, what Matt said. I would add, you going to want to get a cap that screws on to one end of the salt cell. Fill the cell with the water acid mixture and let it sit for 30 to 45 minutes.

Thank you Kim. I wish I could take credit for the design but I had nothing to do with it other than approving it. I just showed him the space we had to work with and within a week they came up with this design. We really liked how the pool follow the flow of the house. As for the chiller, it...

I also live in Houston and your pool design is similar to ours, built by Cypress Custom Pools. especially the hot tub. The one suggestion I would have is to think about weather you really want that sun deck. I say this because in the heat of our summers that sun deck quickly turns into a water...

Very true. I find keeping it between 60 and 80 ppm really helps in keeping the pH levels stable.

No argument here, pH and TA are only part of the picture, but it wasn't until I became diligent in keeping these levels correct that the scaling began to disappear, which is the point of my post. As for the pH levels, had I proofread my post more closely I would've corrected that portion to...

About a year ago the third chlorine generator I've installed in my pool bit the dust. The pool was built in 2008. After reading how high Ph levels can shorten the life of chlorine generators I decided to really get serious about keeping it in check. I had been relying on my local pool store for...

Hey guys, thank you very much. That's exactly what I needed to know

I just got my Taylor K – 2006c test kit a few days ago. Very impressive, but I do have a question about the chlorine test if I may. In step 2 they tell you to add 2 dippers of R0870 until the sample turns pink, and to add more if the color disappears. I'm guessing the goal here is to have the...

I usually do a very good job of keeping everything well-balanced, but we have been getting downpours two and three times a week here in Houston for the last few months and it is just frustrating the devil out of me. My local pool store does a very good job of water analysis. I have been...

Excellent. I love it. VERY nice job. You should be proud. You need to add your pictures to my nighttime thread above.

I'm in Texas also, Houston, and as you can see I also have a rather dark pool like you. My water temp is 81 and holding. How you ask?? Sorry to say but is you want your pool temperature in that range you'll HAVE to spring for a GOOD cooler. Those sprayer things do work, but not well in our...

We see many daytime pictures, but no nighttime ones. So, I thought I would try and start something :D

I ask this because I have a BioGuard test kit and I'm running out Phenol Red, and it seems BioGuard is out of the test kit business. Pentair sells a 16oz bottle already with chlorine neutralizer in it for $11 and change on Amazon. The concentration of Phenol Red I have is.065%, as stated on the...

I have the same equipment as you. I don't know if this will help but I took some pictures of the circuitboard it's wired to. Maybe you can compare this to the way yours looks and figure out what the wiring problem is.

100% muratic acid is to harsh, but a 50/50 mix of water and muratic acid for 15 to 30 minutes will do a great job and not damage your cell. I set my cell phone timer for 15 minutes and check. If I still see bubbling I give it another 15 minutes. After that I rinsed it out put it back and I'm...

An IC40 in a 18k pool is kinda overkill. Good for you..lol. Id probably just super chlorinate it for one or two of your pump cycles. That should do it unless your water is still in the mid to low 60's.

Thanks for your input Peter. Yes, the Intelliflo communications are fine. It's only the comm with th IC40 that's gone TU. However it's still being powered, so that part of the connection is uneffected. I'm horrible at wiring diagrams, but isn't the board in the diagram the larger motherboard...

Just read your pool info. If they've been running those waterfalls with any consistency, then they may have to run it at 90%.

Thanks Jason. That's just as good an explanation as any. It's been lousy with thunderstorms around here, Houston, for the whole month. We MAY have had 3 of 4 days without them, if that. Thinking I'll just pour the bags of salt right down the drain and just skip the putting them in the pool...

I'm not familiar with the Jandy AquaPure, but if it's properly sized for your pool, I would say 90% is going to be way to high. I have the Pentair IC40 and the most I ever have to run it is 40%, with 20 to 30% being more the norm. I'd set it at 50% and see were that gets you. You may want to...

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. The Pebble Tec color is Emerald Bay.

Quick background. About a month ago my Easy Touch salt reading went to 0 PPM. When I checked the cell the red salt light was on and the cell would not cycle. Cleaning it did nothing. In short it was dead. I installed a new IC40 about two weeks ago. The salt readings came back and everything was...

Call me anal(can I say that here??..lol) but nothing goes into my pool until it gets disolved in my 5 gallon pool bucket first, including salt. The only exception are things that you want to put directly into the skimmer, like DE. Then I broadcast it across the pool. I fill up my bucket, pure in...

Things that make you go hmmmm...lol

The IC40 will do the trick and then some. I have one and on my 25K gallon pool. Anything past 40% and I start getting to much chlorine, even in the hottest summers.

Looks as if you have done your research and I thank you for sharing. I understood that there was a temp sensor in the flow switch that had something to do with your salt calculation. As I said earlier the switch or something I did installing it seemed to fix my problem. My salt readings match...

Cbach, as I stated in my post above, I just went through the same thing. A red salt light and a 0 PPM reading one day, when the day before everything was fine. What I didn't mention, I also tried the change the flow switch fix. It didn't work. Why Pentair mentions this as a fix for salt reading...

Robl45 asked the million dollar question. Is it part of the automation. If the answer is yes, and it's just the cell that is/has failed, the most economical thing to do is replace the cell. As for reviews, keep in mind that people that have had a negative experience with a product are MUCH more...

I've been using Acua Salt sinse day one, which was in August 2008. I've never liked the idea of pouring anything into my pool in a solid fourm. So unless it's something that goes in the skimmer, it goes into my 5 gallon bucket, gets dissolved and then I broadcast it into the pool. Salt...