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    alkalinity trouble

    My pool has been doing great this year. We were away since Friday and I left my grandson to keep an eye on things. We got in late last night and this morning the pool looked great. I ran a sample and the ph and chlorine were right where they should be. Then I ran a sample on the alkalinity. I...
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    Doheny's Discovery, S200, Active20, Triton owners club

    We just bought a Dolphin M200. I'm not sure if that qualifies me for membership in the club or not. Either way I am very happy with this robot so far, we named it Robbie. Right now Robbie is cleaning the pool while I am enjoying the AC.;)
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    Backwash vv hard to turn

    Ok Thanks, now that you mention it i seem to recall doing that years ago with another valve. I have had so many pool adventures it is hard to remember them all. :scratch:
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    Backwash vv hard to turn

    I have a 200 pound Hayward sand filter with the side mounted backwash vv. It is probably about 6-8 years old and recently gotten very hard to turn. I have been thinking about taking it apart to try and clean and lubricate it. Is this practical or am i going to have springs fly everywhere with...
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    Just joined the forum

    The test kit and speedstir are ordered. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Just joined the forum

    Thanks for the words of welcome. I read my post again and realized i was wrong about size. Our pool is 18x36 with an 8ft deep end. It holds about 22,000 gallons of water. We have a 200 pound Hayward filter. As suggested I will work all of that into my signature line this evening. Thanks for the...
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    Just joined the forum

    It occurred to me this morning that with all of the other forums I belong to that there might be one for pools, not sure why i never thought of it before. I looked around a bit and found this one, it looks like a lot of useful information and an active membership so here goes. We built our own...