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This is the experience I have with Little Giant pool cover pump, the APCP-1700 model. I bought this pump about spring 2020 when my other pool pump seized. It behaved well during the 1st year, all the way through the winter, and even pumped out water accumulated under snow when the melt started...

Sorry about posting here: I do not see the general discussion forum. Started a week ago, Found two small poops at the opposite ends of the top step. Has happened 3 times since, last time today. I find it in the morning. Having browsed the Net I read it could be a raccoon but then when they...

For the JHPU2.0 Jandy pump, what would be a good cover for the summer weather (Sun/rain) and for winter weather (probably just a weather cover, like for a grill or AC). Has anyone used any, and what would you recommend?

My 2hp Stealth pump pump has been loud for the 3rd year; the motor gets hot and this year starting from the day I opened the pool the sound is as if it slows down and speeds up. I think it is the motor. I am thinking of replacing it, and the pool companies charge a lot for it. ($900 to $1200...

This is my review I wrote for Amazon with some additions. I bought this cleaner in June 2020. It started very well. Compared to my untimely deceased Diamond this one cleaned my pool the very first time I put it in to a sparkling shine. Yes, before putting it in the water, I checked the...

My current pump has just become intermittent. Tried cleaning etc... Looking to replace. Read reviews, found recommended Wayne and Little Giant, but those still garnered mixed reviews on Amazon. What would you guys recommend? Looking for automated only, should handle spring debris well and not...

Even though I recently added Ph Up, bringing it to 7.2, it didn't last. So I measured TA and it is quite low. But I remember beginning of July when TA was 60 whch is still below the recommended 120, I was told here to leave it beas it was good. So, should I bring TA up a bit and how much...

End of the last season my blue/green lights quit, I was left with white and purple. This season it does not even start; I turned the breaker on/off; it then started, but the next day wouldn't again. Now, I have several options: 1. Try to repair it myself. I am an EE, but this requires specific...

Just some approximate numbers. My CYA was measured by self 2 wks ago as I opened the pool at about 20. Maybe even a tad less as I could still barely view the dot. It's been two weeks and I spent 12 chlorine tabs (typically takes 5 days to fully dissolve them in the skimmers, I put them in...

After opening the pool this Monday I just got to the balancing. The usual, have to bring the TA to 120 from 60 etc. But I noticed my CYA (as measured with he TF kit) is about 20. The FC after adding a gallon of 10% stuff (and the bottle was bought last fall) this morning is 6ppm witw 0.5 ppm...

After more than 24hrs keeping it above 20ppm (my CYA is about 45 ) for two nights my morning FC reading is above the evening one. In short, I started about 9am Wednesday, and the last addition of chlorine was Thursday after sunset, and I measured it 2hrs after so it did have time to distribute...

I have CYA 40, TA 110, pH 7.4. My FC is kept at about 4-7ppm by adding a gallon of 10% twice a week. My CC is 0.5ppm or lower. Now for most of the summer, even hottest days, I was algae-free. 3 weeks ago I noticed a small patch, quickly brushed it and around and shocked the pool overnight by...

So, (measured with TFT kit, fresh) since I have 15ppm FC 0.5ppm CC 110ppm TA 7.4ppm Ph 200ppm CH 37ppm CYA Is it safe to go in, say for a short time, or should I wait for another week? I figure, if I deduct 1plm FC for every 10ppm CYA, I still have about 10ppm FC equivalent, maybe a tad less...

Hi everyone, been a while. So. To remind the pre-history, two years ago when I came into the ownership of that pool (it was sold to me with a rather nice house, so I didn't mind) first thing I did was measuring FC with a store kit after the folks who opened my pool added their chlorine to it...

That test kit everyone refers to here - where is it sold and does it come with all tests included or do I add them separately? Also, when do I need OTO test and when FAS?

At the beginning of the season I tested my water in the store I go to with computerised testing. It showed 58 CYA - quite a bit down from last year wgen I was at 98. (Yes I did use that bacterial bio stuff and it did seem to work....kick me). Anyways, I was away for two weeks and so I put 6...

Took water to test in a pool store I go to, they have computerised testing. Amongst other things the results show 500ppb phosphates. I do not use any lawn chemistry, so the explanation suggested by the store guy was "dead algae"I. (I had light algae bloom yesterday (first in the two recent...

Does anyone know Blue Diamond repair people near Jackson NJ? Leslie don't touch them, Seasonal World only changes belts. Since power is good and caterpillars work, it is either the suction motor or its wiring, in either case I have no way of repairing underwater cabling. Does it even make...

II am having a problem, so !looking for any advice<br><br>I am selling a house I bought 10 years ago that has a 1987 built Doughboy AGP. It was bought and self  installed by the original owner. The house since was resold three times and it is now when I am selling it, that they have realized the...

A week ago something happened. I had the water level steady declining bery little over the summer since beg. of July until the last weekend. I had semi rigid Tiger striping pipes (almost impossible to clamp well) connecting my pump to the filter inlet and the return to the pool. I think my real...

Washed it, put all back, put the top back, then put the belt (clasp?) on. The distance between the ends is about 1/3" larger than I need for the bokt to reach the nut. No obstructions, checked that, sprayed the belt inside with water just in case. Also sprayed the seam. No luck. I need some vice...

This is more to solicit advice and share what experience I have so far. I am into winter swimming. Hence the name "Morzh", which translated into English means "Walrus" (this is how we call people you call "Polar bears"). No I am not a club member and do not do mass events. This is why I used my...

This is the part I am not sure I fully grasp: if CYA holds the chlorine in reserve not allowing it to react with anything, then this allowed higher level of chlorine is the same as the lower without CYA? Why have higher level when it acts as lower level? And any excess where CYA is no longer...

my whole family is going vacationing for 2 weeks. Usual question, what do we do about the pool? So far my FC decline rate is under 1 ppm a day due to a fairly high CYA = 77. So when I dump a gallon of it at 8.2% strength into the pool (26K gallons), three days after I still read between 5 and...

(Just to anticipate worries about the water in the AGP and otherwise - this post's purpose is not about advice about what to do, it is just a comparison). Today I did an experiment. I took two samples, one of my IGP water and the other from the AGP, and went to two different stores (one being...

Silver Chloride Flip Plop This is the pool I was talking about in another thread (link above), I decided I did not want to hijack it anymore than I have done already, so in a nutshell: This pool (I wish I took photos) which I usually open April-May before the pollen drops (and then...

As I wrote in another thread I tested the two Leslie blue box test kits side by side, one is freshley bought and one is 10 years old (2005). The only different reading was FC, and I suspected the #2 chemical. So tonight I tested it using #1 from the old kit and #2 from the new and the reading...

This has been going on since the time the company who built the pool 10 years ago (my first season owning it) had opened the pool (month ago). When the pump starts the water sprays out of the rear flange (where the motor is attached). They tightened it but still. It does not leak, it is only...

As I told in "high chlorine" thread I shocked the pool with Cal hypo yesterday. (a turtle visited me so needed to sanitize). To refresh, I have high CYA (95) so my chlorine is high and is 6.5ppm, not going anywhere though I stopped adding it. I used three packs of 1lb of 76% of Cal hypo. I ran...

Mike's the name, native New Jersian, settled here right after coming to the US almost 26 years ago. Live in Jackson, nice place, whatever other people say about it :lol: Have been owning an above ground Doughboy (got it with a house) for 10 years, now moved to a new place with an in-ground...