I closed my pool yesterday, drained the water down below the skimmer and returns. I put a gizmo in the skimmer, and poured a couple inches of pink pool antifreeze in the bottom. This morning I went out and opened the skimmer to make sure the gizmo was sealed, and the liquid is now clear instead of pink. Is that normal?
Does pink antifreeze turn clear?
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Where did you pour the liquid? In the skimmer basket or down the skimmer drain? I can not image you will be able to see the water in the piping if blown out correctly. I removed literally 99% of all the water in the skimmer runs.
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I do not use Anti-freeze, but chances are that is normal!
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I do not use Anti-freeze, but chances are that is normal!
I blew out the lines, and poured some anti freeze down the drain (cheap insurance). Then I put the gizmo in and poured some anti freeze in the bottom of the skimmer basket. When I checked this morning to see if the gizmo had sealed correctly, the liquid was clear!
I haven't seen RV antifreeze change color when stored in the bottle for extended times (over a year); not sure why it should do that in your pool overnight. That would make me suspect a water leak into the area you're looking at. However, I have no direct experience with IG pool closings, so take my comment with a grain of salt.
As singingond mentioned, do you have a lot more water in the skimmer now then you did before? If so, maybe that is what you are dealing with.
My skimmer was almost 100% dry as the water level was below the skimmer in the pool and kept vacuuming the water during the closing. In Philadelphia, I doubt the winters will be that rough. The Gizmo is really only what you need.
My skimmer was almost 100% dry as the water level was below the skimmer in the pool and kept vacuuming the water during the closing. In Philadelphia, I doubt the winters will be that rough. The Gizmo is really only what you need.
I don't think there's more water in there now than there was before...but maybe I'll dry it up with some paper towels and see if it remains dry.