Be safe: find the electrical breaker for the light and flip it off before pulling the light out. Turn the breaker back on only once everything is cleaned and put back together.
Lurker attempting first SLAM
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Should be one screw at the top of the light that secures it to the wall. Try that one first if you can find it
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Man!! You guys are good!! So I pulled the light. That may have been the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. And I've seen some pretty gross things. It was like I was vomited on by the light casing. Thick, green, nasty stuff just came spewing out of it. And there I sat. Right in front of it. With my face in the water. Classic.
Happy to be of service but ... This thread is unless without pictures!!!!
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I can almost gaurantee its green black behind that light
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Was hoping your wife / girlfriend / minion was taking pictures of you leaning into the pool and the POOF cloud of goo.
My favorite ... "Back up kiddos daddy is about to do something stupid!"
My favorite ... "Back up kiddos daddy is about to do something stupid!"
My step son was standing there. But I'm not about to let him have my phone anywhere near a large body of water. But he mirrored the same opinion as I did.
Man... This is like third thread this month where the Slam got stuck at 1CC and the light was a puking mess. Looks like we need to pull our lights as part of the initial steps for a big slam.
Yeah there have been a lot of these. I think I should check my light add part of maintenance.
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karmabiker said:
This post is just waaaayyyyyy too funny, in every single way. HAHA
Thanks for laughs!
I especially love the "minion". *Peter Lorre voice* "Yes master, yes."
Slim Daddy said:
Me, too!
I've been using SLAM to clear a swamp. The water has been beautifully clear for days, but CC was 1.0 every morning. I had seen the threads here on algae-filled light niches, and finally checked mine out this weekend. Yep, green/black algae was in there.
I think it's worth adding this to things to check on the "clearing a swamp" sticky.
Ok, so I think I'm finally done w the slam. My water is crystal clear. My FC stayed at 20 ppm over night. But my CC making me hesitant. It's ALMOST clear after one drop. Just a very tiny bit of pink left. It's like if I could do one and a half drops it would be fine. But I thought maybe since I didn't lose any chlorine overnight that maybe it was good. Any thoughts??
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Since your water is clear, FC loss is less than or equal to 1ppm and only one drop to neutralize the CC test, meaning 0.5ppm CC or less, you have passed all 3 criteria.
There will always be something the FC is killing, hence the CCs present. Sometimes they're there and sometimes not. But always at or less than .5ppm and you're fine.
There will always be something the FC is killing, hence the CCs present. Sometimes they're there and sometimes not. But always at or less than .5ppm and you're fine.
If it's almost (but not quite) clear at 1 drop, your CC is between 0.5 and 1. You are very close! Keep the FC up today and repeat the test in the morning.