Well, this is my second season but I still consider myself new as I'm learning still...
Coleman Steel 22' above ground vinyl side above ground pool
A "starter" of sorts. Wife really didn't want a pool but gave in, telling me I was the ONLY one that was going to take care of it!.
I'd say I did pretty well the first summer. I managed to keep it clear all season.
I did NOT close it. The cover was too hard to maintain ON so the last time it blew off, that was it.
I skimmed and keep debris from settling all winter. Stayed rather clear. Early spring, it started to turn green. I knocked that out quickly.
My BIGGEST struggle was dealing with the pollen. I was turned on to scum sponges and 24 of them in the pool, squeezing them out daily for 2 weeks did the trick but surely there's something better out there! What a pain this was...
Then...the pool store was afraid I got it in chlorine lock. Somehow I came out of it w/ a few shocks and am back to clear and good levels.
Pain in the butt to vacuum as the water hose fed vacuum's bag is to low a mesh fine particles just bleed through.
I purchased an underwater hand vacuum w/ 500 mesh filter. Seems to trap the fine particles just fine.
Just purchased a solar cover. To y surprise it worked! 79 degrees until the cover. 83 degrees today!
Well, that's me and my pool.

I just made a post to inquire about my pump's GFI plug. Hoping anybody can help...
Message is here:

We have to renovate our pool after a ripped liner, so now is our opportunity to add an automatic cover if we are going to add one. Because it’s a Roman pool, it has to have use rails on the deck, but I could recess them in the edges of a slightly higher second deck. I’ve included a stock photo from Latham showing what I would go for.

It’s not cheap though. I’d like to keep the pool warm, and reduce evaporation. Not sure how much that would really work out.

Are they worth it? I’d hate to spend all that money and still end up with a cold pool, or something that breaks and constantly needs repair all the time. What have your experiences been?

So many questions. Gotta start somewhere.

Bought a house with an inground pool. Original pool was built circa 1970s. It's about 30,000 gallons, 10 feet deep, and has a bump out for a spa. The structure of it is sound and in good condition (we had it inspected before we bid on the house), and over the years it has been maintained and has had some improvements, including newer systems (seems like it's all pentair: automation, variable speed pump, DE filter, remote and a wireless bridge for app automation)

One issue we knew about were the pool lights, of which there are two: one in the deep end and the other in the spa. The sellers disclosure said the bulbs were out, which indicates to me that maybe the fixtures are ok, but just the bulbs are out. Indeed, neither one works. I cannot for the life of me figure out where in the pool house the line coming in for them is, and the breaker box has ZERO things labeled so while it's easy to figure out what controls what for things that work (because those things go off when you flip the switch), I can't tell where (or if) the pool lights are even connected.

After I turned all the breakers off (including all systems and even the lights for the pool house) I unscrewed the light in the spa since it was easy to access and tried to pull it up and out of the water but the line is too short. I put it back in and turned the systems back on.

There are two silver boxes behind each pool light set back from the pool deck sticking out of the gorund so I'm ASSUMING those are the junction boxes.

Options:

1) Get dry access to the fixture by draining the spa side. It's a small spa and I have a pump. There's a decorative fountain nearby that I can pump the water into and then put it back in once I'm done. In fact, that's exactly what I did yesterday after I cleaned and prepped the fountain--I filled it with clean and treated pool water using the pump and a garden hose. I can stick rubber covers over the drains in the spa and get the spa drained quickly without wasting any water. Advantages of this approach are determining whether the fixtures and power are actually working and it's just the bulb that's out. BUT even if if's just the bulb, disadantages of this approach is that obviously this is not an option for the pool-side light. Maybe the cord for the pool side light is longer, but it's certainly reasonable to assume it's not.

2) Go at it from the junction box side. Disconnect the current fixture and pull it through and then thread it back. Advantages of this approach are that it would work for pool and spa side. Disadvantages are...well, it's quite a few running feet through a passageway that's 50 years old. Biggest fear would be getting it out and then never getting it back in. Certainly I could attach it to some flexible cable and preserve the run so I'm not fishing it so much as just pulling it back through.

How DO people change pool light bulbs???

IF the junction box approach is the right one, would it be smarter to simply change the whole fixture once I've committed to pulling the cable all te way out? The light fixture itself looks like it's about as old as the pool. And this way I can make sure there's plenty of cord for future bulb changes should that be needed.