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Lowering TA

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stevo777 said:
Fill water with a moderately high TA is probably contributing to the problem, here in the desert southwest.
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SWG has 0 to minimal impact on pH rise. Your TA is the cause of the rise. Your Evap rate and water replacement with high TA is what you are fighting.

I wrote a thread just for you....

Lowering Total Alkalinity (TA) Quickly with the Acid Aeration Method

Thought I'd make a post that might help others. We've had quite a few members this year with high TA, and I've been typing the same information over and over. I'm going to post this so I can link it to help others. High TA can cause rapid pH rise. High TA is typically caused by high TA fill...
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Looking for advice regarding pool plaster nightmare

voidpointer
Small update: Very strange situation with NPT. For the past 1-2 weeks I've been calling the Dallas center requesting they email their list of certified/approved plaster applicators to me. Each time I leave my email address and they say they'll send it "right now" but I never get anything. Called today and they said they actually don't have access to it and it has to be requested through a manager / corporate (???)

Very confusing to me. NPT is very shielded and loves to give the runaround. I'm not sure why. I have other issues regarding communication with them and especially their warranty process.

Not sure why a list of companies that apply their products would be such a secret or difficult thing to obtain.
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AquaRite S3 Salt Reading Way High

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I have the same system and mine read high with the "high salt alarm" from the time it was new until it was used for about 5 months. I knew my salt level was fine and searched the internet for reasons and even called Hayward (waste of time), but never found anything. It was working just fine producing chlorine so I gave up and let it go. Just within the last week or so it started reading more accurately to what I was getting through my testing, but still a little high.
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Ichlor 30 flow switch

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ajw22 said:
Disconnect the white wire and run the cell and see what the cell temperature reads.

If the cell does not work that way, get a 10K resistor and connect it between the black and white wires instead of the wires in the black cable. Cell temperature should read 76F. If it does not than the board in the cell is bad.
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Thanks for the info! I am going to try this when I get home. So I'll first leave the black to black and red to red connected and run it with the whites disconnected? But if that doesn't work and when I do the resistor, am I connecting it to the black and white coming from cell itself, not the flow switch black and white, correct? Thanks again.
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Cartridge Filter PSI is not stable

voidpointer
HermanTX said:
It is the largest residential cartridge filter which is great.
One suggestion is to purchase new filters (it’s a quad setup) and then start fresh.
You can soak the old filters in a solution of TSP. Then you have an exchange set which makes cleaning your filter much easier and quicker.
See Cartridge Filter Use and Care - Further Reading
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So something like this?

It's one of the brands recommended by the further reading page you linked.
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TriStar XE Not Working with ProLogic Automation

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My pool was installed in 2011. My pump recently died and I cannot buy the same kind. I purchased a TriStar XE Series 2.25hp pump as a replacement for the old 1.85hp pump. The new pump does not use the neutral wire. I connected the two hot leads and the ground and turned on the breakers for the ProLogic system. The time of day is correct in the ProLogic system to run the pump and I have 120vac at each lug on the pump, but the green light on the pump does not light up, and the pump never starts running. If I bypass the ProLogic system and go direct from the GFCI breaker to the pump, the green light illuminates and the pump starts running.

What would cause the pump to not run when wired into the ProLogic automation system and delivering 120vac per leg, but yet run when it is wired directly to the GFCI breaker with 120vac per leg? It makes no since to me!

I need the pump to be controlled by the aProLogic system because I have a spa connected to my pool and need the pump to run at 100% when the spa is being used.

Thanks for your help.
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Cartridge Filter PSI is not stable

voidpointer
jsygrls said:
Just maybe an OCLT is the next step for you. Glancing at your logs twice in the last three weeks your chlorine was less than 2,
Sounds like your filter is doing what its designed to do and filtering algae.
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My CL has never been that low. I've also never had algae issues. Are you confusing the maintenance (SWG adjustments) with the tests? Like this?
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ScreenLogic alerts on my IPhone app

ajw22
Welcome too TFP.

A VS pump should get continuous power.

Your pump is probably powered from the load side of the filter pump relay. The pump power is being lost when the pump is stopped.

The wires for the pump power need to be moved from the LOAD screws to the LINE screws of the filter pump relay.

Show us pictures of the EasyTouch with the front panel removed showing the wiring.
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