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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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My banshee screaming pool pump must be silenced.

PoolStored
3stacksOfHighSociety said:
Any suggestions on what pump, salt cell, and filter to buy?
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Need to tell me the service to the pump. Is it 115v or 230v options really change. See if it is on a single or double breaker,
Get the largest VSP you can afford and will fit your pad.
Get a cell that is 2x your pool volume.
Without automation the Circupool RJ-30+ would be perfect for you. You can get best price on discountsaltpool.com
I'd get a 425. Pentair Clean and Clear PLUS or the Waterway are both good filters.
3stacksOfHighSociety said:
Are the claimar pumps any good?
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Seems to be...many go that way because they can buy 3 of them for the price of the big brands.
Personally, I like pentair intelliflo3.
3stacksOfHighSociety said:
Do I need to keep it at 1.25 HP or should I run a more powerful pump?
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Get a 2.7 or 3hp. You run on low speed and a bigger pump will move same volume at lower speeds. Saves electricity. I spend about $20/month on electricity. In Florida will be important.
3stacksOfHighSociety said:
The only pipe that is labeled is the left side top which just says “skim” in sharpie. Can I open and close those valves while the pump is running to determine what they are?
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Yes, but NEVER dead head the pump.
3stacksOfHighSociety said:
The supply side should have one for the skimmer, one for the vac, and one for the bottom drain. I assume the return is just the jets and the waterfall. I didn’t think the jets would have two lines, but that makes sense.
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Yep.

Post up on the electrical service.
Do you have interest in automation in the future? That may change answers on pump/SWG.
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Storm Debris in Hot Tub

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This is what I have for getting stuff in the bottom of my tub.

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Possibly damaged motor when replacing start capacitor

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Either of these with a Go-Kit 2.

Century (A.O. Smith) V-Green EVO 2.25 HP Up Rate VS Motor, Round Flange 56J Frame, Variable Speed - Model EVC225 - INYOPools.com

V-Green EVO 2.2 HP Round Flange 56J Variable Speed Motor - EVC225
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Neptune NPTT225 2.25 THP Variable Speed 56J TEFC Pool Pump Motor

The Neptune™ variable speed pool pump motor is a premium efficient product that includes a fully integrated motor, control and user interface (UI). This U.S. MOTORS® product gives you programming flexibility and speed range capability. It is also designed to communicate and operate with a...
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@1poolman1 can confirm the gokit...
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We are just learning and bought a Taylor kit

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We have a pool company coming one more month every week but we want to do our pool maintenance ourselves to save money and to know what we’re doing. We bought the pool chlorine tablets from our Aqua Supply pool store. Our pool maintenance puts 3 tablets into our dispenser weekly and keeps the nozzle on 3. We had a new Hayward Sand filter and timer installed and bought a Hayward robot pool vacuum. The Taylor kit doesn’t explain very well what all the tubes in the kit are used for. It’s Greek to me. Do you have something I can read for Dummies? In regards to all the tubes in my Taylor kit. Thx
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My banshee screaming pool pump must be silenced.

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Thanks for the reply.

Any suggestions on what pump, salt cell, and filter to buy?
Are the claimar pumps any good?
Do I need to keep it at 1.25 HP or should I run a more powerful pump?

The only pipe that is labeled is the left side top which just says “skim” in sharpie. Can I open and close those valves while the pump is running to determine what they are?

The supply side should have one for the skimmer, one for the vac, and one for the bottom drain. I assume the return is just the jets and the waterfall. I didn’t think the jets would have two lines, but that makes sense.

Thanks again
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Mystery Pool Pump Model

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How many pumps for cover?

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Hi, I recently moved into a new home with a 18x40 inground pool with an auto cover (need to update current signature). I have one APCP-1700 115-Volt, 1/3 HP, 1745 GPH pump on top of the cover for when it rains (I try to keep it in the center of the cover). It seems to be doing a decent job, but should I pool/cover this size have two pumps or is one sufficient? I attached an image - but please keep in mind it’s been raining hard all day (at least 1”), so I feel it’s not bad based on the volume of rain so far (but please let me know if I’m wrong)

Also, any tips for efficiency when taking the cover off each day, as I’ll have to constantly unplug and remove the pump each time, unless there’s a better way of doing things.

Thank you.
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How hard is it to change out this part?

Nikilyn
Newdude said:
Flip it right side up and you'll see its *used* about 80% of its life. :ROFLMAO: its kinda useless though as we don't even know where the cutoff is. Obviously you could be 80 to 99%, but the light could also come on at 6001 hours of 10k, or 7001 of 10k. So you have between 39.99% and 1% left.

Also, its mounted wrong and its dangerous to have such a flimsy flow switch fighting gravity. It needs to be 'upflow' or horizontal.
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That's the way the pool guy put it in because of the way the water flows I assume. Does it matter if the water flows a different way? I would think the threads would be going the wrong way to flip it.
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Is there a dangerous pressure level?

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These few weeks is high shedding from trees behind our fence (combo of those helicopter things and pollen chunky things). It constantly fills the skimmers but today it happened to fill the pump basket too. The kids are a bit older and like to empty the skimmer baskets but maybe they’re letting too much down into the pump and it can clog it. Pressure reading is normally 22 when clean but it was up at 35 which had me a bit nervous. I cleared all the baskets and pressure was back to normal quickly but it made me wonder how high is too high??
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