Thanks AJ, just didn’t want any to leave anything to chance. I may have gotten this unit on sale but I don’t want to do anything to promote it’s early demise!

PoolStored said:

Do you have distilled water? Fill the pH tube 1/2 way with distilled water, then fill the rest with pool water. Test and post picture of pH.

Go to pool math, gear in upper right, scroll to bottom and enable sharing with TFP.

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Half distilled water. I checked both of the options on the sharing on the app.

ajw22 said:

I vote drain. What does @RDspaguy say?

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Haven't seen a response - should I just wait? I don't need to decide until the end of July - Doug

Ok will do 3.8 right on the edge. I turned down swg
That's. Found chart in book thanks

Jimrahbe said:

62,

If your pump does not have a control head that has a display, or buttons, then you must have an app of some type that will control the speed of the pump.

Show us a pic of the pump you have..

Thanks,

Jim R.

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My apologies it took me a minute to figure out how to reduce the images. Lol

Here is some images.

62,

If your pump does not have a control head that has a display, or buttons, then you must have an app of some type that will control the speed of the pump.

Show us a pic of the pump you have..

Thanks,

Jim R.

Jimrahbe said:

Loki,

I had the Dolphin Premier and I doubt it will do what you want..

Does it look like this...?

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If so, it has two small suction slots and very small filters... It is a 10 or 15 year old design...

I've moved on to the EVO, but I am not sure it would work for what you have.. Seems like the cones would just get jammed up in the suction ports...

New EVO 614i Robot Pool Cleaner Review

About a month ago I needed a new robot pool cleaner and I contacted Margaret at Marina Pool and Spa. My initial goal was to buy another S200 "style" robot as I have been happy with them so far. Margaret suggested that I might want to look at a new line of robot cleaners that Marina is now...

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Not sure it is even possible, but I would try to find someone local that will let you try out their robot for a couple of days.. Some Pool Stores have loaners.. Unfortunately, the only way to know for sure if a robot will work, or not, is to actually try it...

Thanks,

Jim R.

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Yep that's the one I was looking at. Thank you for the real-world advice. I'll have to see if any of my local pool stores will do a loaner.

If the sample size was 25mL, then each drop is .2 FC. so, 3.8FC.
If the sample size was 10mL, then each drop is .5 FC. So, 9.5 FC.

Use the 10mL sample, plenty accurate and will save reagent.

30-45 minutes depending on temps...

Do you have distilled water? Fill the pH tube 1/2 way with distilled water, then fill the rest with pool water. Test and post picture of pH.

Go to pool math, gear in upper right, scroll to bottom and enable sharing with TFP.

I would keep the dog off of it for at least 4 hours. If you are super worried about it then 12 hours. After that it is safe.

Newdude said:

Swimming is safe between min FC and slam for your CYA. You also need to be able to see the floor well enough for a disabled swimmer resuce should the need arise.

If you have those 2 covered, you're safe to swim.

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Even if the pH is below 7?

The Dolphin’s power supply won’t power up on the third use. Submitted the service request. Sigh.

I'm having a problem finding a vacuum I've looked at the 4 wheel Hayward (expensive to repair )and the Polaris - they all seem to have issues with getting out of the deep end and getting hung up and flipping on their side. What if I just get one of the robots I can drop in run and then pull out? The question then is how is my water circulating? Currently it goes through my side vacuum fitting and also through the skimmer I don't know about the main drains I would have to test those somehow- I tried with my little pH tester and I didn't see the dye being sucked in but maybe I'm doing it wrong. As far as eyeballs I'll have to look into that do they fit right on the cut off PVC that's flush with the side of the pool? I don't think the flow is enough to make much difference frankly I can feel it with my hand. Strong over the large shallow Baja ledge medium in the shallow end and the deep end return is just a trickle . I'm just concerned that my only source of drainage is going to be my skimmer if I plug up that side valve. How do I test my main drains? And what I was actually looking for is a fitting that would go over the side suction intake That would still suck in water it would have a protective covering over it but that way I would get suction from both the skimmer and the side valve after removing the suction vacuum- do they make something like that because I've looked and I don't see anything from my first pass search . Thanks!

PoolStored said:

Dunno.

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I measured with an old K-1000. Got 0 Cl. I guess it's not green only due to lack of sunlight. Better close that tile until next weekend when I open the pool.

brennerc said:

Correct the kit is still in the mail. I took a sample in to the local pool store and that was the results from Monday night. Using an old test strip, it looked like just the chlorine was off. Adding more chlorine today.

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OK, finally got my test kit in the mail and figured out how to use it. Showing chlorine is super high, pH is low and Alkalinity is high. pH is 7.2...range should be between 7.2-8.0, why does the app want me to get up to 7.6? Under Total Alkalinity it is telling me to reduce pH to 7.0-7.2 (it is a 7.2 now) and then aerate to increase pH. I don't know what "aerate" means but the app is telling me to raise my pH by adding Borax and then lower it back to where I am at?

Also pool is still super cloudy. Can barely see the bottom. Shouldn't the Chlorine be cleaning up anything that is floating in the water? Vacuuming current 3-4 times per day with the Nautilus.

Just a little confused here.

Rancho Cost-a-Lotta said:

Measure the socket on a coupling. I seem to recall its less.

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I didn't have a coupling on hand, just got back from Home Depot with all the parts. The socket is indeed less (1.375), so I'm good to go. Thanks.

Does anyone know how long I should wait after gluing all together, before turning on the pump?

PoolStored said:

Raise your TA with baking soda to 60. Test pH 30 minutes later. If 7.0 or above, leave it. If not, use borax to raise pH to 7.4.

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TA is now 60 and pH is 7.2. Time to swim! Ty!

For reference. This is a photo of my pool Tuesday 5/13 when I first started this thread.