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IC-20 low salt reading Despite fine levels

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Jimrahbe said:
Dan,

You can buy a tube that fits in the same space as the cell, that allows the cell to be removed..

But.. The flow switch fix takes about an hour or less and is done without removing the cell.

If you want to re-run the salt test, just turn the cell off and back on.. You should then see the cell's salt lights flashing red and green for about 5 minutes...

Thanks,

Jim R.
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Your advice worked! Flipped the breaker off and back on and my salt light is green!

I did check on my security cameras while they were opening pool. And remembered them adding salt right before they left.

Thank you both for the help! This is a great community that has made pool ownership much easier and less intimidating.
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Trying to Get Rid of the Pool Cleaning Blues with Robotic Cleaner

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PoolStored said:
Get the TF-pro, no salt. In March every year, TFTESTkits.net has a sale, you can do a simple update to reagents and add the salt test. Keep your kit in cool dry location to extend its life. Reagents are guaranteed a year.

Likely 22,000 gallons. Start there and we can adjust based on chemical additions and test results.
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I think even the realtor who sold us the house was guessing 30000 gallons. Just ordered the TF-Pro kit.
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A little help please.... With 23K gallon inground pebble tech pool

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Hello,

I joined here back in 2017 and got some excellent help and ordered the large test kit. Since that time life has gotten in the way and time has gone on. Things had been going fairly well for years and I was occupied doing life things. Last year things started not going so well and I had failed to keep up on my testing practices and although was keeping the chlorinator floater filled and shocking I was continuing to get algae growth weekly. Made it through the season but it was with a lot of scrubbing and plugging up my D.E. Filters which I ended up having to break down and clean up several times last season.

Well here we are again at the beginning of a new year and new season for our pool. It had gotten so bad that after taking a water sample in to Leslies Pool Supply, I was being advised that I needed well over $500 in pool chemicals to get things under control

I purchased a gas powered 2' water pump and adapted my pool vacuum hose to it. After a couple days of scrubbing the sides and bottom the best I could blindly due to the green pond like looking water that I could not see through, vacuumed the entire pool while discharging the water into the back yard. I then switched over to the 2" suction line and completely drained the entire pool all but a couple inches that remained at the bottom. Used a broom and dustpan to sweep up and get out the remaining leaves and debris and refilled the pool. I figured this would be the best avenue and would rather spend the money on the water bill than adding lots of chemicals to try and get our water right again.

I then did a complete tear down of our D.E. 80 Filter system and got it filtering right away. Got the floater full of 3" tabs and also added about 2 lbs. of shock 3 days in a row for a total of 6 lbs. of shock.

I took a sample in to Leslies for analysis, and I will post the results here. I am looking for any and all help from you generous folks here in hopes of getting my brain back on track and my pool water correctly adjusted so we can have a great season this year as well as many years to follow. I will follow your guidance to a T. Thank you in advance for the help, I really appreciate it.

Our inground pool is 23K gallons
Pebble Tech
Pool sweep powered by secondary pump
Pool Pump runs 4 hours a day, and pool sweep 2 hours a day during the time main pump is running

Leslies ACCUBLUE test completed 04/14/2025

1. Sanitize: Maintain 1-4 ppm of Free Chlorine using Leslie's tablets.
2. Shock: add 1 lbs. 6 oz. of any leslies shock weekly
3. Prevent: Add 10 Fl. Oz. of Leslies Perfect Weekly every week

TEST IDEAL RANGE RESULT

Free Chlorine: 1-4 ppm 0.34 (!)
Total Chlorine: Within 0.2 of FAC 0.35
pH 7.2-7.8 7 (!)
Total Alkalinity 80-120 ppm 99
Calcium Hardness 200-400 ppm 60 (!)
Cyanuric Acid 30-100 ppm 5 (!)
Iron 0-0.2 ppm 0.1
Copper 0-0.2 ppm 0.2
Phosphates 0-100 ppb 462 (!)
TDS 0-2500 ppm 200

PROBLEM PRODUCT SOLUTION

1. Low pH Leslies Soda Ash Add 2 Lbs. 10 Oz. of Soda Ash
2. Low FAC Leslies Add: 11 oz. of Power Powder plus 73,
Leslies OR 13 oz. of Chlor Brite, OR
Leslies 69 Fl. oz. of Sodium Hypochlorite
3. Low Calcium Hardness: Leslies Hardness Plus Add 47 lbs. 8 oz. of Leslies Hardness Plus (But no more than 20 lbs. at a time (Wait 4 Hours between ea. 20 lbs.)
4. Low Cya Instant pool water conditioner, Add 2 gl. 24 oz. of Instant Pool Water Conditioner, OR
OR Leslies Conditioner Add 5 lbs. 14 oz of Leslies Conditioner (in two separate doses)
5. High Phosphates: Leslies NoPHOS Add 49 Fl oz. of Leslies NoPHOS (Do not add more than 48 fl. oz. at any one time)

So that is my latest Leslies water test results and advisements. Granted it is now May 6'th but not much has changed and I have been trying to get to this site to see what suggestions I could get before doing anything at all. There is some algae starting to grow on the east side of our pool wall so that was my reminder I need to get some help with this ASAP

Thank you one and all and I look forward to your advice and recommendation's as well as promise to jump right on the actions you deem appropriate and necessary in the order you prescribe.
Any questions you may have, please feel free to ask and I will get you the answers.

Chuck Roberson
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Noob to the forum. Looking for CYA advice

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PoolStored said:
NO we are not slamming, we are going to attack the ammonia, then we wait for test kit before slamming.
We can only do ammonia.
I don't want to SLAM. I want you to add 10ppm, nothing more, try PM again. How much to add 10ppm?
Get 15 gallons. You can always use if for chlorinating afterwords. There will be a imprinted set of number in black by a printer on the jugs. Make sure the first two digits are 25.

Chlorine Date Code Decoder - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com
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All 25.

2 gallons 3 quarts
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Ok I am a blank page- we are getting a back yard pool for the first time- need as much advice as I can get

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mariane said:
I agree with YippeeSkippy. Better at the far side of the pool than near side and near the house. But that means the skimmer and return lines are also at the far side of the pool. Are you putting in a deep end or is it all one depth?
We put ours in the back corner of the yard behind a big lilac bush. It's at least 15 ft. away from the pool and not a problem pumping.
Bury the plumbing too. No flexible hoses.
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Yes, all behind our house, 6' Almond privacy fence around our back yard. Most will not even know that it's there.
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IC-20 low salt reading Despite fine levels

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DanWC said:
Isn’t there an attachment I can buy that is size of SWG that will allow me to run pool when cell not attached? My concern is if I do have to have it fixed, I will not be able to run the pump.
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Dan,

You can buy a tube that fits in the same space as the cell, that allows the cell to be removed..

But.. The flow switch fix takes about an hour or less and is done without removing the cell.

If you want to re-run the salt test, just turn the cell off and back on.. You should then see the cell's salt lights flashing red and green for about 5 minutes...

Thanks,

Jim R.
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Noob to the forum. Looking for CYA advice

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PoolStored said:
Ok, go to walmart and get 15 gallons of liquid chlorine. May take more, may take less, but you can use it to add FC after ammonia and slam.They have Pool Essential Liquid chlorine.
Also, if you don't have it, get at least 8 pounds of chlorine stabilizer, should come in a bag. It's dry granules.
Might check your local store online to see if they have both in stock.
When you have your LC, I want you to add 10ppm of LC pump running. Use pool math to determine how much (Walmart LC is 10%). Post how much and I'll confirm you are using PM right.
Then, test FC with your DPD after 30 minutes, post a pic of the comparator.


This is what we are going to do. We can get rid of the ammonia with the DPD test.

Ammonia - Further Reading

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It's ironic that you suggested 15 gallons. That's what fits in the walmart cart. 5.57 a gallon in WA state.

What's next.
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Ok I am a blank page- we are getting a back yard pool for the first time- need as much advice as I can get

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YippeeSkippy said:
The thing that bothers me about above ground pool installations is when the equipment gets put front and center and visible from the house. It's detracting to me. So all I can add is consider putting that equipment pad (even if its just straight on the ground) *behind* the pool.
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oh, me too. The pool will be in. the back yard corner, and all of the plumbing etc. behind that.
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Wide mouth skimmer basket

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Here is what ive come up with. I couldnt find anything scouring the internet. Everything ive seemed to find has 4 holes on the sides where mine only has 3. External dimensions are 15 7/16"x 9 1/16" and internal dimensions are 11 15/16"x5 9/16". It has a hayward sand filter and pump. The pool is a "summit 24x54" Thats pretty much the only info I have.
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Pool Deck Expansion Joints "Refresh"

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Those are control joints, not expansion joints. They control where the concrete should crack. The cracks you find in the control joints show it was effective. Leave them as is.

Control Joints in Concrete - When To Cut & Spacing - Concrete Network

Tips for cutting control joints in concrete slabs including information about when to make cuts, depth, proper spacing, corners, and more.
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