Recent content by AlexR

The skimmer and pump baskets are clean and I'm getting good flow to the pool from all three returns. I have a FlowVis flow meter plumbed in right after the filter and when I cranked the pump up to 2300rpm, it was reading 70 GPM and the pressure gauge doesn't budge.

The air relief is integrated into this gauge, so there's only the one hole. Water squirts out as expected when opening the valve on the back of the gauge. Water is flowing out my returns just fine. I tried upping the RPMs on my variable speed pump just to see what happened and the needle...

I have a Jandy CL340 cartridge filter, and its pressure gauge has been reading zero. I figured it died, so when I last cleaned the filter, I replaced it with a new OEM gauge: Amazon.com: Zodiac R0357200 Air Gauge Release Valve Assembly Replacement for Select Zodiac Pool and Spa Filters: Garden...

I love my glass rinser, I can quickly rinse my shaker tins and jigger and move to the next drink. A lot of the cocktail bars around here use them, and the couple hundred bucks was lost in the noise compared to the other stuff. I got this on here. Here are a couple bigger views of the...

I went with absolute black granite, as you don't have to seal it. Downside is that it shows dust like a black car so if you're anal like I am, you're always wiping it down. Also, if it's directly exposed to the sun it gets pretty toasty. If you're going to be mixing up drinks, make sure you...

Lately I've been getting a lot of air bubbles coming out of one the returns. This only happens when the valve is switch to the solar panels. When not on solar, no bubbles. Now I've always had some air bubbles when the solar is first switched on as all the air in the solar panels is flushed...

Yea, I thought the same thing, but the only physical characteristic specified in the specs on the Maytronics website is the weight. I downloaded the manual as well, and it doesn't list dimensions either. Alex

I'm building a storage cabinet for my pool stuff, and I'd like to size it so I could store one of these pool robots inside it that I plan on purchasing sometime this summer. What are the dimensions of the unit so I make sure I size the cabinet appropriately? I apologize if this has been...

Ok, ammonia might be what's going on here. My salt cell croaked recently, so I was running with zero chlorine for some time (not sure when it died). I just installed the new cell Sunday and added some bleach to help to get going. Testing this morning, FC was only 1. I lazily didn't test CC...

I just tested my water today (Taylor 2006 kit), and my CYA reading is baffling me. I couldn't get any reading. It was basically clear when the vial was full. Now last summer I had added a bunch of CYA and it tested around 50 or so. I double checked with the pool store, and they also didn't...