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Recommendations vary also based on how your oxidizer (usually chlorine) is being added. 2ppm is generally fine if you don't have a very high CYA level AND are constantly testing and adding chlorine as needed, or if you have a constant source of new chlorine to replace what is being consumed...

Thanks - will definitely check when they get here; I'm also going to have them add unions so I may just take the hit and replace the sand now, and then do the deep cleaning every year at opening. I could add the unions myself but I just don't have the time or inclination right now.

Testing every 2-3 hours. Keeping the FC at or around 12ppm. The sand was never deep cleaned; you think that's better than just replacing it? And yeah, the water is unusually warm, so I figured that wasn't helping. And the rain here hasn't been helping either.

Why 28ppm? Based on my CYA should be 12ppm.

Hi All: I very rarely post because I've never had a problem I couldn't figure out based on the amazing help here, but on this one I'm a bit baffled (or maybe I just need some encouragement to continue forging ahead). Went on vacation for a few weeks, and had a pool company come and service the...

Yes, I replaced the entire cell, including cable and flow switch. An interesting symptom that I noticed - when rebooting the SWG, its 8 hour run time begins. At 8 hours, only the top "salt level" light is lit - at 7:59, all BUT the top light is lit. at 7:58, another light goes out, as if the...

Do you mean a loose cell cable? I've checked that, and even replaced the cell. I'm going to go change the fuse holder right now and try to connect the cell outside of the "box" in which the wires are.

At this point, I've replaced every component in the system, to no avail. Could the GFCI outlet to which it is connected be causing this issue? *note - it's not tripping, and does disconnect power from the Autoclear when manually tripped.

It was a dare. You HAVE to do it . . .!

A raw egg. Including the yolk. Never again.

I called Polaris back again, they are sending me a third control board and a transformer. yay.

So I was all gung ho this season, got the water CRYSTAL clear thanks to TFP. Then I found out that my SWG wasn't working. I've been back and forth with Polaris, and they sent me a new cell (as in previous years I've already replaced the control panel and the entire control module). So it was...

AFAIK, it is not recommended as the high chlorine levels can affect parts of the cleaner.

I'm not sure what that is - do you leave a pool light on at night?