Recent content by Beastmode45

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    Pentair heater "whine"

    All - I had a similar issue. The heater would make a squeaking noise (just like OP showed in his video). Removed the thermal regulator and it went away. Re-sat the regulator in the spring a little more flat, and replace it - Noise is GONE!. Thanks for the tips everyone!
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    Algae Continues to Come Back on Sides of Pool...what am I doing wrong?

    Thanks! That is good to know and I will do the SLAM and see how things go.
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    Algae Continues to Come Back on Sides of Pool...what am I doing wrong?

    I just realized my mistake. I must still be hungover from vacation. I filled to the 10ml in my FAS-DPD kit and it took 5 drops. Which is “2.5” ppm - not 5 ppm. It’s only 0.5 ppm per drop. Duh. Sorry. So I went from 6.4 to 2.5 in 4 days. That seems more correct. So I will definitely do the SLAM...
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    Algae Continues to Come Back on Sides of Pool...what am I doing wrong?

    Hi. I don’t have pucks in the pool as I used to have high CYA (90+) and did a 50% water exchange a couple of weeks ago to get it to normal levels. So I’ve been keeping the stabilizer out of the pool so that the FC would work. So even though FC is going down slow, I should still SLAM to kill the...
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    Algae Continues to Come Back on Sides of Pool...what am I doing wrong?

    Hi - I’m new to TFP, but have bought a Taylor K-2006C and have been testing daily. The balance looks good...here are my levels: FC = 5 CC = 0 PH = 7.4 TA = 110 CYA = 40-50 (I believe it’s at about the 45 mark) (My pool is ~22K gallons, chlorine pool - I don’t have a SWCG) My problem is...