Recent content by bosco

Hi - I'm hoping to get a heat pump for an approk 16k gallon (depth 3- 6 ft) pool in Tucson Arizona. My plan would be to install both a heat pump and automatic cover. Ideally I would like to have it keep the pool up to a minimum of 80 degrees through November and hopefully also again in End Feb...

Hi! Who did you get an estimate from on that in Tucson? I'm there and looking for an estimate for a similar sized pool and this is a decent one!

Hi - Thanks for your questions! Sorry for slow response. Well - I looked at the recommended PH and other settings for the pool and realized I was running the PH/alkalinity level too high It was around 7.8 - I adjusted PH to around 7.2-7.3 and voila! the chlorine generation started to work...

Got a new Jandy Truclear SWG installed about 3 months ago - We live in a high calcium water area (Arizona) - after about 2 months I noticed chlorine generation was getting low and turned off power and saw that the cell had buildup and cleaned the cell per intructions with a muriatic acid...

Ok, now its strange.. a few hours after the stain turned more reddish, it faded to about 10% of what it was... So maybe it is iron??

Oh, by the way, these stains were not on the pool when purchased. some months after purchase (6?) one started to appear, and others continued to slowly appear and grow over 2 years.

Hi - this house was purchased about 2.5 yrs ago, and since then I have had two types of stains found on the pool - one green/yellow and likely from organic algae growth. I removed most of it by directly putting vitamin c on areas. The other are dark grey "stripes" which sometimes have some...

yes, I dont think its an itellivalve. I remember a year or two ago a service person came out and adjusted it manually by taking off the valve handle. I dont remember seeing anything like the link you share here.

Thanks for suggestion. I was just out at the house and the tenants seem happy with the temp for now. Solar blanket overnight w/o solar rooftop coils has pool at 85 in mid-afternoon. not bad. :) - I wont be there again for a few days & will post a pic when I am.

Ok, thanks for both links. very helpful "light evening reading" & I will adjust the actuator in a few days when I'm out at the house again. I'll work on finding troubleshooting resources somewhere on solar rooftop coils. If I figure anything out I will post.

Darn Nobody knows anything about the Pentair actuator valve?? If I could just figure out how to adjust it for partial flow when "on" I think I'd be ok for a couple weeks.

hi! I have a solar pool water heater system - There is no connected spa, It has a Sun touch controller with a 3 way actuator valve (Pentair?) which was installed by a local solar company. The issue is that when the system is set to divert the water to the rooftop solar coils, the pump...

I had a thought. We are going on vacation for a week later this year.. It occurred to me that since bleach is heavier than water, if I put a gallon of bleach with the cap off at the bottom of the pool it will take some time to diffuse through the opening into the pool. I can control the...

Hi folks. Update. I had the house avail for 2 days and I drained about a foot of water & refilled (pool is shallow, only 3 ft at perimeter and 4.5 at center). Now CYA is at 75, better.. we have been going every 2 days and boosting chlorine up to 15-ish with 1.5 gal LC at night. it seems to...

Ok, sounds good. I'll get an underwater gopro which is uric acid sensitive!! :) Thanks for the info on LC dispensers! Ill look into that as well as a SWG. In short term I'll incrementally do partial drain refills over the next 4 days until I can do a bit more. Will also look into fire dept...