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Here in the Jacksonville area we have 2.5 gal refills of 10.5% chlorine at most Ace hardware and Pinch-a-Penny's for $4.99.

I'm on my 2nd or 3rd SWCG system. The first one was called a Chloromatic I think. Then I got the Goldline Aqua Rite. I've replaced the board in the Aqua Rite and the cells a few times of course.

I have been maintaining my pool since it was built in 2000 with the help of my Aqua Rite SWCG. Had a problem with the circuit board on the Aqua Rite and the TFP forums helped me fix it for a fraction of the cost of a new unit. Have enjoyed reading Pool School and the "TFP Way". Thanks!

I had the same problem. Did a google search and found the thermistor solution. Ordered it yesterday (Saturday) on Amazon, paid $4 extra on my Prime membership, and received it today, Sunday! (kind of amazing to me). My future son-in-law and I took out the panel and replaced the thermistor in...

I'm going to drain some of the pool to get the CYA down. Does anyone know if the CYA is more concentrated at the top or bottom of the pool? I read elsewhere that if you let the pool sit for 8 hours with no circulation, that the CYA will rise to the top. You can then remove water via a sump...

Definitely don't want it popping. Our pool popped during construction 15 years ago. The pool contractor just about died. Fortunately it was covered by his insurance. They had to totally break up the pool shell and redo the entire pool.

So I want to start draining. The more I drain at once, the less "dilution" water I will have to add to get the CYA down, but it's not safe structurally to drain out too much. Any suggestions?

Thanks very much for the feedback. The CYA test was done at two different pool stores and one was 97 and one was 100. I definitely want to get the level down to below 50 so I guess I need to gradually start draining and refilling. I'd like to just do it and be done with it, but I don't think...

My daughter just moved into a new home with a 34,000 gallon pool here in Florida. It's marcite. The prior owner chlorinated with tablets and shocked with liquid chlorine ("when I got algae"). It looked great when we moved in, but a few days later, some algae began to appear. We tested and...