Recent content by Branch Fly

Thank you Jeff. This is very helpful

After some research, I think I'm going to pull the trigger on an Intex auto pool cleaner. I mainly need something to keep the water stirred up during periods of inactivity. If saves me some vacuuming, that wouldn't hurt my feelings either. Seems like this will fit the bill perfectly, especially...

Glad to know I'm not losing my mind, or at least as it relates to pool care!!! I guess the best thing to do is pull 'em, clean 'em, and put 'em away until spring. Thanks for the info. TX Slash, thanks. I find myself looking at other posts and asking questions AND my situation just did not...

This is my second winter with an AGP. We have the Confer entry steps. All summer things have been great with algae prevention. Just like last year, my pool temp has dropped, chlorine consumption is getting less each week, but for some reason I have algae on the steps! My pump is running 8...

Great, thanks for the response.

I'll be heading out of town for two days and won't have help with the pool. I've read on here some raise the FC to SLAM level for this short of a trip and let the FC level drift down, which works perfect in this instance. Do I have to let the pump run continuously like a SLAM for algae or can...

Since I was home today, I checked my FC midday and mid-afternoon. More major drop in FC so I brought the FC back up and checked the CYA. Unfortunately, I got caught with my pants down on the reagent and came up a tiny bit short, but I made a conservative estimate and added CYA. I ran a sample...

Thanks everyone for the quick responses. Beens's idea was easiest and seems to have solved my problem. Time will tell for sure, but it's keeping the flow at the wall. I did have to wrap the threads with Teflon tape to keep enough tension so I can adjust it where I want and it will stay. If I...

I added an initial dose of polyquat (12 oz) last night and my FC was at 1 ppm tonight. Today was cloudy an I got about 2 inches of rain. My FC normally doesn't drop that bad with rain. My CYA is at 40 and I've been maintaining a FC level of 5 ppm. Lately, I've been loosing 1 to 1.5 ppm per...

I have an 18' and have two dead zones I can't figure out how to fix. One is the curve just past the inlet eye because, despite how hard I turn the eye, the flow doesn't hit the wall until about 15' down. The other is down flow side of my Confer entry steps. Brushing DAILY manages the problem...

AIR LEAK UPDATE I read, re-read, and re-re-read the article as well as many posts. I tried advice on finding the problem several times, but no luck. I was very patient and methodical with diagnosis, consulted the installer and a plumber, and had two friends who are contractors come help me...

I sheered the head off of the drain plug, most likely from over tightening. When I went to the pool store to get a new plug, they gave me a brand new filter basket at NO CHARGE. I heavily lubed the o-ring with plumbers lube, as well as the o-ring on the cartridge housing. When I installed the...

So I raised my FC to 30 last night with a cya of 50. It looks much clearer this morning and I lost 1 ppm of FC overnight with no cc's. Ive been brushing like crazy. There is still some orange spots popping up on the floor only and they reappear in only a few hours after brushing. With this cold...

Yes there are bubbles in the pump strainer basket. My PSI is 15 with a clean, used filter. It usually is around 13. When I bled the valve on the filter this morning it bled air for AT LEAST 30 seconds. The basket lid gasket and drain plug gaskets are new and yesterday I heavily lubed them with...

Yeah, I ran on high all summer and never had this problem. I'll check the valves tomorrow to see how to change them. Thanks for the info.