Recent content by bswicht

I think I have the answer, thanks anyway.

I have an older swimming pool with a Paramount infloor cleaner. I have no idea what to replace the filter with. There doesn't seem to be a canister there. Just an old filter. Does anyone have any idea what I should replace it with?

I opened my pool today, removed all the plugs, added plugs to motor and heater and turned it on to recycle. The gauge pointer spinned around the dial before settling on a number much higher than normal. Any ideas what would cause that? I'm afraid to leave it running. I don't want it to explode.

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone has or has even heard of Solar Attic. We had one installed a few years ago, but never got around to fully automating it. It is a heat exchanger that is placed in the attic. When running, the heat in the attic is transferred to the pool.

I want to thank everyone for their support of me while I was stressing out over my pool. I now have a pool that is cleaner and clearer than I've seen it in over 10 years. I didn't realize that the pool and hot tub were supposed to be the same color. I couldn't figure out why the color of the...

I live in Maryland about 45 minutes from the PA line and we usually close the 2nd week in September.

Dakemi, I hope you save this whole saga somewhere safe to you can look back at it anytime you're feeling unsure or sad and say "I can do anything!"

Borjis, You read my mind. I do plan to complete the slam, then in Sept., drain more water than normal when we close the pool. We usually have to pump water out over the winter months, so it should actually help. Hopefully between the rain/snow it should lower the CYA. Donldson, thanks for tip...

At 4:00 pm I measured the following: FC - 22 CC - 2.5 I'll add more chlorine after my dh get's home as I can't unscrew the carboy lid.

I'm baack! I finally got my TF100 test kit and speed stir. I measured my chemicals at 1:30 and they are as following: FC - 0 CC - 0 pH - 7.7 TA - 130 CH - 300 CYA - 100 I added two carboys of 12.5% chlorine (10 gallons) Considering the high CYA, this is going to be an expensive endeavor. I'll...

Boburk, my mistake for typing pounds instead of gallons. Tim 5055, the carboy is 5 gallons at 12.5% chlorine. I'm expecting my TF200 test kit today, so I can finally see if my tests were based on old reagents. I also ran out of CYA reagent so I can test that one again. I'll post my results when...

pooldv, no I added 10 lbs. of liquid chlorine (2 carboys). Nothing but liquid chlorine from now on.

Thanks everyone. PoolESQ, I'm afraid if I added approx. 17500 gallons of well water, the well might run dry, besides taking forever to fill it. jmorgans, how long did it take you to SLAM your pool? I added 10 lbs. of 12.5% chlorine yesterday and a couple hours later the FC was 0 and CC was 1...

Can't the FC be 0 because of high CYA? I thought I read in Pool School that if the CYA is high it take much more chlorine to get a sustained FC level. I'm so confused!