Recent content by BuckeyeChris

Interesting. I sent them an email, not sure if I can do just a bulb swap, or if the whole housing+wire needs to be run. I don't want a housing seal issue to ruin any replacement bulb.

I see some OmniLogig software updates say this. i've never updated the soft/firmware of my controller though...

My hayward light just went. Again. First light lasted from 2014-2017, and then the free replacement 2017-2021. This one easily has under 100 hours on it of actual run time. Iit turns on to full white for a bit, then switches to the color. After a minute it drops out, with only a faint glow...

Hey, mine just keeled over this very night. SP3400VSP with Drive Error - stall issue. It tries to prime, and chugs once or twice and then flashes errors. I can move the impeller by hand (well, with a pencil) and it was holding suction. Fired an email off to Hayward, and the local authorized...

Well the point of using liquid chlorine was to not need to drain the pool due to high CYA, but if the salt piles up then I guess it doesn’t matter either way. What was your reading?

Well, not salt but sodium, right? Years ago I did a side by side strip test of the pre and post softened water and the strips showed a much higher "salt" level. Or else it's from years of using liquid chlorine...

I meant opaque. I’ll need obliques to lift them out of the water. Yes I’m not sure I am committed or capable of taking them on and off every night and every morning. More likely when there’s a three or four day stretch coming up where nobody’s going to be swimming I will throw them on.

I've committed to building some pvc frame 4.5x4.5' cover squares we can toss on the pool when not in use. Evaporation is accelerating total pool water replacement due to either fill water with high calcium, or fill water post-softener that increases salt. The solar covers available to trim...

Or would it be better to just cut some blue bubble wrap style cover to our pool. How hard are those to pull out and tuck away for parties/swimming?

hm, here we go. why does everything need a design?! Spring solar mat Also, too small. right idea though.

After 5 years of leaving the water exposed 365 days a year, our salt level (softened fill) is unmanagable and a refill is needed. I'd like to reduce evaporation to cut back on the amount of fill water needed. I am not looking for a safety cover, or even a "solar" cover. Just evaporation...

So far...just one person. Maybe this is not the issue I thought it was?

Yeah i thought about that option. I suppose you would have to try it in a small spot first to see how deep the bleaching is

Admittedly with a pebble Tec surface like we have, it can be harder to detect mottling or that pocked look. We had some streaking generally, but it was minor and it was there from the first month of the pool. This is a pool-wide removal of the color from the blue plaster that holds all the...

5 years after our pool was installed, all the color has faded from the plaster. It was noticeable even after three years. OnBalance has posted about this, with examples. The builder of course doesn't see the problem, or blames high TDS and TA of 45. So I am trying to get other examples, either...