Recent content by Chakara

Thanks guys, I'm going to give Pool Pal a try. I have been using poolcalculator.com in a browser and it works fine, but doesn't support multiple pools..... -Chak

Re: Sand Filter recommendation for 18ft Intex above ground p I ordered a Intex 2650 myself from Amazon. Should have it next week - opening pool next weekend - then just wait for it to get warm enough! -Chak

Subscribing.... In the same boat here. First summer with a 17' x 48" Summer Escapes and considering leaving it up. It's the type with the poles all round on the outside. Here we get below 0 rarely - although 2 years ago we had a bad spell where it didn't break 10 degree F for 10 days...

Hm - I can see where the element would get quite hot - but it also has a fair amount of flow over it. I would think that at the very surface of the heater element would be much hotter than even .1 inches away. I don't know if the spa pack runs the water for a while after it turns off the...

Cool - then a CSI of -0.4 with a CH of 150 it shall be. Does make me wonder if I should leave my CH at the fill water level of 80 though, but running in the calc, even if the heater is at 200 degrees (much more and it would boil the water), my CSI is @ .36 - so it swings from -0.3.x to +0.3.x -...

Ok, so is there a downside to higher CH? I realize a lot of people aren't lucky like me in having a fairly low CH water source. I would guess it is acrylic - there is a 1/8" thick colored textured layer of what looks like plastic over a white/gray base of about 3/8" thickness.

Cool - it does say the -.6 is indicative of problems - but not for fiberglass, just stone based linings. That said, if 220-320 is best for fiberglass, then perhaps I should go for the CH of 300. I have to be honest - I don't think the material is fiberglass, but its definitively man made...

I've had this spa a little over 2 years. My TA runs around 35 to maintain a good PH around 7.6. Of course on poolcalc my CSI is kinda far into the negative - around -4. The water starts with a CH of around 80 and I've always just bumped it to 150 and left it there, but now I'm wondering...

Thanks x-pertpool - appreciate the response! -Chak

Don't forget the salt - chlorine adds salt to the water and it builds up.... -Chak

Are you thinking it is a total loss? If so I'd probaby drill holes through it and let the water drain into the tub. Likely after it is all over it will be time to change the water. DISCLAIMER: I've never been in this situation so just letting you know what I would likely do/try! -Chak

First - thank you all for the help. 1.5 years into happy spa ownership thanks to the sage advice of this forum. Now we have a minor problem. The vinyl cover that came with the spa is shot - living in the high desert of NM we have a very high UV index so I'm really not surprised. The spa is...

Is anyone else seeing this, both Google Chrome and my Trend Antivirus are warning me that it is infected by something. Here is what google says about it: http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.poolcalculator.com/&client=googlechrome&hl=en-US The site...

Good call spishex - but I do clean it once a week when used heavily and every other week when being used lightly like right now. All that said, it seems that keep it up around PoolCalc's shock level for a while a greatly decreased consumption. When not used, in a 24 hour period is eats about...

I think things are improving. Last night I brought it up to ~17FC. Tonight it was somewhere between 11 and 12 (reagent ran out during test and while it turned I don't think drop sizes were right). As far as usage, I started out tracking usage but that has fallen off. Early on we used it...