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It's funny because mine just stopped moving about this year. It was fine last season but upon opening up this year it moves then stops and gets stuck!

@Mdragger88 I like the zx300 and it seems to get the job done and I like that it climbs the walls (not sure if the original did too) but so far I'm happy and I got it for the same price as the original so I got it and returned the original intex. It does seem to move very randomly and seems to...

Thanks everyone. @AK- & @Mdragger88 So I drained down below the skimmers and refilled with a garden hose then to test everything except salt I used the recommended Taylor 2600-c kit but for salt I used a digital salt test meter I got off of Amazon as it's all I have? Salt test kit...

Hello I know this might be a silly question but do I need to add pool salt to a pool yearly? I opened my saltwater pool today and got it cleaned, ran the pump for 30 minutes then tested my water. Below is what I got... FC - 1.2ppm CC - .8ppm Ph - 7.0 (7.43 digital) TA - 90 maybe 80 ppm CYA...

So I'm hoping I'm not going to regret this but since I closed down so late I didn't take out the strainer and just put the top hat on and the strainer cap back on just like @charliej . We will see how it holds up if it freezes. Wish me luck guys..

@Aleksey thanks for saving me lol I'll remove the strainer and use the flipped top hat method. I did have a concern of freezing cracking the strainer so I guess it's best to remove all plastic and external pieces from inside the pool. Worst that can happen is water would leak out from there if...

I guess seeing it both ways makes one wonder which top hat method would work best over the winter... I am almost inclined since there are two inlets to do one, one way and the other the other way and compare directly the results in the spring with them not being drained below them. I'd just...

@charliej OH I see and think I get it and see where the confusion was... It sounds like others were taking off the threaded strainer cap and also the "plate" labeled "poolside" and reversing the "top hats" to go inside the hole with the top hat end going in through the pool wall inside first...

@charliej Question about the top hats and strainer... do you remove the entire strainer assembly and put the cap on afterwards? And also do you put them in from the inside so the top hat goes in and the flat part lays flat on the inside pool walls? Any pictures of the setup with the strainer...

@Aleksey you wouldn't happen to have a picture of the opposite side of the clamp and top hat? I am trying to imagine how they go in from the pool side and how the strainer assembly is exactly removed Edit: nevermind I see it clearly in the pictures above. Thanks

Wow thanks so much because I've been so afraid to close and winterize my pool! Being colorblind makes some of the color matching difficult for me but I try my best. I will definitely be adding chlorine stabilizer to bring up the CYA and then comes the next challenge of plugging and blowing out...

Hello everyone I hope this is posted to the correct forum, but I need help balancing my levels before I close my pool in a few days... I am somewhat color blind so it's a little difficult and I could use some help.. using the Taylor K-2006C here are my results and pictures in case my...