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We purchased our house last fall. This spring I was trying to get familiarized with pool care and then I found this site. Thank the lord. So here is my pool light story. A breaker on the panel (in the basement) is listed pool lights (a gfci). I trace this line to a switch near our deck door...

The reason I ask is because with my work schedule and the fact that we only use the pool every few days and that I keep the pool free of organic debris with the robot and filter, is there any harm in letting it go for a couple days when there's no bather load and then be more attentive when the...

I have a quick ? but I figure I'd post my results first fearing a tongue lashing if I don't. Fc 7.0 Cc 0 Ta 95 Ph 7.4 Ch 100 Borates 50 Cya 45 So my question is this: Is it best to add chlorine daily even if I don't reach my minimum fc or should I wait til it gets close to the minimum?

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I will be donating very soon. Money is tight because our family just got back into our recently-purchased house that leaked like a sieve from ice dams on the roof. We were in a hotel for four months! Two adults, two kids, two cats. I appreciate all the wonderful advice and resources. Until I can...

I'm thinking about buying a chlorine injector. I'm just not certain about my requirements for a 24k gal in-ground pool (ie which pump to buy and what size tank). Where is a good place to purchase?

That's the problem. He lost the owners manual. I think I'll head over to namco and see what they say. I can also pick up a bunch of those cool miracle chemicals they have while I'm at it.

My brother in law has a 2000 gal agp with a proline pump and filter the entire setup was purchased at namco. He obviously has no clue how to use it because he has never used de. The plumbing goes from the skimmer to the pump then through the filter and back to the pool. There is a drain on the...

My pressure is usually around 12. Next time the return stops I'll try plugging the shallow end to see what happens.

a simple question that i haven't been able to find an answer for. assuming that my pump will be working 12hr on/12hr off shifts, is there a preference for running it during the day or at night?

My pool has the skimmer and a deep inlet that goes to the pump and the a return jet in the shallow end and one in the deep end. I intermittently find that the deep end return is not flowing while the shallow end is. If I close the outlet from the filter, build up pressure, then release the...

Thanks for the replies again. I am already a disciple of the trouble free method. However, being new to all of this, I can't resist going to the pool store to pick up some floaties for the kids or some random equipment only to see what the snake oil peedlers have to say about certain maintenance...

Also, why with trichlor does the TA need to be around 140? Should I just ditch the chlorinator?

Ok. So I think I'm pretty close to having everything dialed in. Fc 5.8 Cc 0.2 CYA 40 TA 90 borate 37 pH 7.8 Purchased a robot (dolphin Atlantis) and it does a great job. My questions: Is there anything wrong with borates at 37 instead of 50? Do I risk raising my CYA too much by using the...

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm not necessarily planning on continuing with the tablets. After reading lots of articles here and user posts, I hope that I will be able to become a diehard BBBer. I will retest everything today to confirm my results.