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Brand new pool. Pump/filter will hopefully be operational tomorrow if the electrician makes it. I've been adding roughly 1/2 gallon of chlorine per day to keep the algae at bay. Today I did my first water test and here are the results :oops:: FC: 0.6 CC: 0.4 TA: 140 CYA: didn't register...

Long story short - My pool is still being installed and I have no equipment hooked up yet. I'm manually scrubbing the pool with a brush and utilizing a dolphin daily to try to keep things relatively clean. I have cottonwood trees in my area and tis the season. Above my water line, the...

YippeeSkippy - Thanks for the advice. Here is the skimmer sock solution I came up with along with the CYA :cool:

:ROFLMAO: Yeah, I was thinking I needed to SLAM, but with my limited equipment (i.e. none) I knew that wasn't possible. I appreciate the help.

LOL. My first dogs name was Skippy. Thank you for the advice YippeeSkippy. I'm thinking about starting your advice this weekend or maybe next week. Do you think an initial shock might help or is that a waste of time and resources?

Hello All. I wanted to get some advice regarding opening my newly installed pool. A bit of background: I have no PB to speak of so I have done most of the work aside from electrical. The pool is 16x40 fiberglass ~13k gallons. The pool will hopefully be finished within the next 4 weeks. The...

Jim - thanx for the reply. I had been looking for an IntelliCenter without much success so I have been buying parts as I can locate them. So a few follow ups to make sure I understand: As far as the IntelliFlo and heater, are the only connections to the ET the serial control line? With the...

I'm just finalizing equipment purchases for a new pool that will be going in soon. I was hoping to get a sanity check to ensure compatibility. I currently have the following items: Pentair IntelliFlo VSP EC-011028 Pentair IntelliBrite 5g color EC-602122 (2) Pentair MicroBrite color EC-620425...

:ROFLMAO:Now that you guys mention it, I can't stop seeing it that way. It's the new "magical levitation umbrella bases"

They actually didn't have the size I needed available and I'm somewhat under the gun on timing right now. So to try to make them last, I'm going to be using an etching primer and then topcoat(s).

I have a new pool being put in within the next few weeks and I had been struggling for quite some time with the same dilemma. What I opted going with is 6 post sleeves made of A500 steel from a local steel distributor. The outer dimension is 4.5" x 4.5" with an inner dimension of 4"x4" which...

I'm getting ready to have my pool installed with 2 IntelliBrite 120v Color LED fixtures and 2 MicroBrite 12v Color LED. I'm attempting to test them now to ensure they work prior to install. I have no problem with the two 120v fixtures. I can connect them and toggle power to successfully...

Yeah, I'm not having much luck. I've tried lots of online retailers as well as local stores. I'm running out of ideas and I'm coming down to crunch time :roll: