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Hi I posted a few weeks ago when the light in the spa kept tripping the GFI circuit. My pool repair person said the cord had a short and would need to replace the entire fixture at a cost of around $900. Seemed expensive but as I mulled it over the 3 pool lights (all on one switch) now are...

I'm in Southern CT and have had a rectangular pool (20' x 40') with a motorized cover for about 12 years. I had to replace the cover last year and it cost around 15K. It probably should have been done 2 years earlier because there were small leaks throughout and the cover kept filling with...

I have an automatic pool cover and before this heat wave it was closed up for a good part of the day. As it warmed up suddenly I'm struggling with my pool chemistry- I can't keep the FC at a good level- pretty sure I have algae and wondering if keeping it covered allows it to grow more? This...

OK- Thanks!

My pool is about 18 years old, I have 3 lamps in the pool and 1 in the spa. These are halogen lamps with the long wire to enable bulb replacement. Over the years I replaced all the bulbs 1-3 times but last year I was surprised to find the lamp in the spa tripped the circuit breaker when I turned...

When they opened the pool (around 5/8) they must have dumped in some chemicals. It was even higher until 2 days ago they came back and I think dumped more things in and this is where we are now. I can always pour in liquid bleach to get it up a bit and then let the SWG take over.

ajw22- great! happy not to buy or dump in more chemicals. If I want to get the FC up though I do need to add salt because the SWG will not go on until I get the level up. Thanks

Here is what I measured this AM with the pool water @ 68F and having been opened about 8 days ago FC- 5 (waiting for it to go down) CC- ? pH- 7.0 (expecting this to climb) TA- 50 CH- 450 (but my regents are a bit old- getting fresh ones) CYA- 70 Salt- 2840 (will be slowly dumping in more salt to...

Excellent! Thank you! In that case my chemistry is looking pretty good. I'm low on my TA but much closer than if I followed Pentair.

Hi just trying to get things good before I take my first dive in. Water is already 68F here in the Northeast! Was checking the chemicals, looking at recommended levels and found a pretty big difference between the levels recommended by Trouble Free (TF) and those from my Pentair Intellichlor...

proavia I double-checked and found I was wrong. I have the Taylor K-2006 test kit and have reagents R-0870 and R-0871. FC= 10 CC= ? pH= 6.7 TA= 40 CH= ? CYA= 55 Salt= ? Water temperature= 75F

I'll just go slow with the borax- not a huge rush to dive in the pool as the water is cold- but would like to use the spa, which is attached.

Oh- what do I do? Wait for FC to go down?

I have been testing with my Taylor K2005 FAS-DPD kit. For the pH the color was off the scale (below 7.0) on the Comparator (very yellow) so I used an electronic pH tester I have for brewing to get to 6.7. For the other values I have FC= 10, pH= 6.7, TA= 40, and the CYA= 55- That is the only...

Guess I need the Borax! But my pool math app is saying I need 17lbs! That is a lot of Borax... I'm trying to get pH from 6.7 to 7.7 and the pool is about 37,500 gallons