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I patched a much smaller tear (about 2") this past season, and this worked like a charm -- held for four months no problem: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VSTJZLH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi everyone - Just put a new liner in, and decided to remove the underwater light. Here are the specs: Hayward SP0573LN50 500W 120 Volt Light Includes R40 bulb Includes housing (a bit of damage to the conduit port, happened during removal) The cord is maybe 20-25' long, not 50', was...

Hi Mike, sorry to say I've sent them to the bin.

Thanks kimkats. I'm going to hold onto these until the end of July, and if I don't hear from anyone, away they will go. Thank you!

A nice photo-op night this evening, windy and 80 degrees, as the weather blows in....

Just removed two 2002 Fiberstar lights from my setup - they are beat up but still functioning. These are the color wheel devices. If anyone is interested in these for parts, etc. drop me a line and for the cost of packing/shipping they can be yours. Although they are quite heavy, but maybe...

Thanks, very cool. I'll be happy to get the thing to 73 or so, never mind 90! Definitely going to do solar cover this year. Off to research solar pool panels/controllers now, I've got the bug!

Thank you for that. Propane runs about $3/gallon here, and I understand produces about 91,000 BTUs, although perhaps the real world number is lower (not sure how much). If 15 gallons of propane (say $45-$50) brings the pool up 5 degrees, that seems tolerable in some circumstances, eg early...

Thanks Fuldo - great tips across the board. Set on VS and DE, the tip on plumbing a DE drain is a great reminder, thank you for that. Missing that currently, will save some time. On SWG, I think I'm going to hold off and stick with chlorine. Love the water feel factor with SWG, but can...

That's what the heating scenario here would be - episodic. I'm sure with propane it will cost lots of $$$ per degree raised, maybe unrealistically so. Haven't done the math, but assume raising 26,000 gallons of water + 5 degrees (for example) is a lot of BTUs. That said, on a nice weekend in...

Jimmy, thank you. There is a lot of southern exposure/solar potential here, separate from the pool I am looking at a PV project. Hadn't thought of a pool-specific system, will dig into it. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Thurston, will aim to post some pics when possible (ie when I find some or take some new ones. Right now its a snowy sculpture. And also dark out at the moment!

Thank you Maddie, this is very helpful. We have been chlorinating with tablets historically, but SLAM'd just before close and used liquid bleach. Yes! VS pump for sure. Also a DE cartridge filter. Although locally, there are far more sand filters used, we have a million of the Hayward...

Greetings TFP people, Thanks to all those who share their knowledge here. Going into my third season as a pool owner, increasingly self-sufficient thanks to what I've read on TFP! Two years ago I moved into a home here in the woods of western Massachusetts with a circa 2003 inground...