Recent content by Dolfan

Thanks to everyone here. I went ahead and installed the Pentair Superflo VS yesterday. Runs like a champ and super quiet! Thank you all for the great advice and suggestions. I have one question. What would be the ideal settings to program it with as far as speeds and time? This is all new to me...

Thank you all for your help. I think I have enough to go off and pick the right pump. Much appreciated!

Considering I am not sure what you mean by "automation" its a pretty good guess I do not, LOL. I looked into the Superflo and there appears to be just one model. Is that correct? I found the Superflo VS #342001. Just want to make sure that is the one you are referring to. Thanks again!

Thank you both for the responses. I looked at the VS pumps and was a bit lost. What should I be looking at that would work for me? Thank you!

Hello all! My pump died a glorious death a few days ago. It sounded like a 747 loaded with Chimpanzees taking off. I took it to my local dealer and they said that with all the parts that need to be replaced it would be $470.00. In fairness to them it was in pretty bad shape and Im surprised it...

Thank you! I should be ready shortly for the addition.

I’m in tail end of my prep for boric acid. I think the last round of MA should bring my TA to 60 and my PH to 7. My question is, where should I aerate my PH back to? I read that boric acid will lower my PH slightly but I don’t know how much. Is 7.5 ok or should I go higher because the drop will...

That is awesome. Thank you for explaining that. I never thought to do it that way.

Hello all. I am in the process of prepping my pool to add boric acid. I have been lowering the PH and TA with MA and then aerating and repeating. I just finished doing the PH and TA test. When I did the TA test it turned red at 60 I decided to do one more drop and it turned a bright red. So my...

Update! SLAM is complete and the pool looks amazing. Im just letting the FC come down on its own now. While I was going through the process I decided that I was going to add boric acid to the pool after reading several posts and articles here. I placed my order from Duda and it was here in 3...

Update: I have bought enough bleach at Walmart to make them suspicious. It didn't help that when the cashier commented on all the bleach I was buying my response was to tell her 'it takes a lot to get rid of the evidence'. In all seriousness, the pool is really coming along. I think I will be...

Awesome advice, thanks! Also, loving the metaphors LOL!

Im running to Lowes now. I appreciate the help. Its been so frustrating having a new SWG that had minimal levels of chlorine showing. The real head scratcher was that the pool is clear outside of a few black algae spots. It has been a real eye opener reading through here over the past few days...

Sounds good. Thank you!

So I did the overnight tests and here are the results.... At 9pm FC-16.5 CC-0.5 PH-8.2 At 6am FC-9.5 CC.-0.5 or 1.0 (Need to learn to trust myself when its clear) PH-7.9 TA-120 CYA-75 I see that I have a SLAM coming. My biggest surprise is that the CC wasn't higher. Considering such a huge...