Recent content by DougS

Thanks Newdude! Yes, the water is clear. I'm draining some because of high Calcium (700), but when I finish that I'll rebalance and add CYA. Was just wondering about cellulose. And as I thought, it's not indicated for my situation.

No specific problem, just wondering if it would improve the filtration by reducing the size of the grid in the cartridges. But then I thought the designers probably designed the grid to be the "right" granularity, so maybe adding cellulose would make the grid too granular and increase the...

Does it make any sense to use cellulose fiber to a cartridge filter?

Thanks Allen, I have replaced the light engine. But sadly, Pentair only sells the full light housing, including the long power cable that you have to snake all the way back to the power source. For me that's 100' (part number 601002). What a waste of material and HUGE COST ($779.00) just to...

Remodeled pool and installed Intellibrite 4 years ago. Controlled by EasyTouch. Spa and Pool lights are set to sync on Caribbean mode. Only the red light comes on in the Pool, and it's somewhat dim compared with before. Spa is fine. Should I replace the pool light? Or is it possibly a...

Thanks again. I added 80 lbs of salt about a month ago, so I'm pretty sure the salt level is fine. I'll definitely CONFIRM low salt before adding more. I bet it just needs to warm up.

Thanks Ajw22... The strip test and the pool store test (weight test?) both showed about 3000. I added shock powder yesterday, and will test again today. Also, will open up the solar heat panels to get it warmer. Will monitor and add liquid chlorine as needed until the SWG kicks in. Re: the...

I'm having a similar problem. The pool store said I could remove and clean the Pentair Intellichlor device to improve readings. Is is correct? Test today says 3000 salt, but Intellichlor reports 2550. Pool temp is 60. Chlorine level is Zero. Chlorinator was set to 50%, so I raised it to 80%...

Wasn't the app supposed to "calculate what I need to do" after entering my test data? From the email announcing the app, it says "Simply plug in your numbers and the app will calculate what you need to do. I can't find any "what do to" items. Am I missing it?

Installed the iPhone app today. Fantastic! I subscribed and started entering readings from the past few months. I love the CSI calculation! It gives me confidence about the overall chemistry and "health" of the pool. Thanks guys! - - - Updated - - - Hi Leebo, I installed the iPhone app...

Oops... Typo. My reading was 7.5.

Thanks Dave, I'll live with this one for a while and monitor results. It never really made sense to me that my TA was so low (40 was the lowest), so the higher reading from the new test kit makes more sense. But my low readings led me to add baking soda (not very much) about a month ago...

Well in that case, the drops are slightly larger than before (after I wiped and messed with them), but still not as large as the drops from the old kit or the other reagent bottles. Should I ask for a replacement bottle?

Update: I took off the tip from the R-0009 bottle and noticed that the hole was very tiny (smaller than the other reagent bottle tips). So I took a safety pin and reamed the hole out just a bit and then retested. The drops are now bigger than before (not quite as big as the drops from my old...

Ok, so I'll focus on just wiping off the R-0009. Will test tomorrow and report back. Thanks guys!