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The blue and white thing is a motor cover I picked up from Amazon.Supposed to keep the motor cooler. The other object your inquiring about is a Zinc Anode, lots of talk as to if they do anything at all but I had it so I plumbed it in. Ive since put unions around it as its supposed to be removed...

Finished the equipment pad rebuild. Pretty happy with the results. Its a lot neater than the old also all new equipment which was the reason for the rebuild.

Weather here is moderating a bit temp was around 50 the other day. So decided to take a look at the pool. Pulled back the solid cover and let loose the loop lock at the deep end. WOW just as clear as when i closed it. Just for fun I took a water sample (no ice so its warmed up nicely here in...

Hello everyone. Been a pretty good year so far after the pool rebuild. Pool has been great all year and the robotic pool cleaner has let me sit back and relax. I have a question I have noticed after a good rain that my free chlorine tends to rise a bit. For example before the rain it was testing...

Ahh that brings on the light bulb. Pool temps have been very high reaching upper 80's during the day. The recent cool off has brought pool temps down to low 80's. the run up of fc coincides with the temperature break, the salt being added was a coincidence. Thanks for the response attech-2.

I was wondering if too much dpd powder can give a false high chlorine reading like using 3 scoops instead of 2. Also does adding salt lets say from 3100 to 3200, let the generator produce more chlorine in a given amount of time? Ive noticed a upswing in free chlorine recently but the weather has...

What I did this year was pull the return plugs and restart my pump once the ice had melted and weather had warmed to the 40's 50's during the day. Added chlorine let pump run. I keep an eye on weather forecast if they predict freezing over night i pull the pump drain plugs and drain the filter...

I just came from a Menards today they had splash pool shock Liquid chlorine 12.5 % 128 oz for 3.99 had to have a couple of them.

Thanks for the thoughts guys. AusJohn it was 20 mule team borax, used about a box two boxes since I got the pool started. Plan is to bring FC up a bit more its another rainy day today.:( I did notice a bit of a scum line on the skimmer when i put on a skimmer sock this morning. One of the things...

Hello everyone. I managed to take off my solid cover couple weeks ago been mixing and testing water as weather permits, its rainy and cold here in the middle of Illinois. Ive noticed some foaming, my water was replaced last fall with the new liner. My latest test are below. FC 5.6 CC .2 PH...

Ok thanks for the quick reply guys. How could a anode be incorrectly installed it has to be bonded to the other equipment for it to work correct?

Newb here. Ive been reading and learning. We rebuilt the pool last fall right before closing for winter. This spring will be a new start, new liner, new water, new equipment. What I want to know is this fc level for swg pools 4-6 at cya level 70-80 no problem, but most literature I have read...

Thanks I was sort of leaning that way, that it would just be cleaner looking and not really worth the cost.