Recent content by dws3

Thanks, I'll investigate anti-vibration pads, but I'll have to look at something made for outdoor use, and probably something that is heat-resistant, since I don't know how hot the bottom of the heater gets (probably not super-hot). Unfortunately, I can't make him take out his plastic equipment...

We live in a nice neighborhood in the DFW Metroplex, with 3-5K sq. ft. houses on postage stamp-sized lots (75x130, or about 0.2 acres). My neighbor just completed a six-month backyard project that included a patio extension, outdoor kitchen, pergola, small pool, spa and artificial turf. It...

Are you sure it's leaking from the o-ring? Mine leaked when it was new, but it was actually the glass cover detached from the top. I could tap on the glass cover and water would splash out from it. When I took the top off, the glass cover fell out. I got a replacement under warranty (took...

I have removed the back half of the pump from the front half. I've removed the impeller housing and impeller. I've removed the backplate. Everything looks good, except the carbon face of the mechanical seal that was attached to the back of the impeller has a few spots around the circumference...

During the Texas Freeze two months ago, we lost power and everything froze. I didn't think to shut off the breakers to my pumps, so when power came back in the middle of the night 16 hours later, the pumps came on. Seven hours later, I walked out and heard my pumps screaming and sounding like...

I just checked it again, and I realized that when I checked it earlier, I had just turned the pump back on after cleaning the pump basket, so it may not have been fully pressurized, yet. But now, an hour later, running at 1750 rpm, the glass portion flexing is just barely perceptible, while the...

Two weeks ago, my cell quit working with a "Check Cell" error. Scheduled the pool store tech to come out for a warranty call, since my cell is only 6 weeks old. But before he came, I realized the cell had air in it, so assuming the air was coming from somewhere else, I bled off the air through...

I resolved my problem this morning. About the same time my cell shut off and started reporting "Check cell", I had noticed some air in the system, but didn't put two and two together until today, so I opened the air valve on top of the filter and bled off the air. Apparently, the air in the...

I had a TruClear installed a month ago, and it's been working great. But I checked my FC today and it had dropped from 6.2 ppm four days ago to 2.0 ppm today. I went into iAquaLink to go to boost mode, assuming that maybe the hot weather had finally overcome my puny TruClear, and found that I...

It cost me $350 for the inline chlorinator and check valve with installation. Anybody need a CMP inline chlorinator? Just pay for shipping and it's yours! :) But you're right, I've had both SWG and Non-SWG in the same environment, so now I know which works better for me.

TA/pH hamster wheel...that's a great description of where I'm at. Great advice. I'll start heading that way. I thought the idea was to keep TA in the higher end to stabilize pH, and also of the belief that 7.8 was at the high end of the range and it was "better" to have it closer tp 7.5. So...

Hi Marty, yes I use the Poolmath app, but I'm not sure how to share my logs. My most recent log is: FC: 3.6 CC: 0.2 pH: 7.8 TA: 80 CH: 290 CVA: 50 Salt: 3400 Temp: 91 CSI: 0.04 I've added baking soda twice in the last 10 days - 167 oz total - due to TA decrease, caused by the 192 oz of MA I've...

Less than 7 months ago, I resurfaced my SWG pool and was convinced I would be happier with a non-SWG pool. Almost everyone I've interacted with at TFP told me SWG was a better option, but I was convinced otherwise. I was wrong. Never having owned a non-SWG in Texas (only in upstate NY), I had...

Thanks to all for your help. Who says an old dog can't learn new tricks? This old dog is learning something new every day!

Well this really torques me... Nowhere on the container of my chlorine tabs does the word "stabilized" appear, nor is cyanuric acid listed as an ingredient. In one paragraph, it says to make sure you use a stabilizer to ensure that the chlorine is not degraded by the sun, which would indicate...