Recent content by eljonesen

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    hex nut for fiberoptic lighting

    can anyone tell me the purpose for the flex nut that is installed just inside the lining of the inground pool. There's a bubble that seals the light and when I took that off I noticed the hex nut was not on tight. Also, what happens if the seal is not on tight-does fiber optic lighting burn out...
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    lleaving a pool undrained

    he's cheap-wants to not pay for electricity-shoudn't have a pool
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    lleaving a pool undrained

    I have a friend who had drained his pool-pebble tech pool-cartridge filter-and wants to leave ut drained until March. The water table here is about 200 feet down-live in Phoenix. I told him I wasn't sure if the pebble tech could take the dryness and could possibly crack over long exposure to...
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    High CYA count in AZ Summer

    Hi everyone!!!!! Ok so my client had a a 50 ppm CYA Level and decided to take a h20 sample to Leslies. Why he did this is beyond me. Anyways the say add more cya we live in AZ your wasting CL. Well he buys some and I come back and test and now he has acount of 105 ppm Cya. AWWW #$%^#. He...
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    Priming

    Oh yeah-wish I had a multiport backwas, but unfortunately it a push pull
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    Priming

    Hey guys-sorry it's taken me awhile-the wife works extras in the summertime beacuase I'ma teacher and take on the role of Mr. MOm in the summertime. There is now skimmer weir on the pool- but I know this might be a possibility. I slowly added CYA to the skimmer and it was on for mybe 4 hours...
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    Priming

    :hammer: This pool is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! I walked out and found that the pump was sucking air-I'm assuming. I turned it off and checked the o-rng for the strainer pot-relubed it. Checked the water line-two inches above bottom of skimmer. Also checked the strainer pot lid-perfect...