Recent content by fyton2v

I'm using the aquapure 1400 and my tri-sensor adapter is actually working. I know... you're all shocked. But something else has gone wrong. My equipment has an additional water temp sensor that's wired into my Jandy control center. That sensor shorted and my aquapure doesn't turn on. After I...

I'm giving up on The PoolCleaner. The only solution I can think of is to build some sort of barrier. I think I could make something out of PVC that would work in my situation. It's kinda a pain though. The TPC would be the 3rd pool vac i've used. The first was the Hayward Navigator, which had...

Can't really do much with the hose. It's at a length that'll allow the vac to cover the whole pool and the entry is shy of that length. I've been messing with some floats to see if placing them on the hose further above the vac would help... but it doesn't seem to work. I'm going to see if...

Any tips on how to keep the suction-side PoolCleaner inside the pool? It keeps trying to leave. I've been using a Zodiac MX8. It requires nearly constant cleaning to maintain smooth operation and the cleaner itself is pretty restrictive on water flow. For me the MX8 has been more trouble than...

If your spa is raised 12" off of the surround decking i'd add another 6" so the wall can be used as a bench seat. 12" is too low for a seat... but if the whole deck is raised 12" no worries. Also, i had a pool with a 6.5' deep end and it wasn't deep enough for safe diving. 8' is good. Good luck!

Re: So it begins...my unconventional build..i'm callin' it d Well done BigDav. It came out really nice and I love how the pavers are square to the pool but diagonal to the house. It looks great. It's nice seeing owner-builders pull off a project of this size.

You've successfully convinced me that I'm crazy. Thanks Bama :).

Thanks Bama. If I run all gates wide open and crank the rpms above 3000 my pump gets pretty noisy and it sounds like pushing gravel. It's worth mentioning that my pump is probably 4 feet above water and, while i've never measured, i don't believe I have much "head" from the return lines. It's...

I was hoping to improve a few things. - I was wondering if going bigger would solve the cavitation issue. - If the pump had extra capacity available to pull more water I was thinking I wouldn't need to leave the second skimmer gate mostly closed (in the picture it's all the way open, but in...

The answer is probably yes, but read on: My pool is now almost a year old and it's working fine. It was an owner-builder endeavor that went pretty well, but I've never been completely satisfied with the plumbing. The guy I hired to do the work wasn't great and it was clear his knowledge was...

Thanks chem geek! I'll try it with more patience this time.

It's scale buildup on pool surfaces, specifically, around my spillway. There is a lot more opportunity for evaporation there I suppose. If you have a moment I have a method question. Using the pool calculator I need to add about 100oz of baking soda to get a rise in TA from 50ppm to 70ppm. I've...

Chem geek... I can't really point to a specific reason for the scale beyond PH. My CH is around 300ppm... not bad. When I first started the pool, perhaps 9 months ago I had a TA of around 80 and I was adjusting PH downward to 7.4 or 7.6 weekly. I really stopped paying much attention to TA at...

Thanks Richard. Is there reason to be concerned about a TA of 50? My CH is around 300ppm. Originally, I thought it was higher and the main source of my scaling problem but it was really just PH creep.