Recent content by gdmacfarlane

I opened the pool about a month ago and everything has been fine. Today, before my daughter and I went for a swim, I connected the vacuum to the skimmer to give the floor a quick clean. At the end of our swim, we noticed that the returns were spitting out air intermittently. I stopped the pump...

Thank you all for your advice. A friend of mine, who is a friend of TFP, made the same recommendation. My RJ45 should be here later this week.

My pool uses 1.5" plumbing and I want to DYI install a Core35 SWG which uses 2" unions. Is it as simple as getting 2 adapters to move to 2" after the heater and back to 1.5" after the SWG? I want to make sure that this doesn't cause problems as I am by no means an expert here. Also - does...

Thank you for the advice I am also considering the CORE 35 from Discount Salt Pool. The attraction here is that I can plug it in rather than hardwire it. This will make the install easier, but @mknauss - from your comment I suspect you would say that this could cause trouble if the pump stops...

I am going to move from my Frog Leap system to a SWG and install it myself. I am leaning toward getting this Pureline from INYO. I am not familiar with the brand, but the price is half of some of the Hayward models. Any advice will be appreciated. Would love to know whether it is reliable.

I am currently working with a friend of 30 years who is very smart, has tremendous knowledge of pools and who has never posted a bitter message calling me out for not listening to him. I am planning to move away from the frog system. For the time being, I will move my chlorine levels up to...

@PoolStored and @Donldson - thanks for the help. The pool looks nice and clear now. I am going to sign up to be a Gold Supporter of TFP out of appreciation.

Yes. My good friend who introduced me to the TFP forum talked to me about the relationship between salt water and chlorine. My take away is that, no matter how you do make it, you end up with the same product. In this view- the pool is going to last or it isn't. I am just gun shy about...

I installed a new pool at the beginning of last season. I have the Frog Leap system which has worked fine last year. This year, I am having trouble maintaining the chlorine where it should be and the water has gotten cloudy at times. I am thinking about replacing it with a salt water...

Thanks for bringing that article to my attention. I am SLAMing the pool now and will continue to use liquid chlorine to supplement the FROG system.

FC .05PPM; CC 0; pH between 7.2-7.5; CYA 30-40; TA 90. I generally keep my chlorine levels low because my pool has the Frog Leap system and they say to maintain at .5PPM. My chlorine levels should be higher than they are because 3 hours ago I added enough liquid chlorine to bring up the pool...

Thank you

I have a liner pool with a sand filter. Brand new last year and while I have learned a lot about pool maintaining a pool, there is so much still that I didn't know that I don't know. For the last week my pool has been getting cloudy. I have been checking my levels daily, shocking...

Here comes a moment of closure. Problem solved! There was a little piece of plastic that had broken off of the pump housing. Apparently, it was causing a tiny bit of air to get pulled into the pump. Not enough to prevent the system from working, but enough to reduce the flow significantly. I...

In the entire history of the internet, this may be the first time "asking for a friend" is legit. I can verify he is here- I am the friend. If the flex PVC has become kinked during or post burial - any advice on how to proceed? Is there a way to test the hypothesis? What is the remedy...