Recent content by Griswald

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    What goes first, test or cleaning?

    Clean the pool first, throw the strips in the garbage second, buy a real test kit third.
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    is this quote high for a new liner?

    I just last week paid $7200 for a Latham 27 mil liner replacement for my 16000 gallon pool. $10k doesn't seem out of line for your larger pool.
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    Inspect Salt Cell

    It's a set time built on to the controller. Press and hold the selection button to reset it.
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    Topping off with salt,SWG off or on?

    Sure, I can run it, but the chlorine will just disappear due to sunlight. Seems like a waste of the swg run time. And since the water is still cold, no real need.
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    Topping off with salt,SWG off or on?

    The powder salt dissolved way faster than the rock salt. I just added 8 bags of powdered salt to my pool and it was totally dissolved in a few minutes using the pile and brush method. The rock salt would still be there a day later. I also run my robot to stir everything up. I can't run my...
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    Picking a vinyl liner. Liner stock questions?

    Very timely topic .. Just replaced my white liner with a blue liner, both Latham. The white background version was 13 years old and you can see very little to no patterns remain. I would stick to the blue version. There was no leaks or anything with the old liner, it was starting to pull out...
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    Solar Covers .. 12mil vs 16 mill & Blue vs Clear

    Buy the cheapest one you can...they all fail. Chlorine and UV are tough to live in.
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    TDS meter calibration

    TDS is not the same as salt. The "T" means TOTAL, so everything dissolved in your pool affects that number, not just salt.
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    Can you get hurt from above ground pools ?

    I have a paraplegic friend that says yes. Don't head first dive...ever.
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    4 year old pool but recent subscriber trying to learn the science and fix CYA

    That's not done, it turns a Barbie pink and then won't get any more pink.
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    Semi Olympic Pool

    Public pools follow a different set of rules than homeowner pools.
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    Saltwater startup...add chlorine or just use salt?

    If you swim, the salt will get thoroughly mixed quickly, turn on the swg quicker than 24 hours.