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My 1800 gal spa pool was built in about 1986. Original equipment included what I believe to be a Pentair Spa Bright light, but I am not sure. The faceplate has the greek key design of Pentair and is 6 inches in diameter. The niche is 5.5 inches deep. Unfortunately, whomever installed this did...

Thanks! I have tried Corsons, but it seems they were not too fresh either. Have not heard of Hasa?

Anyone know where to buy FRESH pool chlorine in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area? My local NPS was always stocked, but was bought out by Leslies = 1/3 price increase and OLD chlorine.

As you can see by my profile, I have an inground spa/pool, 1800 gallons which was installed by the original owners back in 1986 or so. The spa is equipped with a Polaris QT motor which activates bubbles through the floor or the seat. It still works, but out of the 34 (3/16ths) outlets in the...

This forum has given me so much help and, in some small way, I wanted to give back by something I learned today. I am doing my first Slam, and it is proceeding really well. The water is crystal clear and I will do the OCLT tonight to see where I am at. My pool, which I took over a few years...

That is interesting! I have always kept my kit inside a cool, dark closet in the house. The gray one that came with the kit then a year ago must have been somehow exposed.

Just opened my replacement jar of DPD powder and it is stupid question time again. The jar I just ran out of came with my TF100 kit a year ago February. The powder was ash gray. The new one is as white as the snow. Huh? Hard to believe the same chemical is two different colors. Have not tried...

Thanks, Duraleigh. I've been doing the TFP way since Feb of 2016, and the water has never looked so good! I could read a newspaper laying on the bottom of the pool while standing on the deck! One thing I thought was that I have been using a rust and scale preventer from Blue Wave, one oz a week...

I did a complete refill last July. My CH was reading about 300 and CYA I brought up to 50 and it has consistently stayed there...till a couple of weeks ago. CH has been continuously going up and now reads 700. CYA now reads less than 20??? I thought that CYA does not go down without draining...

OK, here is the answer to this problem. There is nothing wrong with the volute, nor the SS clamp band. The online source that I purchased the seal kit from provided the volute seal, indicating that it was a replacement part for Pentair Challenger pumps, BUT IT IS NOT!!! As I previously alluded...

My concrete pool deck of 30 years is faded so badly from the sun, water, chemicals etc. I have been wanting to make it look nicer and give it a bit of color depth. I am interested in semi transparent stain, but I wanted to know if anyone has done this before. I am NOT interested in deck paint...

Yes. I should have mentioned earlier that I did replace the shaft seal, the diffuser seal and the volute seal. I got a repair kit from an online source and I am wondering if the quality of the parts is the same as Pentair parts. When I removed the volute seal, the old one had form fitted to the...