Recent content by Iolly

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    A big mistake!

    Hehehe good you know what I mean
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    A big mistake!

    Well just to update you guys, today I left the cartridge under the sun to dry it. As soon as it was dry I washed it with a degreaser for the dish...clean it with lots of water... LIKE NEW NOW. Just checked the pressure and water flow... nothing wrong all good Thank you
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    A big mistake!

    Thanks Jim I’ll do it like you say. Now I just try to keep it dry and hope the mire and flocculant will dry too.
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    A big mistake!

    Unfortunately ,where I live , we have to order the cartridge and it takes from 3 to 4 weeks to arrive, in the mean time how can I do?!? It’s a really mess hehe
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    A big mistake!

    Hi guys ,I’m in a really bad moment. Yesterday I used some flocculant after some trouble with ph etc due heavy crazy rain last week, to clean everything . I stopped my pump , so the water could not go through my cartridge filter ( Hayward ). BIG MISTAKE WAS NOT SAYING ANYTHING TO MY WIFE. This...
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    Getting worsted

    Thank you Unfortunately here in indo is not easy to find test kit. I’ve got only the chlorine and ph test. I chlorine the pool with 2 tablet of chlorine every 2 days and the day I start so saw the algae I put 1 kg of chlorine powder in the pool to shock , but didn’t worked. The chlorine value...
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    Getting worsted

    Hi guys, I’ve got a problem with the algae. The pool is 18000 gal pool ,with cartridge filter. Located in Indonesia where the average temperature is 95f or 35 degrees Celsius, pretty hot all day. I’ve got the pool since 2 years now and never had problem. This period have some raining and workers...
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    intellichlor or chlorine

    wow cool. so i think the dealer dont know much about it. here in Indonesia for 6 month is a dry season and for 6 month its wet season,so it means almost every day rain. except salt,what i should be aware or prepare o buy to regulate the water ? some sort of chemicals or what?
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    intellichlor or chlorine

    Dear maddie,thank you very much for your reply. well right ,here in Indonesia, my pool is costantly under the sun,everyday all daylong ,around 35-40 celcius,so pretty hot. at the pool shop the guy told me at the beginning i have to start the chlorination with around 350 kg salt (4-5 kg per 1...
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    intellichlor or chlorine

    Hi ,please guys ,can you let me know if a SWG will save my money compare a normal chlorine service? i wonder know if the intellichlor from pentair (intellichlor ic20) work good, and if ,in term of maintenance is more easy or not? also,if i buy an intellichlor ic20,my pool is around 19'000...
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    filter ft2

    Nope no heater since the weather here is so hot all year long, not under 86’ Fahrenheit all year. no seasonally closing, run all year long. swimming pool outside , pump room at the same level of pool, inground
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    filter ft2

    Unfortunately I can not buy a bigger filter due restriction to import some equipment,I live in Indonesia , the biggest cartridge filter can be found here are: Hayward c1200 or pentair c100. sand filter the biggest is pentair tagelus ta100
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    filter ft2

    Thank you very much for the suggestions,i really need it. much appreciated. someone told me that 100-120 ft2 are not enough for my 16'000 gallon pool, so the pool will be all time dirty..is it right or not?
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    filter ft2

    My pool is a residential pool with 16.500 gal,the pump is a intelliflo vs. the pipe are 1,5. Pump room is in ground . due to my location ,Indonesia,I’ve got limited filter due import issue. the Hayward c1200 (120 ft2 120 gpm ) for example is the biggest cartridge filter Hayward can import here...
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    filter ft2

    thank you for you reply, probably i didnt explain well. i would like to understand what is the difference in each specs when on the cartdrige filter they sayd 120ft2 and on sand filter they say 7,03 ft2 , where all the other specs are the same (gpm and turnover)