Recent content by ja3372

you may be looking at my spa logs, pool doesn't open until memorial day thanks to the cold nights of the northeast. The beginning of my season is when i struggle with alkalinity. I have to add about 3 feet to my pools its a slow fill with my well. My well water has a consistent ph of about...

i struggle with alkalinity rising in my pool but ph stays steady so i need that rise for when i add acid

I have read about intex pools having a valve of some sort on the return to aerate the water to raise ph without raising the alkalinity. In the past I aim my jet upward during the week to agitate the water and raise ph to keep it up to par and lower it on the weekends. Well our house has become...

I usually hose them down weekly but when I change the water every 3-4 months I run spa with ahhsome and leave filters in for the purge, hose them off, then soak them in dish detergent for 24 hours then hose off again, let them dry and put them aside until I swap water again. (2 sets of filters...

Recently my wife has been on a kick of making everything at home from soaps to detergents. I usually use powdered dishwasher soap for cleaning my spa filters every few months. I wanted to see if the ingredients in her new dish detergent were ok for doing this before going for it. Her dish...

Friend of ours left their Hayward HP50HA out all winter (in the northeast) and forget to drain water out. The heat exchanger cracked and he decided he did not want to deal with it so he was going to toss it and buy a new one. I gave it a crack and am working on repairing the unit. It did not...

The past 3 weeks I have been losing water in the pool not at a crazy rate but more than usual. I noticed some sand on the bottom of the pool today and think I may have a leak. I though it may just be evaporation however my neighbors pools (which get more sun than mine) are not needed to be...

I'm usually in the same boat with my well water. I'm good on PH but my TA is really high. I usually have to keep aerating the water (jets on) to bring up the PH then keep adding muriatic acid until I'm well balanced. With the pool in the beginning of the season I aim the jet up and over about...

Does the heat pump run off of 220V? I have read a little about the heat pumps, BTU's look different as well

Unfortunately no we have oil heat heat here. I think propane going to be my best bet, I called my local pool store but the high school kids running the place did not have much insight. I'm also trying to find out what size propane tank I would need.

So the great northeast pool season is open unlike most of the country we got a solid 3 months of pool season and for the most part you get a solid 2 months of warm water. I'm looking to change that, with the cool nights my pool has been struggling to break 65 degrees. My wife and I are looking...

My family and I are getting away from northern New Jersey for 2 1/2 weeks next month to sunny Florida. This is the first time with the spa I will be away that long. I have been using the dichlor/bleach method for the past few months with great success! Its almost time to drain the spa and add...

yes, with the option of 2 different time settings

Thank you all for the help, also in regards to the filter in the spa, how many hours a day should i be running the filter i can set it to anything, from the factory is runs 24 hours

I think i'm going to purchase a good test kit, from watching videos and reading on this page there seems to be a lot of discrepancies with having the store test the water. In regards to chemicals where is a good place to start. The pool store seems very expensive, I know of a store a few towns...