Recent content by jaindesi

I called Matronics and vac is out of warranty. Cable fraying is due to too much chlorine. I also tend to leave the vac in the pool for longer periods of time even though it's not doing anything. I searched the part number for the cable online and found it on amazon for $155. There may be...

I have dolphin Nautilus CC pool vac. It has the long blue cable thT connects to the controller box. The cable now is fraying. Small blue pieces are coming off on the entire cable. Luckily I use hair nets in the Skimmer baskets so those small pieces get caught. Is there anything I can do...

Pool is looking great.. Just need to bring down the PH and burn off some Chlorine.

After this hose wash, pressure has been staying steady around 10/15 PSI for past, 3 hours. I added another gallon of chlorine as well. Water is getting clear. I am now able to see the bottom drain. Still little cloudy.

So backwashing and rinse wasn't helping. So I opened the filter. This is my 3rd time hoseing down the grid. Does it look like a badly clogged grid?

One more question, are there different alternatives to de media powder than DE itself? I know there is food grade and pool grade. But are there different option in pool DE?

I guess I never had my pool get this bad. Having the cover open since memorialize weekend allowed algae to grow out if control. I have been using the robot vac. It's been life saving. I do see it picking up dead algae in thr filter. It's just annoying opening the filter to hose down...

@duraleigh here are the numbers from this morning. Ph around 8.2 FC 14.5 cc 1 TC 15.5 Calcium hardness 175 Alkalinity 80 Cya 40 I opened the filter this morning and hose down the grids again. Pressure stays around 15 psi for an hour and now its 20 psi and I can see the waterfall flow...

I opened the pool around memorial day weekend. Found out my old DE filter was leaking at the dirty water intake. New filter was installed about a week ago. Since pool was open for long time it's been really diety. Lot of algae and leaves at the bottom. As you can see the pics, this is the...