Recent content by JasonJoel

On Nat gas it is 1 therm per 100k btu per hour. In Texas it is $1/therm. So $1/therm*4 therm/hr *24 hr/day*30 day/mo=$2880/mo. Propane, even in bulk, is typically quite a bit more expensive. $2.50/gal in Texas - that would be $7200/mo if running 24/7!

Ouch. A 400k btu heater costs about $100-$130/day to run, if constantly running. $3k-$4k/month... I don't need to go swimming in the winter that badly. Lol

That's not that high then... Safe to swim in even. What exactly are you worried about? This time of year I lose about 2ppm chlorine per day. But it depends on temp, sun/uv, and how many contaminants are in the water.

Without knowing the exact volume, that sounds about right to me. You just can't compare the heat up time from a heat pump versus a gas heater that is four to five times larger.

Not if the hands fall off. [emoji16]

I added borates after about 2 months. Other than my pH fluctuating faster than I wanted, the rest of my chemistry was stable before I added borates. If everything is stable other than pH, I would go ahead and add it. Adding borates was one of the best things I did to my pool. Now I can go...

Depends on a number of things such as aeration, plaster age, water temp, as well as TA and borate level. My pool naturally runs around 7.8. I add acid when it gets above 8.0 and drop it down to about 7.5. I only have to do that about every 2 weeks. Before I added borates I had to do it every...

Same with mine. On mine it will alternate between pool and spa every 15 minutes until the temperature gets warm enough to disengage freeze mode. You may want to double check the temperature setting for freeze mode on your controller. It is configurable, if I remember correctly. Maybe someone...

Thanks for reminding me to fix my signature, I keep forgetting to do that (but have done so now). Yes it is a 3HP VSF. My lowest usable speed (35 gpm or about 1850 rpm) is clearly higher than yours. Mine is so high mainly because my spa overfill to my pool doesn't get enough flow without...

I also have the 520, and on mine at lower rpm it runs around 16 pounds and high rpm runs around 20. This is with completely clean filters. Right now mine is running 23.5 psi on high rpm 30 days after filter cleaning. 20 is not high for that filter, depending on the pump you have. And it is...

San Antonio here... I leave mine on 35. Could probably go 32, but the electricity is cheap so why cut it close?

Except the one spot, the rest looks pretty normal to me. Sorry if your expectations are different than that though. I don't think you will have much luck getting them to do anything about the other areas.

Pools go one of two ways. Either they drive away buyers that don't want to maintain a pool or have little kids and don't want to deal with the safety issues, or they slightly add value. And I mean very slightly.