Recent content by JayH

I have to go by memory here because my pool is still covered until about Memorial Day. I do remember shocking the pool last season and even doing an overnight test. However, I suppose that the bacteria may still have been suspended and needed time to settle out of the water. This sediment...

I have to go by memory here because my pool is still covered until about Memorial Day. I do remember shocking the pool last season and even doing an overnight test. However, I suppose that the bacteria may still have needed time to settle out of the water. This sediment problem just seemed to go...

Thanks for the thoughts Newdude. I started using a filter sock last year and I think that it would help you with your floating particles. I am not troubled with trees but, in the spring, my pool does seem to catch a lot of pollen. A real lot. But I use it all summer though. The brand I use is...

Possibly off topic but hopefully helpful...I notice that you are running a 1.5hp single speed pump. Please consider a 2 speed or a variable speed pump. That 1 1/2 hp is expensive to operate! I have a two speed and I only use the 1 1/2 setting when I vacuum otherwise I run it on 0.19 hp. You may...

My pool is near 19,000 gallons and I currently have a 2 speed Pentair 347992 Optiflo pump. It's 1 1/2 HP on high and 0.19 on low. My pool is above ground. In the fall, I remove the sand from the filter to remove the stand pipe. I do this because once, despite draining the sand filter, the sand...

The video is helpful in that it tells you to adjust your PH to 7.2 and then it tells you to use your test kit to maintain shock levels but the video doesn't tell you what level that is. I guess it gets fine tuned against the CYA levels but still. (Just an FYI). Thanks for all you do.

Thank you JamesW. So close, but I actually have First Energy.

Thank you all for your replies. I'm probably going to go with a Hayward Matrix 2 speed. Thank you all again.

...I just noticed that the PL1615 is 220v, I have 120v.

mas985, thank you for telling me about some models that can be a good option for me. It sounds like either one is an improvement. The pump I have now is probably better known by another brand to those who know but I only know it as a Doughboy XP-1. Although I would economically prefer the lower...

mas985, do you have a pump in mind for me?

This is more challenging than I expected. According to Hayward..."Circulating 7,000 gallons with a PowerFlo Matrix model # SP15932S would take about 113 minutes at high speed and about 9-3/4 hours at low speed, depending on the filter paired with it. The pump motor is rates at 1.265 kW/h at high...

I did find these two pumps. A Hayward SP15932TL with 1 1/2 hp, 12 amp and 3 amp. A Pentair 347992 with 1 1/2 hp, 16.4 and 4.4 amps. Running 3 amps would run me $29 per month.

Oly, good questions. I do have an inexpensive fountain that the kids like ($35). I don't have a pump driven floor cleaner. I have one skimmer. I don't have, or plan to get, any heating system. All good points. I don't understand the no, 1 and no part of your answer though. Thanks.

Although the dealer hooked me up with a 1 1/2 HP pump do I need to stay with that? Should I get a 1 HP two speed/variable speed?