Recent content by jfdid

Hi folks, I'm trying to limp this cell through the summer. T-CELL-15. It's 6 summers old, so I know it's at the end of its life anyway. At the end of the last summer, I would get daily shutdowns with the "low salt" light flashing. The salt level was fine, I cleaned the cell, etc. It's just...

Thanks to all who replied. An update for future readers. I ended up purging yesterday and am happy with the results today. I also removed all of the jets and cleaned out each jet/housing. There was some nasty junk in there so I imagine that was contributing to the FC usage. To recap the issue...

Oops - my hot tub is 1000 Litres!! Not Gallons. So it's 260 Gallons. Now that it's 4x reduced volume, do you think the SWG should keep up on normal usage days? You're right, I need to determine & log the liquid FC usage to determine if the SWG is working. It's brand new and bubbling lots, but...

Thanks @PoolStored I'll drop the cell down to 90% this morning. It's only been 3 weeks since the purge, so I'd assume the CYA level is still good. And 2 weeks since I started using the SWG. I guess I'm trying to decide whether the SWG should cover the FC needs on days we don't use the tub...

Hi folks, I've been a pool owner using the TFP philosophy happily for 7 years and love this forum. I bought a 10 year old used hot tub/spa a month ago(tub was running & hot when I bought it, was only drained for ~10 hours before it was back up and running). Filled it, ran bromine for 2 weeks...

DrZach, thanks for that info. I'll take a good look when I pull it apart today!

I went to deep clean my sand filter today as we just bought the house last fall. Astounded to find that the filter was only ~1/4 full of sand. I've read some folks have sand only a little above 1/2 but 1/4 is a bit low! I wonder how it has lost so much sand. Not knowing the pool well, I...

That thread was entertaining and motivating! I went a little overboard on the acid and had to add some soda ash. One more test tonight and I'll have pH set for tomorrow. What resonated with me as the most beneficial thing you can do is get rid of all the organic material prior to treating. I...

Thanks Casey! Oops, I'd forgotten the first thing about SLAM. Currently waiting another 30 minutes to lower pH and I will report back. Thanks again.

Good afternoon folks, new to the forum but have been lurking for months in anticipation of spring. Happy to have finally joined. I'm in Canada. Pool was swimmable in the fall. Drained 50% of the water and did mild shock prior to close. No winter cover so had lots of leaves/needles in water...