Recent content by Jmanb13

Re: Losing prime Check my post I just made. Might help you find any air leaks. Suction Side air leak issue; Possible fix for priming issues It should find any air leaks on your plumbing as long as it is between your skimmer and the outlet of the pump, (and not underground :D) The water...

Re: Suction Side air leak issue In this particular instance, the O-ring on one of my PVC unions had come out of place slightly. However for good measure, I also removed all the pvc threaded connections and sealed them with pipe joint compound (link below). Something I recently discovered while...

I only visit here occasionally each year so this may have been posted before. I have been troubleshooting a small air leak on the suction side of my pump for over a year. It causes occasional issues with pump priming, and I almost always have small air bubbles in my return vents. Since finding...

That makes sense. Most of the people that come to here looking for help are very inexperienced in general with all the chemicals and what the purpose of the different products actually do, so adding extra things like flocculents and clarifiers to the mix doesn't really help in this since. I...

Long time lurker, rare poster. I was doing some reading through various old posts her and it seems like there is a general dislike for things like flocculent and clarifier. Why is everyone so against it? Does it do something bad to the pool? Is it more of a money/time thing? I ask, because I...

I just tied the sock with a small rope running to the handle on a used bleach bottle half filled with water. Set the bleach bottle above one of the skimmers and let the sock hang. The return jet pushes the sock away from the side of the pool so its not resting on anything. Give it some squeezing...

Pool is finally clear! Thanks for all the help everyone! Took a week of doing a SLAM. Here's a couple pics of how clear the pool is. 1 during the day and 1 at night with the lights on. This is looking down into 8 feet of water.

That seems to be what the problem was. Thanks! I tested again today wiping between drops and the TA came out to be 100 again.

I did not wipe the tip of the bottle. I read that in the instructions but didn't really understand why I would need to do that. I will retest tomorrow :) Previously I was using the K-2006 test outside next to the pool when I got the TA of 100 and the TF-100 inside on my kitchen counter when i...

What would cause the TA to almost double when I have done nothing else except add bleach for a week?

Thanks everyone for your help getting me through a SLAM process, it seems that everything is clearing up nicely. I do have one questions. Before I started my SLAM, my PH was 7.4 and my TA was 100. I know that when FC is really high that PH measurements are not accurate. Is this the same for...

Ok, I got my TF100 kit in! After testing twice today already, I definitely have not been putting in enough chlorine over the last few days to keep up with a slam. I put 121oz of 8.25% bleach in this morning. When my TF 100 got here via USPS, I tested around 1pm, and it was at 11 FC. I put in...

I was looking back through my pics of the pool being filled up. I think I definitely have way more algae then I thought. Just need the TF-100 to arrive so I can start the SLAM again.

I only added 1/4 cup DE as suggested by Piolin and it seems to be doing a better job without overloading the filter. My TF-100 is tentatively supposed to be here tomorrow, so I can start testing the water again, and start/finish the SLAM. It seems to be getting there, I can actually see the...

It seems this may be what is happening, the 1/2 cup I put in earlier barely moved the needle at all. After about an hour it had gone up to 15psi from 10. Now, after 4 hours its up to 23 psi. Water is still moving good so I haven't stopped the pump yet.