Recent content by joel98z

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    What to do with water when my equipment is down?

    Thanks @Newdude good to know I was on the right track, and will wait out the storm as it were.
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    What to do with water when my equipment is down?

    Above ground equipment burst during recent freeze. I am currently waiting for parts to arrive and pool company to fix. The filter pump and associated plumbing has been offline for 2 weeks and counting. I have a second pump for water feature and been running that to circulate water in the pool...
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    Pipes burst even with freeze Protection on

    I dont know. How can I tell?
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    Pipes burst even with freeze Protection on

    It carries water from the salt cell back into pool. Valve it what switches between pool mode and spa mode
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    Pipes burst even with freeze Protection on

    All, I'm in North Texas and as you know we had a huge artic blast. I had freeze protection on but came out this morning to check and noticed the spa return was not working or the bubbler or any returns in the pool. It was fine last night when I checked before bed and pumps have been running...
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    Pool Project

    Agree with both of these points... I couldn't get autofill in my area because city won't approve. What I did was add fill line as a Zone to my sprinkler system and I just schedule to run when pool needs a top off. Before (especially during NTX summers) I was throwing the hose in the pool...
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    Salt Test Question

    Thanks! SWCG is happy, keeping the pool nice and chlorinated.
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    Salt Test Question

    My TF100 with salt showed my pool has 2800 PPM salt, Aquapure reads 3100. Which should I trust and should I add more salt? Pool details in sig.
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    Considering pool financing options

    May not be the best option today, but I used a cash out refinance back in Summer 2021 when rates we historically low. I got 135k cold hard cash loan for 2.7%
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    Confused by Pool Math App and Pool Warranty - Conflicting Ranges

    +1 to all that has been suggested. I am a newbie pool owner and have followed the TFP method and recommend numbers in pool math and have never had any issues at all. Follow the advice here and you will be fine
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    New Build - Houston TX!

    Agree maybe even 6.5 to 7' .. Mine deep end is 6ft and cannon balls off my "jump area" can result in hard but hits on the bottom.
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    iAqualink 3.0 pump speed question

    Kind of, You have to upgrade to the RS system to get pump status to show on web interface.
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    iAqualink 3.0 pump speed question

    I have the PDA system and can turn features on and off with iAqualink on my iPhone.