Recent content by johnnymack

Last night I added 4gal of 10% LC and 4lb stabilizer. Today during the day I added 2gal 10% and 4lb stabilizer. How long will the stabilizer take to show up in testing? CYA tube still showing under 30 but I thought it could take up to a week to see so I'm not planning to add more. At 9pm...

No leaks it seems, as I haven't been losing any water other than a little from the sun baking it all day. Pump now stays primed if I keep the rpms up. Added LC and stabilizer last night, added more this morning to keep the FC level up pretty high during the day since the CYA is still low and...

Thanks Bperry - No, definitely not sure it's all algae. I have never seen this pool during/after a shock process so I am not sure what are plaster issues and what's algae. I am going to add stabilizer and start the SLAM tonight after the sun goes down, and then plan to brush it in the morning...

My biggest reason for thinking to go with the pucks right now is that the in-line feeder is readily available, easy to install, takes less upkeep, and with major work coming up I wasn't too worried about the CYA. I wouldn't mind the cosmetic aspects of the plaster as it is but there are a bunch...

Well I fixed the priming issue! Replaced the diverter valve but that wasn't the main issue. It was leaking a little air but it wasn't until I power washed the cartridges (carefully) of the filter that I finally got a full prime! So now I feel a lot better about starting to add chemicals...

I took apart the diverter valve. The larger o-ring was pretty dry but in tact. Washed and lubed everything and put it back on but didn't see much difference. (I have new o-rings coming today, but now not really expecting them to help much). The main drain line seems to pulse when I switch...

There are two skimmers and by the one closer to the equipment there is a diverter valve. I am pretty sure I can hear air escaping from this valve so I'm going to disassemble it and take a look. On an unrelated note it's 105+ here today and one of my inside A/C units quit last night. Ahhhh...

It has a priming function when I stop and restart the pump. As currently set, it will prime for 1 min but the basket never fills. I tried setting the prime function to 5 min and it still would not fill the basket. Even when running at a lower RPM, which the normal program does have it do...

Ah, that was my old pool. This pool has a cartridge filter. Here is a pic of the main equipment pad. I have tried to run a hose in the pump basket for a couple of minutes but the water just flows down the suction side pipe. Will try with a bucket of water to see if I can fill it further

35-40k gal in-ground plaster pool. Just moved in, pool looks terrible. Regular algae, black algae in addition to a lot of plaster issues so resurfacing is going to be needed soon down the road. They've been using a puck floater but I'm not sure how much they were even using that. There's no...