Recent content by jwhop3

Thanks, Kaylee. Yes, I did clean my filter cartridges, and they did have some trash and dirt in them, and that did help raise the pressure somewhat. I still have a little air in the pump lid. The pump is only a year old, but I'm replacing all the o-rings south of that point and lubing.

I'm pretty sure I have a suction side leak, as I'm not losing water other than to evaporation. I have a suction-side vacuum, when I run it, the chamber in the pump gets down to half-full and the return pressure is low. The vacuum clean still operates and cleans the pool, but doesn't move like...

My wife found this video and shared it with me. I told her it’s sound advice for preventing algae, but bad advice for a pool. Wouldn’t the copper introduce metals into the water? https://www.facebook.com/reel/144653888516424?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=F4mVcg

640 ounces x 12% is 76.8 oz of available chlorine. If you have a 10,000 gallon pool, and need 10 parts per million to slam, you need 640 ounces of available chlorine.

You have to figure the % of chlorine available to calculate how much chlorine is in the bottle. When they can be found, the 10% liquid chlorine bottles at Walmart are often only Pennie’s more than the 8.5%. Also learn how to read the date code on the side of the bottle to determine how fresh...

I've been trying to prevent my Aquabot Mamba from hooking the back of the ladder rail which causes it to get stuck. I remember seeing at the Googleheim somebody ziptying a plastic coat hanger to the vacuum to keep it from getting too close to the ladder. Does anyone else here remember coming...

Update on the Mamba... Being fed up with the cleaner getting stuck in the stair cove or the backside of the ladder, I searched for, you know, how to stop that. I found this little gizmo called the Pool Twister, with is a wormgear that connects inline in between sections of hose, and the water...

The one (okay, 6) I got was labeled as concentrated bleach, which is the one I usually get. This year the bottle is smaller (86 oz) but stronger, 8% I believe. Mine had a limit 2 sign, but I figured they could only tell me no, and i took 6 to the self check. Hey, i'm not hoarding after all...

I've had good luck with my Nano Autopilot.

I've experience cloudy or more like hazy water whenever the pH gets too high. After a heavy rainy week, it got up to 8.0 like yours was. Once I balanced with Jasco muriatic acid from Lowes, it cleared right up.

Pool store will do anything to sell you panther Tick. Trust your results, commit to only using bleach, baking soda or Borax to balance. The best method of adding stabilizer is to fill an old sock with the granules and tie it under your ladder near a return jet.

Yup, that's what mine look like in the first season. Bad news for your black-eyed susans in the back.

Oddly, when they open in the evening, I don't smell it anymore. It's only when the blooms close up during the heat of the day. It's like "there's a dead frog around here" kinda smell. With my yard, it's very likely there is a dead frog.

Nope, just a fresh coat of mulch every year. They'll grow everywhere and are pretty tolerant. I can dig up the tuber and transplant it just about anywhere. I consider these as Sleeper/Creeper/Leapers. First year, they sleep. Second year they creep. Third year they leap, though it most...

I have these things all over my pool. 4 o'clock Miribilus.