Recent content by KBoy420

No I can't get the impeller off at all. Im just chewing up the back of the drive shaft trying to hold it while using a strap wrench on the impeller.

Hi all. Have a Hayward PowerFlow Matrix, manufactured 2020. At the end of last season, it seemed to be running louder than usual. Worked fine until end of season. Decided to do some checking (the mounting base was totally rusted - though I believe that's from skimmer water leaking and setting at...

Hi all. At a rental house for the week and there's in an-ground pool/spa combo. All is apparently controlled by Pentair control panel. The "pool" is scheduled to run from 8am-5am. Problem is in this mode, the pump seems to only go on for a few minutes then shut off, so I can't clean. The home...

Hey everyone - Getting ready to cover up and this year I kind of want to keep my water level to the top of the skimmer - for a number of reasons, instead of draining down. 1) talk me out of it if it's a bad idea 2) how do I winterize the skimmer? I had the cheap plastic cover that came with...

No I will need to get the FAS-DPD test. My Taylor k2005 doesn't have that test. So to recap: 1) lower pH slightly, by about 0.5 using "pH down" 2) get a FAS-DPD test for OCLT 3) do OCLT 4) likely slam again 5) pull grass from liner bottom and patch

I'll do that. Any suggestion on the pH? I know that having enough FCl in the pool will slightly lower pH, but would you suggest using any "pH down" to balance this a bit before adding more chlorine or doing the OCLT?

Doesn't appear to be leaking any, and if it is, it's such a slow leak it's not noticable. But obviously I don't want grass growing thru the liner. Guess i missed a root while rebuilding, or the grass outside the walls in growing underneath. As for the CYA, going to try to bump that to closer...

Hi All, I'm losing a ton of chlorine. In the last 5 days, I've added 5 gallons of liquid chlorine and just tested today, less than 2 ppm chlorine and my pH is above 8. My CYA is around 30, and the pool does get direct sunlight all day long. I have some chlorine tabs for the floater that have...

Well, found some grass growing thru the bottom if the liner. Guess that was what was eating all my chlorine? Guess I'm going on 58 degree water...this pool revival was cursed from the beginning!

I just dumped my last 2 gallons in. If anyone in eastern PA has any leads for liquid chlorine, send em my way. My local lowes ran out, and only 1 local pool place has it, 2.5 gallons for $18.99. May have no other choice.

Hi all. So I got my algae bloom under control and the water looks great - nice and clear. I shocked the Crud out of it for about 2 weeks and due to some local supply chain issues, have been forced to let the chlorine fall back to nothing. So I decided to do a full water test and get your...

Hi all. Had to put the pump in early due to a leak. Anyway we have a freeze warning for tonight into tomorrow. I plan to just let the pump run all night. Anything else I should do to make it thru the next 24 hours without any broken equipment?

Water was delivered today. Pump ran on recirculate for close to 12 hours now. Chlorine is 10ppm, pH is at 8, TA is at 80ppm.