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    How to balance water with broken pump?

    Hi, it is the pool pump. I figured that I should manually add the bleach, but was unsure how the liquid MA would mix in by hand. I did drop a little pump into the bottom of the pool, just to give it some circulation. It has been unreliable and will run for at most about 30 minutes. Thanks...
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    How to balance water with broken pump?

    Hi all, I was wondering if any of you have good ideas on how to keep the water balanced when my SWG motor has gone belly up. It will be Tue or Wed before the guy can get here to replace it (as it is supposed to be under warranty), but we are supposed to have a pool party Thursday. It is about...
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    Overnight FC Test is close, should I shock?

    Finally, I have a night where I actually took the sample about 10:15 PM, and was up at 5 AM and got the next sample. My measurements last night using the TF-100 FC - 3.5 - 4.0 (just a touch of pink before going clear on the 8th drop) CC - 0 pH - 7.6 TA - 80 CH - 220 CYA - 85 Morning FC 2.5-3.0...
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    Chlorine keeps dropping

    I have to thank all who helped me here on this post! Turns out, I should have verified the obvious first, I had a Jandy Aquapure 700 installed which will only service up to about 15,000 gallons. My pool is roughly twice that size, and I was only running the SWG for 12 hours. DOH! I don't have...
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    Jandy Service light came on, should I run it?

    Hello, New equipment, 2 months on and I have a service light on my SWG Jandy Aquapure system. I have two error codes, 172 - "Flow Sensor service condition or flow sensor is unplugged" and 185 - (Don't know this one, it is not in the manual...) 172 says contact a service rep, my question is...
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    Went a little crazy with the CYA

    I was going to drain today. How long will I need to wait before I can trust the cya value? Do I need to wait a week as when adding it?
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    Went a little crazy with the CYA

    Thanks, Mom! I am going to try an overnight test again tonight, but this time I plan on waking up before dawn...sigh...just in case, the other times I have tried this I saw no noticeable drop even after the sun had come up. It has been near 100 degrees here lately, and from other areas on...
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    Went a little crazy with the CYA

    About those double digit FC levels, my AquaPure documentation for my SWG says I should not go over 3.0 FC, which seems to match what I should have with the 70-80 CYA value except that my target should be 5. Seems like I have been adding Cl every couple of days, only to watch it drop and have to...
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    Went a little crazy with the CYA

    It has been a week since I pulled the socks out, and I can live with it, and the water is clear and sparkling. I have left the chart range for the CYA/Chlorine, and cannot read the yellow color no matter what, so I pretty much use the drop test all the time. I am sure I am nowhere close to Cl...
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    Wal-Mart Morton Salt OK?

    Should have asked this before, just had the pool installed this year, so the installer brought all the bags of salt for me. My sensor tells me I am getting near needing some more, and thought I would pick up some bags of the Morton pool salt Wal-Mart sells before it goes away there. Any issues...
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    Went a little crazy with the CYA

    Hello again, In an effort to get my CYA up to 80, I used the pool calculator and added enough to get there (a little less, or so I thought). Now, my CYA is over 100 if my eyeballs are working properly. I did all this to try to maintain a higher FC value in my 95 degrees days with full sun...
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    CC starting to creep up, what to do?

    2.5 FC .5 CC 80 TA pH 7.6 ~40 CYA (but I have added 7 lbs of CYA in the last week, it has all dissolved in the socks, but still only shows about 50 when it should be closer to 60-70) Ca Hardness 230 30,000 Gallons Pebble-Sheen pool I have slowly been increasing my SWG up to its current value...
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    CC starting to creep up, what to do?

    Hello again all :). I have been struggling to get my Cl to stay balanced with my SWG, I have added enough stabilizer to get it to ~70, although I have not seen this reflected on my TF100 test, (that I am hoping I am reading correctly). My Cl continues to drop, and I seem to have the need to...
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    Got my TF100. Ready to kill pool store tester.

    I understand killing the pool tester, before getting my water tested the other day, I gave my buddy half of my sample and asked him to get it tested. You guessed it, all the numbers were different, (except for Cl which was 3.0 TF100 said it was 5.5...).
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    How to backwash my filter?

    Thanks, It was a recommendation on the label about adding the CYA to the filter. I will let the sock do the work :). Thanks for filling me in!