Recent content by klynne

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    Help! New To Pool Care and My Pool is Cloudy

    you know sometimes you have to go outside the box! You live in California Right?? Well i am sure right out of the faucet your calc. hardness is high, you cant do anything about that. Your cya is high stop using tablets and go to liquid chlorine overtime this will lower your cya. No getting...
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    Inground Pool Closing in Chicago

    TURN YOUR SKIMMERS OFF PULL FROM THE BOTTOM DRAIN IF you don't have a problem with a high water table lower your water 3 to 6" inches below your jet. your mainly lowering to blow the lines. All pools are designed to allow the extra water to escape out your skimmer, you have a overflow just...
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    AG pool cover / closing questions

    TAKE THE SOLAR COVER OFF, plug your return line, take plugs out of pump and filter, leave skimmer open unless you have a (aquador for winter only) put your filter valve in winter position, add chlorine to shock level and use a quat based algecide. put your cover on and your done - - - Updated...
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    Threaded plugs for skimmer

    I had that problem with a gizzmo i used electrical tape instead of teflon tape it worked for me
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    Green Cloudy Pool

    do you have a sand filter and are you backwashing if so how often?
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    can a person detect the difference between fc6 and fc4

    fc has no smell but tc will stink you out of the POOL:)
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    High PH with Liquid Chlorine

    Sounds like you are using a lot of Liquid Chlorine, Liquid carries a high ph try adding Borates to your pool. I'm told that it works to reduce your chlorine demand and fight algae by removing most of the carbon dioxide from the pool water. Carbon dioxide is a favorite food source for algae...