Recent content by kramer

I will read these. first thing I notice is not to use dry acid. Got a big cannister of it ready to go for this year. I have only ever used dry acid, so that will be a change. Maybe I won't get liquid chlorine stains all over my shorts, but now I have to handle liquid acid? The joys of pool...

Thanks. The community experience with these devices is why I asked. I also like this answer because the IC40 was recommended by the installer I generally trust more. I plan on testing with the kit for sure. This place effectively taught me not to trust anything but my own chemistry results...

Saw a recent similar post, but didn't want to hijack the OP's thread. Facing a similar dilemma though in the mid-Atlantic region. We've had a pool for 9 years, no heater at all. In the beginning, my wife and I just dealt with the cold water. Having our own house with our own pool took the...

After 9 seasons, I am ready for salt. Liquid chlorine has just become too expensive and cumbersome to buy, transport, and store. I called two installers who naturally recommended two different things . . . the Pentair IC40 and the Pentair iChlor30. It's not immediately clear what the major...

Looks like another drain with a strainer cover, or maybe in this case an intake for the jets that doesn't bother sending water all the way back through the pool filter. Like with an indoor jetted tub where there is a drain in the bottom that empties the tub into the waste line, and an intake on...

just some sort of food dye from the supermarket?

So thanks in large part to this site, I've had 5 relatively "trouble free" pool seasons with all my major problems caused by my own laziness and ignorance in the very beginning. But now . . . I have a leak. I didn't do a bucket test because it's pretty obvious that there is a leak. It just...

I bought a 300i last week and we've used it 3 times so far. The cord wrapping is a minor pain, sort of like dealing with a garden hose. I haven't seen it tangle while in use yet though. I'll keep any eye out for that. Haven't found it upside down or stuck anywhere yet. It initially got...

All seems fine when not vacuuming. Filter PSI is 14 which has been my "opening, post backwash" PSI and is where it was before I got the new motor. The pump pot is full and there are no water leaks. New motor runs quiet. The new equipment looks exactly the same, except the motor housing is...

So I made some total newb mistakes over the winter. New house, new pool, total newb, didn't discover this site until last month. My pump timer is inside the house next to the main electrical box. The timer looks exactly like the timer for the outside lights at my old house. So naturally...

city water via a garden hose was my plan. 2 questions though: my city water is pretty hard. And according to the pool store cheats, I already have enough copper in the pool to re-pipe my house. So is my city water a bad idea? any recommendations for where to drain the water? I've just been...

within 2 minutes of walking in there, I was listening to some high school kid babble on about phosphates. that was when I concluded they were snake oil salesman. the problem was, I actually thought I need snake oil.

I've been reading it for about a week. When I first got here, I was beyond clueless. Now I am a bit educated. :-) the water is generally pretty clear, but not as clear as it was when we took the winter cover off. it clouded up a bit when I was about 35 lbs into a 50 lb bucket of soda ash...

RE: the CYA, that's what I was afraid you'd say. I feel like it will take forever to get the CYA down. The pool store suggested I drain 20 inches. I didn't do that much because I was afraid of ruining the liner. I've done a few inches maybe 3 or 4 times. Do I just drain onto the grass and...