Recent content by Krulligo

Without knowing exactly what the TA is, keep adding muriatic acid to drop PH down to 7.0. in beginning, test every 6-12hours as the pH will creep up quite fast, and keep bringing it back down to 7.0. This will eventually bring your TA down and the pH should stabilize between 7.5-7.8 depending on...

Sundance Spas are solid, I have one manufactured in 2000 and still going strong. Parts are also readily available which is awesome. If it is leak proof and ran fine 8 months ago, I would still consider repairing it given your situation as most likely its probably a single part you need to...

I do this most springs. Its called soft opening. Leave the cover on while filling up the pool. Once filled, you can also run your pump and all equipment and check for leaks etc. You can also balance the water if it is way off. As you said, the main advantage of this is when you are opening early...

Did your psi keep rising throughout the next few hours. My pool looked clearer than yours when I added DE and my PSI kept rising about 0.5psi per half hour as it was filtering the debris. You should be capturing the debris slot faster so I would expect a quick rise in PSI as your filtering. If...

Hmm that doesn't seem like much. I have a very small sand filter and I used a lot more than that to raise 1PSI. I'd have to take a look at my notes from last year but I think it was around 2-4 cups.

Are you sure you added the DE to your sand filter correctly? I had a light algae bloom last year, caught it early with SLAM. I kept SLAM going and my pool was nice and blue color, but was like 95% clear but not crystal sparkling clear as I was used to. I shined a flashlight into the water at...

Just an update. I poked around in the jet a bit and was able to pull out 2 leaves to unblock the jet. You guys were correct. Makes sense as I did an ahh-some purge with the filter off. It was relatively windy and soe leaves fell into the tub during the purge so probably got sucked into the plumbing.

Thanks. Will try the suggestions. I also have a rubber strap wrench which might do the trick the grasp the outer edge of the metal face cover without damaging it. Parts are much easier and cheap to get in the US. In Canada, not so much, but always good that they still make them.

Good idea will try that as well.

These particular jets look a bit finicky to remove thus I wanted to avoid touching them. I found a video pertaining to the particular jet that is affected. The little hand jets that I have timestamped in the video: Looks like you can remove them but I would be really afraid of breaking them...

I inserted my hose into the pipe where my filter hooks up to as I have always done in the past when refilling. This allows water to run through the piping and out the jets when it is being refilled. Never had this issue before. Good idea with the shop vac though. Just for clarification, it is...

Any quick solutions to resolving an airlock that is only affecting 1 jet after refill? I want to avoid draining and refilling. Rest of the jets working perfectly, so only isolated to the 1 affected jet. Can I try to use a clean toilet plunger on the jet or blow some water through it with the...

Did you read your instructions manual? On my Sundance spa, the default setting is for the circulation pump to turn on at 5pm and run continuously after that. So if I just refilled the spa, it would trigger the circulation pump to run 24/7 after it passes 5pm. If I refilled the spa and turned...

Thanks. That's an interesting thread to read. How about pool surfaces and equipment. Does chlorine (and high amounts of it have an effect). There are instances were I read people miscalculating and dumping in way too much chlorine and it bleached their vinyl liner, but at what levels of...

I didn't say I want to.... I just wanted to learn what the effects of chlorine would do at various levels above SLAM.