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Also, how do you apply it? On the spools as the rope runs onto it?

Never tried that - will that work on what appear to be cotton ropes (whatever it is Coverstar uses!)?

I'll do that! Thanks.

Update on this. Now checking the water again a few hours later, it's almost perfectly clear, almost back to normal and still haven't SLAMmed it. FC still 1. What could be going on??

No. Never did understand why it happened. I've had the Coverstar cover since new, about 6 years. I attributed it to the rope losing elasticity. The only thing I noticed was the rope on that reel had lost it's softness/flexibility.

I have slightly cloudy water as a result of a bad flow switch on my SWCG and my chlorine got a little too low. Now the water is a little cloudy. I am thinking I just need to slam the pool but am confused by the fact that my Free Chlorine has been fluctuating between 1 and 3 (using liquid bleach...

Update: Had to just cut the rope and will have to replace it as it turns out. The rope all around was extremely tightly wound and impossible to move away from the section that was caught underneath.

Hi, I have an automatic pool cover and it won't open all the way. After opening up the cover to the motor and rope spools, I can see that the rope is caught underneath other rope and the rope above it is so tight, it won't release the rope that got caught underneath it, therefore it won't feed...

My question is, can I leave my Raypak heater on all the time? For example, I have the pump schedule to go on at a certain time, and then it's off overnight, coming back on in the morning. I have the heater set to 78 degrees. Will it damage the heater if the water flow stops for several hours...

Is it a good practice to remove the stair railings or not. Mine are stainless steel(?). I live in Minnesota and I have always removed them before -last five years- and stored them. However they have some surface rust at this point so does it make a difference?

That's worth testing! Lol

Lol. Lighting? With a flame?! That would be interesting to see!

It's normal then? Even though the pump was running for several hours before I increased the speed?

I’m wondering if it’s normal to have a lot of air bubbles when you increase the pump speed. A little while after increasing the speed there’s no bubbles from the return jets and before I increase the speed there’s no air bubbles in the return jets. But once I turn the pump up I get a lot of...

I just noticed today that there is a slow leak at the base of the pressure gauge on top of my Pentair cartridge filter housing. Is it a simple matter of replacing the thread tape on the filter gauge?