Recent content by merkurmaniac

A Muley4x4: If you go past Walmart very often, I'd just buy some more in a few weeks. Let them store it for you. I think that their price is here to stay for a while, so I see no need to stock up. I live in Sugar Land, and have a 23,000 gal pool. 3.1 oz per minute, and I have been running...

Mine was some kind of weatherbeaten deck box from suncast. It was sunbaked and gray. I cut the bottom out of it, since the tank would crush the old plastic bottom. It sits directly on a piece of thick travertine. I primed it and then painted it with latex house paint to match my house. The...

SO, I figured out that my tubing was fine in the pump, on the rollers. The connection from the tank to the suction side of the pump was not good enough for it to pull a vacuum. It was unable to pump. I bought two nuts and ferrules and the correct black plastic tubing from chemworld for $20...

Sorry, just saw your post. The pump is still turning, just not pumping. I have not yet investigated it, since its unnecessary right now. I'll know soon. Richard

I bought calcium chloride driveway ice melter at ACE hardware. They will special order a 50lb bag for about $25 in the winter time. I dissolved what I needed into a 5 gallon white bucket to be certain that there was no sediment or residue or iron color or anything else. It has worked well.

Pump quit pumping chlorine last November or so. I guess that I'll be replacing some tubing on it before spring.

I used the stenner for a bunch of reasons, primarily its steady, measured output. It can also move chlorine when the pump is pumping. A gravity system would most likely only work when the pump was down and there was no real backpressure. This would take timing. Also, most sprinkler valves...

Hi, I will look for some photos, but they are not going to be too helpful. The opensprinkler can open and close 24V dc sprinkler valves, and with this power level, it can easily close and hold closed an a/c relay. This is the one that I bought...

THis set up has been working great. I can dial up or dial down the amount of chlorine I add to my pool each day with my android phone. Right now, I am pumping 45 oz of 10-12% chlorine into my pool. It runs a 8 pm each night and runs for 15 minutes at 3 oz per minute. My chlorine level is...

Here is a picture of my setup. The Large rectangular box is an old Suncast brand plastic outdoor box that was really beat up and weathered. I pressure washed it, then painted it to match the house color, then clear coated it. Its was just a bit too short, and with the weight of the chlorine...

I helped a neighbor clean his filters and brought my stand over. It eliminates most of the stooping. I may keep and eye out for broken office chairs and build another to give away in my neighborhood. These chairs are pretty junky. The bottom of the "seat" portion is a thin piece of metal...