Recent content by mettius

That is what they put in. I wasn't on the ball enough to realize that Pentair made anything but an IntelliChlor. I specified Pentair (which is my system). That is what they put in. It is an iChlor-30. Which is supposed to service a 30,000 gal pool. Mine is only 20,000. Guess I'll find out if it...

Is there any harm in using a Trichlor in line chlorinator which is plumbed just in front of the SWG cell? I just had a SWG installed last week, and am about to add the salt. But I did about a 40% drain of the pool last week to get TDS down. My CYA is now very low, but I have a whole bucket of...

Jim, Why is the iChlor not recommended? Asking because I thought I was getting an intellichlor, but of course the tech showed up on the day I was round trip to Houston. So I wasn't home. He installed an iClhor 30. I've had a heck of a time getting this scheduled and installed, and is the...

Not sure how to get the water to stop gushing out if I open it up. If I just close the skimmers and drain returns will that do the trick?

I have a Pentair 261055 multiport valve. Last two times I've went to put it into "closed" setting to clean the DE filters it was being very difficult. Yesterday I couldn't get it to work at all. Filter setting works fine, but when moved to closed it doesn't (close). Water endlessly chugs out...

No, it is not GFCI. Guess I'll see what the electrician says tomorrow.

I have a Pentair variable speed pump, and the Easytouch 8 controller/box. Which is also an electrical subpanel. History: The presure side pool cleaner (Pentair Kreepy Krawly Platinum or something) pump went out last week. But everythying else has been working fine. Wife swam on Sunday, and the...

Lots of Texans on this thread. ;)

True for us also. We have a very weird "hatchet" shaped lot and the pool is in the "handle" of the hatchet. It is about 50-60 feet from the house I'd guess. Because of this I notice we "go to the pool", as compared to friends of ours who have it w/in 10' of their back door. For them if the back...

I've noticed a trend for us (my wife and I, we have no children). We use the pool much less than we used to. Last year, I am certain I spent more time on pool maintenance than in it. (Some of this was extremely busy work & a beer just seemed more appealing than a dip, given the effort of...

I don't have any visible algae anymore, but I can get onboard with the need to SLAM to be sure. Guess I'll go buy a couple gallons of Liquid Chlorine tomorrow and start the process.

I swear I posted a reply to this with my water stats last night... Here goes again. Water Temp 74 deg F FC 0.0 pH 8.0+ (Higher than 8.0) TA 130 CH 240 CYA 42 Last night I added 22 fl oz of lith hypo to bring FC to 3.0 Today after work I added 38 fl oz of Dry Acid to lower pH. Prior to adding...

You should probably get at least a ballpark bid from a contractor in your area. But it seems like off the top of my head my builder said a redo of my pebblesheen would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,000. That is from memory, and from an informal conversation, so take with a large dose...

I've had my pool for a few years now (~6). Long and the short of it, is I've been using a combination of Trichlor tabs (because, lazy) and Lithium Hypo for superchlorination/shock (so as to not build up the CYA level too quickly). I live in central Texas and we don't close the pool. But I pay a...