Recent content by MHumphrey

Hi James - thanks for the info. Can you elaborate on the Vitamin C idea for the ring? What to get and how to apply it? Do you have a theory of what that ring actually is? Thanks -Matt

I was away from home for several months and my "pool help" fell through, and as a result the pool was very neglected for a while. I have the water back in shape, but there are lots of stains. Primarily, there are lots of little spots that appear to be dark green. They almost look like moss...

How can you know if your pool is leaking water somehow, or if you are just being paranoid? I have a pools that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 12k gallons. (It is not a rectangle, but is approximately 26ft by 13ft, and goes from 3ft in the shallow end to 6ft in the deep end). Lately it...

Ahh... that's a bummer. The Nautilus CC Plus does not have Automation Mode. I tried holding buttons in all sorts of ways, and finally looked it up on Maytronic's Website. In the spec list, it says "No" for automation mode. Interestingly, its cheaper little brother the Nautilus CC does have...

Hi Chris - Thanks for the info. I ended up getting the Nautilus CC Plus. I like your idea of getting a Smart Plug so I don't have to push the button every week. But it seems like when I plug the cleaner in, nothing happens until I push the Power Button on the Power Supply. So I'm not clear...

Hello, I have a 15,000 gallon pool (Approx 14' x 30' and six feet at the deep end). Since I moved into this house, I have been using suction cleaners. When we bought the house, there was already a "Pool Cleaner" (looks like a little 2-wheeled tank). After about a year, I noticed it wasn't...

Hello, This summer I have been struggling to get the Total Alkalinity level up in my pool. We have been receiving a lot of rain here, and so I've had to drain quite a bit of water over the course of the summer. The Baking Soda bill is getting expensive, so on my last trip to the pool store...

I have a Hayward "The Pool Cleaner" (looks a lot like this). The problem I am having is it never goes into the shallow end. My pool is about 14 feet wide and 34 feet long. The deep end is 6 feet, the shallow end is 3 feet. The skimmer basket is in the deep end. There are 3 return jets...

So when the Hayward website calculator says I'm going to save $33 per month, is that bogus? At that rate, the Hayward VS on Amazon for $775 would pay for itself in about 2 years. I definitely hear what you are saying - the VS pumps are significantly more expensive, and if the savings isn't...

Hello, I have a 13,500 gallon pool in central Florida. While we don't actually go swimming year-round, the pool is open all year, and thus the pump runs year-round. I have the same pump that was here when I bought the house. It's very old, and very loud, and i'm assuming very in-efficient...

A couple months ago, the light went out in our pool. After shopping around, I finally bought a Color Splash 3G LED bulb to add some pizzazz to the pool and back yard. Yay! So today, I took the fixture out. When I got the lens and gasket off, a couple teaspoons of water came out. There is...