Recent content by MikeInMo

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    Help! Left on vacation and once back pump won't prime and Gu

    Don't know exactly what else to add but here goes: The pump itself is running and sounds the same as usual. Fill up the pot and line with water and then start pump. Pump sucks up water from pot and then keeps trying to establish a prime. I close off the inlet valve, the only one I have...
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    Help! Left on vacation and once back pump won't prime and Gu

    I left for surgery and had my sister come over and take care of my kids and the pool while I was out. They apparently used the pool and water features w/o problem during part of the time I was gone. When I get back the first thing I do before even hobbling into the house is check the pump. The...
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    LaMotte ColorQ Water Tester

    Yes, you do have to do the tests in the set order BUT you don't have to do any of the tests you don't want to do. Just hit the button to skip to the next test. [You might get a 0.0 readidng for the test you skipped but who cares.)
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    how reliable is store water testing?

    Thank you for your response. Not sure if I got everything on the first reading but I will reread and try to incorporate into my own ColorQ testing. Thanks again, Mike
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    Can you just buy CYA reagent?

    Duraleigh, You are providing a real service to this community...what you might consider a plug I view as information that let's me make an informed decision. I appreciate your advice and if anyone feels that you are putting on the "vendor" cap maybe they ought to think back to the last time...
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    how reliable is store water testing?

    WaterBear, What is the proper development time on those tests? The system described sounds like what one of my pool stores uses. Little square vials with foil coverings that the tester punches thru with the ?pipette? [learn a new word every day]. The vials are probably somewhere bt an inch...