Recent content by mkolb

Are you sure that your CYA isn't higher than 70?? When was the last time you checked?

Does the pump motor come with the shaft seal?

Won’t let me post a video?? Any idea why?

Hi All, Just opened my pool a few days ago and woke up to a loud whistling/humming sound.. any idea what could be going on? I know this has to be 15+ years old.. if it’s the motor; can anyone point me in the right direction for a new one? Is it easy to install yourself?

How low would the PH have to be to do that to a liner?? I don't think I have ever seen a liner that bad...

Do you know if he drained the pool at one point?? I don't believe those wrinkles are from adding too much chlorine...

That's not clearly enough liquid chlorine.. I have to use 1/2 gallon of 12.5% (My pool is 27K Gallons) daily to maintain my FC at 7-9 PPM... You should probably raise your CYA to 50; that way it will give your FC more protection... Cost me about $2/Day in FC and my pool has been absolutely...

You are still going to use quite a bit of liquid chlorine.. I keep my CYA around 50; FC around 8-9 PPM; which allows it to drift down each day.. Putting in about 1/2 gallon of 12.5% in daily to maintain.. Ends up costing me about $2/day..

I learned the hard way.. I used test strips and Leslie's free test 5 years ago. I spent $500+ in chemicals from Leslie's and my pool still looked like Crud.. In addition to that, my PH got so low that I cracked my heat exchanger; that was not cheap to replace... Since I have followed this...

I live in Michigan as well and I have a similar size pool. I typically go through 3/4 gallon of 12.5% every day.. I keep my chlorine at about 8-9 PPM.. I think what you are putting in seems very reasonable, but definitely try to get your CYA down.

Yeah. I am losing less than 1 PPM overnight.. Only thing I can think of is that the chlorine may have loss some of it's potency? The date is from March 2021, so maybe it's not 10% anymore??

Hi All, Quick question for you guys. Opened my pool about three weeks ago and everything seems to be in range; below are my tests from yesterday: PH: 7.4 CH: 200 TA: 90 CYA: 60 FC: 8 CC: 0 I am having to use 128 oz (1 bottle of 10%) daily to keep the chlorine in range.. Does that seem like a...

Have a very small leak in the sand filter from the air relief valve... any suggestions?