Recent content by mrosborough

Hadn't thought about the wheel itself being bent; that could explain it. I'll test it out. Thanks!

Hi there. For some reason, my Intermatic T104 timer stops keeping time once it trips the off switch. The timer turns the pump on and off successfully, and there are no issues keeping time otherwise. But every day once it hits the off, it stops keep time, and I’m forced to manually reset to the...

Not experienced enough to know whether the different filter types could make that much of a difference, though it does seem like that is possible. What I will say is that I think the water color in the first picture is a little bit deceptive, because we had a layer of dirt covering almost the...

An update: Got the pump turned on Monday afternoon. After circulating the water for a bit, our CYA was less than 20 (effectively zero). So I spent a good bit of time trying to get as much of the muck out of the pool as possible, using a combination of leaf rake and vacuum (backwashed the filter...

I'll test the chemistry as soon as I get home from work. Everything is set up to turn the pump on (have DE standing at the ready), I just ran out of day light yesterday after removing the cover to continue opening. Generally speaking though, vacuum first then SLAM to save chlorine, and vacuum...

Hi all, Pulled the cover off the pool yesterday, and I've got a rather green pool and a good bit of debris (time for a new winter cover!). I've tried my best to scoop out as much of the accumulated leaves, dirt, and general muck with my leaf rake, but it seems as though there's quite a bit of...

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That's pretty much what I was thinking. The TF-100 is on the way, so I should be able to actually SLAM it when it arrives (probably have to wait until the first weekend in June). I just didn't know if there were any chemical magicians out there who had a trick up their sleeve for figuring out FC...

Concur that Phosfree is probably complete unnecessary. I got roped into buying some by Leslie's pool last year to help prevent my aglae problem from coming back after we "fixed" the problem. Of course, the algae was never really eradicated and it kept coming back (because our FC was low all...

Hi All, Bought a house with a pool 2.5 years ago. First year in the house was at the end of the summer, so didn't do any pool maintenance except having it closed. Last year, we relied heavily on the local pool shop to open the pool, install a new pump (forget the model currently, will add to...