Recent content by mtw826

Haha, I like that!

Okay, I need help settling a debate. I saw some electric fence signs and thought it would be funny to put them on the gate of our pool fence as a conversation piece with friends and to potentially ward off anybody that isn’t suppose to be around or doesn’t know. My wife and daughters saw them...

After looking at the calculators, the utility costs of the heat pump are reasonable. According to Raypaks i would be looking at $600 for a 5 month season(85 degrees). That is reasonable to me, the first and last months are high but the middle months are not bad. So what are your thoughts on the...

Thank you all for the responses, these are pretty much what I expected-that solar is not ideal in Michigan. I am just south of Lansing, rate is $0.17/kwh. I was planning to do 6-4x12 panels on a south facing roof with an 8/12 pitch. Also thanks for the info on the heat pump calculators, I will...

Hello, forgive me if this has been discussed, I cannot find a good answer anywhere. So, we had our new pool installed last fall at our new house. I decided to take the winter to decide what i wanted to use to heat the pool. I was adamant that I wanted a heat pump because we only have propane...

Will do. Thank you.

Anybody?

This whole thing started with a leak that developed last year. At one point I was losing an inch day. I had to add a lot of well water which has a very high iron content. I didn’t notice too much staining last year but did see some early signs of it. This spring I had to add about 3000...

Thanks for the info. Why do you say the new pump is much smaller? I figured it would be pretty even since they are both 3/4 hp. Is the new pump sufficient for my setup? Thank you again.

I just installed my new pump today and my pressure is running steady at 10 PSI with a clean filter, does this sound about right? The new pump is 3/4 HP pentair superflo single speed with 1 1/2" plumbing. The old pump was Sta-rite 3/4 hp and ran at about 14 PSI with clean filter. Everything...

I put 11 drops in before it went back to clear for the CC test.

I have the tf 100 test kit. The CYA is a guess, it was 40 when i closed the pool and i have replaced almost all the water in the pool due to a leak that i had all last summer and winter which was fixed earlier this spring. I have always been told you cant get accurate CYA reading with low...

FC-1 CC-5.5 PH-8 T/A-130 CYA-10 Gonna bring back to shock level and keep it there. CC seem to be high, never seen it that high before. I haven't put any stabilizer in yet, because i was waiting for the pool guy to get done vacuuming, didn't want to waste it. Also some pics. What do you...

Will post pic and numbers tonight. I was only home for lunch. Are there negative sides to using a floc or just unnecessary?