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    Finding black mold in the pool skimmer 3 weeks after closing

    Yeah ordering and learning to test has been on my TODO, but we moved into the house with this pool in August and since things were busy, I opted to let the local pool company measure it. I will order the test kit for next season. For this winter, is there a concern of this spreading to the rest...
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    Finding black mold in the pool skimmer 3 weeks after closing

    I appreciate the feedback! I will try adding liquid chlorine Here are the last water chemistry levels, but they did add their own chemicals during the closing process and I'm unsure how that affected the levels: Alkalinity - 105 pH - 7.6 Total chlorine - 2.1 Free chlorine - 2.1 Hardness - 200...
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    Finding black mold in the pool skimmer 3 weeks after closing

    Hey folks, first year pool owner here. I had my pool closed through a service 3 weeks ago and this morning it looks like mold is growing in the skimmer. Is this normal? And do I need to worry about this spreading to the rest of the pool over the winter?
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    Issue with control panel when adding salt. Totally new to pool owning

    I adjusted the SWG percentage to 0% from the easytouch, but the intellichlor lights still showed 40% (in auto mode). I am not sure if the lights on the Intellichlor are accurate though i was able to “adjust” the intellichlor output to 0% on the intellichlor itself, but only after I set it to...
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    Issue with control panel when adding salt. Totally new to pool owning

    Thank you! I was having a bit of trouble lowering the chlorination to 0% while in auto mode. I think what did the trick was setting it to 0% on the easytouch, restarting auto mode, then turning it down on intellichlor The lights are shutting off when I'm in service mode. However, when I turned...
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    Issue with control panel when adding salt. Totally new to pool owning

    Hey folks, I just moved into a house with a salt water pool and a Pentair system. The salt is measuring at 2400 (vs 3600 recommended). I bought salt and the instructions I was given when adding was to 1. turn the SWG off and 2. keep the pumps running for 24 hours I put the easytouch into...