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One of the early suction cleaners was the Kreepy Krawly How could anyone not agree to end Kreepyism in our lifetime?

Great to hear. If I get the chance, I'd love to try one out.

In my experience, the original and replacement tracks made by Zodiac stretch rather quickly and then slip. I've been buying aftermarket tracks and get longer life. Possibly a wee bit less traction, but overall much happier with the aftermarket tracks for MX6 and MX8, including that they're half...

Salt cells tend to last around 6000 to 10000 hours of run time. This number is based on the quality of the salt cell. I'll use 8000 hours for a theoretical salt cell of reasonable quality. If it's set at 100% then 8000 hours of runtime. Say, for example, you run your pump an average of 5 hours...

Welcome to TFP. Good to have you here :) Trouble Free Pool Care (TFPC), which is the method we use, relies on self-testing using drop-based testing. Part of reliable pool care is being sure of test results, and experience throughout the world has been that pool store testing and...

Do you have a plumbed backwash line? (pipe going from the backwash outlet on the filter to a drain). If so, a faulty spider gasket in a multi-port valve could do this.

Yes, stick to swirling. You don't want to create tiny bubbles Do a dilution. Start with 1 to 1. Get your best measuring cup, that you can fill repeatedly to the exact same amount. Use a bowl or something else that can hold one litre. Add 500 mls pool water and 500 mls tap water. Stir. Take your...

SLAMing is marginally, and I mean marginally, bad for the cover. It also cleans the cover, so there's an upside. It's generally best to keep up the SLAM if at all possible. So if it was me, I would raise the FC in the morning and leave the cover on. The cal hypo is fine. Select a suitable...

I have no experience with the seauto but your old suction cleaner puts a lot more power into the job. It may be worthwhile trying to eliminate the fine debris. Have you done an lately?

You'll find more info on stains in Pool School, but try some vitamin C in a sock. You can grind up plain white tablets, or go to a health food store and buy powdered form (Vitamin C aka ascorbic acid). Put the powder in an old sock, bunch it up around the powder, then hold it against the stains...

You haven't received an answer, so I'll have a go, and I'll also warn against it. Pebblecrete was very popular here for a long time, and it's overall colour is a sandy brown. Those pools look green most of the time. The water can be perfectly well maintained and they still look green to me, kind...

Welcome to TFP! Good to have you here :) Wonderful to have new plaster, and good decision to balance your water properly.

Skimmer Deep End (SD) and skimmer shallow end (SS) are both fully open. Main drain (MD) is partially closed, and could probably be more closed. A bit of air left in the pump is common. If it increases across a multi-hour pump run, I'd revisit that, but it may just be a bit of air left after...

If you're using a Taylor vial marked 10ml, definitely put the stir bar in after measuring.

It's safe to swim up to SLAM level FC, which depends on your CYA level. I've done it heaps - 99% of the time you won't even notice you're SLAMing. You might detect chloramine smell on your skin if you've been sweating a lot and jump in to cool off (ammonia in sweat combining with chlorine =...