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When performing an OCLT, it says to turn off your source of chlorine so that no new chlorine is added. Does this imply that I should be running my pump overnight while doing the test? I ask this because if I'm not actually running my pump then my liquidator won't be adding any chlorine to the...

Ok, good call. I'll do that. Thanks for the help. Very much appreciated!

Well, last night could have gone better :) I took the filter apart and thoroughly cleaned the cartridges. As I was putting it back together, the top half of the filter "dome" slipped out of my hands and fell to the ground and the air relief valve/pressure gauge snapped off - LOL. This...

Ok, looks like I'll have a busy evening... starting with a filter clean and then starting the SLAM process :)

Filter pressure is about 20 psi which I think is pretty normal. Here are my current test results (as of an hour or so ago): FC 1.0 CC 0.0 pH ~7.8+ (I added some MA to bring this down) TA 170 (this was at about 100-110 before I added the Poolproof) CH ~270 Earlier when I did the backwash/rinse...

I just finished doing a backwash/rinse cycle (doubled the time that I normally do each, 3 cycles of backwash, then rinse), and the water flow seems to be back to normal and after the backwash/rinse cycles. I'll do another water test in a bit (trying to get some "work" done while I'm also...

Yeah, I sorta anticipated that but hopefully the gurus will look past my newbie-ness :)

I have an 18,000 gal pool with a DE filter, etc. (see equipment specs in sig below). This is the second season that I've been using the Liquidator, and due to some pH flucuations (I've been adding several cups of MA to the pool every few days to keep the pH in range, etc.), I decided to add...

Hi laprjns, Just wanted to double-check with you on the link to the pinch valve. Is that the correct size to use with the 3/8" O.D. vinyl tubing? Thanks again for all your help.

Thanks for the info. It turns out I won't need to replace the flow meter after all, as I was able to clean it out. Plus I replaced the black connectors with the two threaded quick-connectors that came with my 3/8" upgrade kit (I hadn't actually used them prior to this). I'll get a new...

Hey everyone, I'm starting my second season using my Liquidator and I'm ashamed to say that I didn't keep it well maintained (i.e. cleaned out) the way I should have. I had very little water flowing through the tubing system. I had a bunch of salty scaling in the flow meter that I think was...

Nope, the entire fitting is white Sent from my smartphone thingy using tapatalk

Thanks again for all the information. It's too bad that they don't ship instructions like this with the upgrade kit :) Back to the upgraded checkvalves. For the life of me, I can't find any arrow on them anywhere. I blew air into both sides like you suggested and no resistance either way...

My property is fairly level and I'd guess that my pump is no more than 12-18" above the water level of the pool. But I solved the problem. It turns out that my Liquidator chlorine dispenser was less than full which means the inlet valve was wide open, and I think that the air coming out...

Bama, thank you for all your help so far, but I have one more dumb question. How exactly should I install the threaded fittings into the PVC pipe? If I take off the existing clamp and fitting, I'm pretty sure i'd need to make the hole a little bigger, but is there a trick to getting the...