Recent content by phyllis

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    replacing a power supply for Maytronics pool cleaner

    Has anyone ever had to replace their Active 10 power supply ... 999-560-34us and ..... if you did who had the best price???
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    Strips vs TF-100

    thank you! You have been a big help this week!!!
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    Strips vs TF-100

    checked my Dollar Store bleach......... NO chlorine smell at all.... Back to walmart we go.... :-( should I get the sand cleaner while I am there?????
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    Strips vs TF-100

    It is not scented. First thing I checked this am on the bottle..... making sure I didn't pick up the wrong case. It does contain sodium hypoclorite...... but doesn't say how much.... should i get something to clean the sand????
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    Strips vs TF-100

    FC: 7.5 (8 last night before treatment) CC: .5 (1 last night) CYA: 30 Dumped some water last night and refilled. Pushed my pH back up to 7.5 I always use the cheapest bleach I can find so I have been using the bleach from Dollar Tree..... $1 for 96 oz. This am the pool was very...
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    Strips vs TF-100

    Pool is white cloudy...can't see the bottom yet. green is gone. According to Pool Math .. I was trying to keep the TC around 16. Here is where we are this am: FC: 9 CC: 1 CYA: 20 (pool store said 40 (Tuesday) ..... so that was what I was using to calculate with) Got my refills in yday so I...
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    Strips vs TF-100

    yes. I have SLAMMED a pool on many occasions!! At least once every year!! Gotta love the weather in Arkansas!! :cool:
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    Strips vs TF-100

    I have always used my TF-100 kit but its time to replenish it and I was just wondering if they had come out with and new and improved strips!!!! Getting lazy in my older years and my pool is green as a gourd and I am so tired of hauling bleach bottles...... :-(
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    Strips vs TF-100

    AquaChek 7 Test Strips Are these any good???
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    pool filter sand

    Thanks! That's what I needed to know!!!
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    pool filter sand

    Is the sand you buy from a lumber shed (play sand) the same thing as the sand you purchase from the pool store?? Is it ok to use??
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    Day 3 with my green pool

    You don't understand. I can't keep my stabilizer stable with just bleach. I am having to add stabilizer every week because I can't keep it up due to lots of rain... it keeps diluting my stabilizer..... between that and when i have to add more water... due to evaporation. I am physically not...
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    Day 3 with my green pool

    My numbers this morning: CYA = 30 (and holding!!! yay!!) TC = .5 pH = 8.0 I've been using my tablets now for about 30 days. My pool is crystal clear. The calculator says to put 13 oz in to get it back to TC of 4. My question is How often do most people add a tablet and what is your goal to...
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    Day 3 with my green pool

    just got back from walmart. shocking with bleach now.
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    Day 3 with my green pool

    no. I do need to shock... with all the rain I have a cloudy pool