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The scope of this still would not have picked up at catastrophic failures impending. Beware buyers of heat pumps, understand where the chlorinated water goes in the event there is a leak in the water connections. It should be prevented from damaging key components.

Funny thing is that when I did detect the leak, it took a few weeks for the technician to attend. At that time the unit was working fine. He never even twigged that the leak could be causing damage inside the unit. It was AFTER the technician fixed the leak that the unit failed. So even their...

Hi all, I have an Evo-heat heat pump located in Australia. I have had it just on three years and now the unit has totally failed. It's a expensive 27kW 3 phase unit. The techs said the unit failed because; 1 - the coupling to the water pipes was not properly installed so pool water ended up...

Yep. I think I’ll just SLAM since it’s clear now in the morning. What about regular pump run times? As long as FC is fine, does it matter much how much pump runs?

Just to clarify. The pump run times is just the regular run times when pool is all balanced. Yes when doing SLAM, did run 24/7. So I think for now I head down SLAM path again which I suspect won’t take too long and AFTER that, get the TA back down. A good plan? Super helpful as always…always...

No then SLAM was after I left the SWG and pool turned green. Since the SLAM the OCLT seems to have been fine.

Update. Last night brought FC up to around SLAM and this morning pool water is looking much better. Another bit of info is I run my pump about 6 hours a day. Basically I run it to maintain FC and happily turn off if FC is maintained. I run it 9am - 3pm. Long enough? Or is it too long not...

Funny I was thinking about that. I have actually never done a deep clean! The pressure never seems to rise much and when I backwash it runs clear after about 45 seconds. So I just backwash for 45 seconds or so. Do you think I need to deep clean? Pool did turn green over January when I was away...

Hi all. Hoping for some clarity (of my water too!) I recently completed a SLAM with no OCLT and crystal clear water. After only a week or so, FC was staying above 7 and then started to go cloudy again. Also noticed white crusty flakes in the pool. Quite a lot. I had a look on the SWG plates and...

Squeaky clean test tubes is the moral of the story. I might try and buy one of those little tube brushes. Thanks for the extra thoughts.

Hi all. Have been SLAMing my pool for about 2 weeks and OCLT seemed to have settled but CC was well over 1.5. (SLAMing because we went away and someone 🥴 forgot to turn the SWG back up before leaving!) I noticed the test tube had black marks on it but thought it was just scuffing from the mixing...

I’m a relative newbie and would highly recommend getting the pool math app. It tells you you how much of whatever you need to put in to make the change you want. Take the time to regularly read pool school and all the great info there. I have NEVER had my pool professionally serviced and the...

Any question is a good question! Trying to keep warmer. Yes I’m definitely doing a blanket on top and have that ordered. It’s semi shaded so I’m going for a closed cell foam thermal blanket with the aim to trap as much heat from the heat pump IN and minimise overnight heat loss.