Recent content by pitmanr2003

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    Just got my Intex Sand Filter

    i had the 1500 that came with it. I never had a issue with my water looking bad. I guess I got one of the good intex cartridge filters.. I cleaned my filter off with water hose every two days or so. Only used two so far. What I mean by wow is how much more suction and pressure. I would say...
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    Looking for a Pool robot for My intex pool

    im confused. you cant speak to highly of the rover. do you not like it?
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    Any opinions on the Intex sand filter? about $200

    I just got mine put in friday and all i can say is wow!! it moves what seems to be 10 times as much water than my 1500 that came with pool. Now I need to find a cheap vacuum
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    Looking for a Pool robot for My intex pool

    I just purchased the intex sand filter and Im thinking why not get a robot now that I have the power to. The manual vacuum does a great job with the sand pump but I hate messing with the hose and getting it primed. I was thinking of getting pool rover jr, but its as much as I paid for the...
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    Just got my Intex Sand Filter

    This was the run time it said for my exact pool. It had a list for all the pool sizes in manual. I run swg 4 hrs and it does great. I ran pump 8 hrs and all looks good
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    Just got my Intex Sand Filter

    no not that my pump. in the pool school it says to run atleast 8hrs when you have a salt system. I dont want to run it 8hrs if i dont have to. in the manual for the intex sand filter it says 2hrs with out swg and 5hrs with swg.
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    Just got my Intex Sand Filter

    And All I can say is WOW!!! They should of packaged these with it. Very easy to set up as well. Now here is my ? I have the Intex Swg as well and by the pool school you should run your pump for 8hrs with swg system. In the manual it says I should run it 5 hours for my pool. Which one...
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    Salt water test kit?

    I have a temporary pool so i will have to test every year being i will take all water out. I have already used 6 of the ten strips I had just setting it up. I am a testaholic I must admit. lol
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    Salt water test kit?

    Which one do you all recomend. I love my tf100 kit. Im currently using salt water strip test kits and they seem to be doing a great job. Just they are 12 dollars for only 10 of them at local pool store.
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    Cant get my ph to move above 7.2

    i have had the swg for around 3 or 4 weeks. im having no issues. so should i really raise the ph?
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    Cant get my ph to move above 7.2

    but my TA is 80 or 90. that isnt that low for swg right? I thought about adding borax, but worried it would raise my TA to much. im already at the high end of TA accoriding to the pool school
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    How often is normal to add salt

    I have had swg sytem for about 3 weeks now. I love it to say the least. I had not checked my salt in about a week. It had been staying around 2900, but tonight it was 2500. Why I dont know. I havent lost any water. have gained some cause of rain. I added approximately 16lbs of salt to get...
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    Cant get my ph to move above 7.2

    i had to lower my TA several weeks ago do to switching to swg system. I aerated for about a week and had plenty of splashing going on. now over 2 weeks later since I got TA right I cant get ph to go higher than 7.2. Im not having any issues at all, but I thought you needed to keep it at...
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    Can't get my ph below 7.8

    you cant get it down. I cant get mine to come up. lol. lets split water. lol. I have been aerating for 3 days and it wont move above 7.2. i gave up. if it aint broke im not fixing it :) everything else is in check!
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    Can't get my ph below 7.8

    Re: Cant get my alkalinity down enough Have u been to pool school and read it. Realy helped me. I think muratic acid works better than oh down.