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Been a loooooong time since I had an issue with the pool, so hopefully I can get some help here! While it is still warm in Florida, it is certainly not warm enough for the heater (Sunrunner/Aquapro 1300 (127K BTU) installed in 2011) to show the water at 135 degrees. Mid 80s is probably more...

Hello all! CYA was a bit on the low side, so I went to my local Leslies to buy CYA. I was opting for the solid (cheaper, right?), but the 2 guys there tried to convince me that liquid was a better idea. Their rationale: solid CYA in the skimmer (even if in a sock) would make the environment to...

Thanks James... The "old" cell looks clean - it spent 15-20 mins in the acid/water mix I have been running it at >90% just because of the amount of sun, leaves/organics, etc. Did all of the below with the "new" cell (guaranteed, to be clean and fully operational, right?). It's a T-CELL-15...

Hello all, Have a 2-year old Hayward Swimpure Plus SWG, and I thought I had a problem with the cell - 2 days ago noticed it was showing no/low salt (when it has been tested as being in the 3000 range), no amps and 30+ on the volts. So, got a replacement cell T-15, put it in, turned it on - -...

Upon further reading, here's two numbers which are likely relevant: Voltage = 30 Amps = 0. So, it's done - now to replace! Amazon? OEM? Seems like that was the recent consensus in another thread...

Semi-stupid follow-up question..... should I always reinstall in the same direction after removing/cleaning, or should it be flipped around?

Hello all... Yes, back again. Replaced the pump as per my question last month (haven't updated sig, so ignore that!). Now, got a problem with my 2-year old SWG. Have done the acid/water cleaning as often as the "check cell" light comes on. Now, that light is on steady, the "generating" light...

Darn good question on 115/230... I guess I should start there.

I knew that (as always) I'd get some spot-on advise here. So, if my 1½HP was good enough for spa (it was), just need to find a 1½ (hi) xx (lo) motor. Recommendations? I'll be off to search after 4/15 (can't come quickly enough!). Thanks!

I looked at the two speed and my impression was that that the high speed was too high. Maybe I should rethink that. Would help if you give me some guidance to what "appropriately sized" means to you. :-)

My pump died. ::moment of silence:: Near its death, I had been running it way too much just to best maintain FC (lot of leaves/organics, lots of sun and high water temp) and the electric bill was out of control. So, I'm biting the bullet and investing in VS - figure I'll get the cost back in...

Hi, all... Been a while since I posted, but I have a question: I finally added SWG (with T-15 cell) to the pool (probably close to a year ago), but I find that I still have to add extra chlorine during certain times of the year. Even running the SWG at 100% almost continuously, there are...

After surviving yet another tax season, came to the conclusion I needed SWG to avoid the CL lugging hassle, especially when working late and not making it in time to the store. So, as of today, I have the SWG installed. A few questions: - Test strip indicated 2,520-2,720 PPM salt (depending...

Went to get my "buy 2 get 1 free" CL at Leslie's. Manager said that his goal was to convert me to powder (easier to carry around). I told him that (a) liquid was cheaper per ppm of FC (especially at buy 2 get 1 free) and (b) my CH was borderline high and my CYA was OK and if I needed to bring...

Anyone have a general range? Better to buy a gallon vs. a quart and save about 25%, but not if it's going to go bad. Thanks for the feedback.