Recent content by Purduecrew

Good to know about the chemicals. Thank you! Ill do some more thinking about the water level. I do have control over the water source whether bottom drain or skimmers.

Good Morning TFP! After a beautiful summer in our new to us pool (thanks to everyone here) alas it is now too cold to swim in my opinion :cool: As evidenced below, we have a gunite pool and I don't plan to cover it for winter. Im doing daily cleanup for leaves and debris ( and would continue...

230PM- FC tested at 24. Sunny day out. Had both pumps running all morning. Main pump was running all night. Here is the pool as it stands. Most bubbles have gone away. You can see what the waterfalls are creating but it dissipates. Not really sure how to capture and remove it. It isn't foam...

Lol yall are reaallllllllll funny! Its a Mountain Dew morning for sure :sleep: Well, yes my clothes are extremely clean this morning haha and the whole backyard smells like as someone quoted "pine trees and summer breezes". A little update: I turned the waterfalls on this morning and the foam...

230AM Update: All surface foam appears to be out. Method: Wife with net on pole/scooping out skimmer. Me in pool with water hose. Shut off all pump valves except for skimmer. Spray surface foam with water hose to direct it to skimmer and rake it out as it collects. Got pH back to 7.5 then...

Thank you! been scooping foam since I first noticed! drained about 500 gal and am pumping in some fresh. Adding bleach now too...is it really gonna take two weeks to fix this??

Perhaps the dumbest moment of my life. Went to add 10 pounds of baking soda to the pool to bring the TA up...got home, opened the box, dumped it in.... its ARM AND HAMMER...LAUNDRY DETERGENT. NOT BAKING SODA. What the heck should I do? Its in there, all 10 pounds. HELP!

All went well with y'alls suggestions! Pool tested at 7.8 pH after a hard rain. Id call it a success!

Not babbling to me! Im listening for any and all ideas! I appreciate your time to respond. I think Im gonna get a pool electrician ( if there is such a thing to come take a look, Im just in the deep end so to speak starting out).

Good Morning TFP! Just made my first small donation. Thank you all very much for all you do for us newbs! So Im in west TN, and its been HOT, like index's of 105+, ambient temps of 95 for about the last three weeks. Pool has been doing amazing at self regulating, I've been testing weekly, life...

Pegged 89 last night with no heater yet this year in Memphis, TN. CLOSE TO BATHWATER! Ran the waterfalls last night and got it to 88. H.I. was 113 yesterday.

Great idea! Stealing this for the wife. Thanks!

thats always fun to be able to brag on homemade!

While all good ideas and I can appreciate where they are going, I feel that this is too much for things that aren't broken at this time. I see what you mean about these systems only having four relay circuits. Im thinking main pump, fountain pump, polaris pump, and SWG. I don't feel the need to...

So in response, I figured out that my two main pumps were 1 hp each and the polaris pump was 3/4 hp. Regardless, I think considering all my equipment is functioning correctly, that my money is most wisely spent on getting my pump times automated. Having said all that, what can I do along that...