Recent content by Rand K

Intermatic t103 timers can control 2 circuits. Maybe there's a breaker that's off/tripped that you're overlooking.

While attempting to open the pool last weekend my pump was seized and the motor only hummed. Got a nearly identical Waterway pump from amazon, but this one is open on the shaft side exposing openings into the motor. Should I worry about covering the motor from rain or not?

My sister-in-law always says my pool is the cleanest pool she’s ever been in! She says, “It even smells nice!” The first time my brother-in-law came to swim he exclaimed out loud, “I can’t believe I can see my feet!” He wasn’t kidding. He was genuinely surprised! Everyone else of course laughed...

I have an Aquacomfort 750 heat pump for my 18', 8000 gal AG pool in SE PA. I keep the pool at 90 degrees as far into Sept and Oct as possible, use a bubble cover when not in use and this is the 8th season for the heater with no problems at all... knock on wood. The only maintenance I do to the...

Thanks everyone! I’ll try your suggestions

I’m going to try that, but my wife keeps the pool filled to the tippy top, and I didn’t mention that we heat the water to 90 and keep a bubble cover on when not in use. I didn’t think of it until now but maybe the bubble cover contributes to the high TA?

I didn’t think of that! I have a small submersible that sits on top of the Winter cover that I plug in as needed

I’ve only ever used Clorox bleach and test and add daily. I use a small amount of granular CYA each season and this is the first season that the CYA test solution even begins to obscure the dot. I’ve used small amounts MA, baking soda and Borax. And that’s it! I’ve never put anything else in the...

I've had a TA of 140 for several years, and first of all how important is it that I correct that? Most seasons I've only had to add a tiny amount of MA 2 or 3 times to maintain 7.7, but this year already I've had to add borax twice, so I'm wondering how can I aerate instead. Last year I put a...

So true. Especially for an international website like TFP. The other thing that's true is that all code is just a minimum requirement, and you can always go above and beyond it, but what caught my attention to this thread was that some document from the internet was saying you can do less than...

I checked and I can't find the term nonconductive pool shells in the code either. Anyway, sorry to come off as the electrical safety authority, but electricity and swimming pools are such a dangerous combination. My wife, when she was a kid, saw her dad and brother near the pool shaking and...

Forget what I wrote above this is how I use the app: - First I record my test data with "Log Test Results" - Then I go to the Overview screen and click on the Cards that need my attention. - When I select the Free Chlorine Card to see what I need to do, it's THERE where every time I have to...

Where is the Free Chlorine Card?

No, after I log adding bleach the data doesn't change, but when I click on New Log/Add Chemicals and choose Bleach as the chemical type the app assumes my bleach is 7.55% instead of the 8.25% that I'll be using for the entire season.

I started out the season with some leftover 7.55% Clorox bleach and have switched over to my season's supply of 8.25%, but every time I log adding bleach the app defaults to 7.55% and I have to change it to 8.25%. How can I set the app to default to 8.25% bleach?