Recent content by rick999

I could not be happier!!! The plastic is nearly clear so you see the blue of the sky. It has a reinforcing through it in a diamond shape. I sealed in the sides with regular 6mm plastic where my fence is, so now I'm as close to airtight as one can be. The temp difference between inside and...

Finally got my Hayward HP21104TC low abient Heat pump installed late last week and just in time, because temperatures haven fallen a lot at night. The heat pump was installed by a Hayward authorized pool company, but they would not do the electrical connection because they were expecting a...

Well I just ran into my first problem with the solar coils I build. To my horror today I saw a huge stream of water shooting up. I inspected and found that squirrels have chewed through. I also noticed that the 2" PVC pipe feeding the coils had deep chew marks from the squirrels. I did not...

Hi there, you might not have seen the other posts. I will only be supplementing with the solar collectors. This is all a grand experiment...I love to tinker. So right now, in New Orleans we are in the low 80s during the day. The sun is getting low on the horizon for sure, so the angle to the...

Im beginning to think your correct. I had been away a few days and no solar on during that time. It dropped 8 degrees after a cold front moved in. TO my surprise it was still comfortable once I got it back up a few degrees. I guess you get acclimatized to the lower temp. Im toying with the...

Average temps for us is 64 in Dec and 62 Jan which are the coolest months. There is a low ambiance I was also looking at. The Hayward site is terrible, very little info and hard to get full descriptions. Sometimes all the heaters dont even show up. Yesterday I called tech support and was on...

I thought 92 would be too hot for me, but now I love it and try to keep it there. No prob going lower, but under 86 now it seems too cold to me.

I'm in New Orleans. I did my own solar and never cover the pool. This is my first year and thus far I am super pleased, but now I will be going through my first fall and winter with my solar collector which Ive added onto this summer expanding the capacity. Afte a few months of use in the...

What kind of bees? Are these Carpenter bees or honey bees, or other? If they're carpenter bees, they do not sting and they burrow into wood such as fences. I have a problem in my yard but I finally got control of them this past year. Never seen any coming for water though.

Here are two photos I just took. one is the pool temp in the deep section where I draw from. When using the solar I close the skimmer and draw from the main drain. The second picture is the output as it enters the pool. For convenience sake I have the probe inserted through a hole that I...

OK you had me going for a minute...."red stick" never heard it called that before. I dont know why it says Baton Rouge....no I'm in N'Awlins. - - - Updated - - - Thats great to know.....I'll have to call a gas installer to have them come out and take a measurement. Would be a lot easier...

pabeader YES......I was getting 1 degree under optimum conditions.....hot day...clear sky. Again...I am about 45 % shaded. This was EXACTLY why I built this, because I didnt want to wait another month to use the pool Having said that, the pool temp increase due to the sun has nothing to do...

As I said many times in the past, I sometimes under optimal conditions get a single degree in temp change on a sunny day in March. I am about 45 percent shaded, and I DO NOT use a pool cover at all....only during winter to keep leaves out. I think I know how to measure water temperature. WHen...