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Any practical differences between those two?

From draining down the pool for the winter I need to add some salt after my startup this year. I have done a search and there have been reports of dirt/gravel/junk in just about all of the brands over the years. That problem seems to differ by what batch you get. I can get a 40lb bag at a...

Thanks. You are in the same area as me so that is helpful. I’m glad I got the liquid chlorine.

I know how to open the pool. I've been doing it since 1992. My question was if I could rely on the IC-40 to generate enough chlorine at this water temp and low UV levels. I did some charting last summer and I could predict the setting needed on the cell by the UV level. Based on that I...

When my IC-40 was installed last year it was early March and the water temp was 42. It was easy for the cell to generate enough chlorine and I didn’t need to add any liquid chlorine. The pool is going to be opened next week and the water temperature will be around 65. Should I plan to add...

What have you been paying at ACE? I had intended to check my store but I didn't need it yet so I hadn't gotten around to it. HD now has it on their website: Ace also has it on their website but it is more expensive:

I was in Home Depot today and looked to see if it was back. I couldn't find it but I saw two workers chatting and asked them about it. One said it was by the pool supplies and when I said it was not the other said it was way in the back in a cabinet. It took me a while but I finally found it...

Yep, and their answer to that was extra ingredients that are a trade secret. Of course that is BS. You have to put it on the SDS. The extra ingredient is probably water. Cut the real stuff and call it green.

Pool use was asked in the Q & A section of the HD page. The answer was no.

I just noticed that. I wonder why? Now they only have the "green" stuff and that says it is not to be used in pools. I'll check out Ace.

If it were me I would find a different pool company to use next year.

I just realized I didn’t give you an answer on this. I had put the motor unit in a container with water up to just below the top. After a day there was no water in it so it wasn’t leaking through the motors. That means the leak was through the plug connection, the impeller motor, or the top...