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Roger that. Thanks!

Hey thanks, HermanTX. Yeah. I do that. The method is listed in CYA Testing - Further Reading. It's just that I can see the dot still if my back is to the sun, but the tube is shifted to be in the sun... per a given line. Then shifting the tube back to the shade, the dot disappears. I...

Good afternoon, Taylor K-2006C With my back to the sun and the tube waist high, should the tube be shaded by my body? Or...?

Well you had me right up into the distilled water thing. Distilled water has a pH of 7.0. You may be right. It would just be surprising, is all. I'll have to test that theory at some point. That's interesting news about Taylor's phenol red. I'll have to test that too. Thanks! I'll test...

Good afternoon, My question is... With a high CYA level, does the chlorine level effect phenol red in the usual way? In other words, should I be concerned about accuracy when testing for pH with a CYA level of 100 and FC of above 10? No need to read further unless you're wondering why the...

Huh. I tried it for about 10 seconds and restarted. Tried it again and started counting in my head, but then thought I should use the stopwatch on my phone for better accuracy... but she wouldn't fire up again. Seems like she was on the brink and me killing the cooling fan didn't help. Of...

Well... nothing like a little Hindenburg action amongst friends, eh? Yeah, I'm gonna' change out that motor ASAP. Thanks! Now if I were to test it by shutting down the pump manually, any idea how long I should expect the sensors to do their jobs, i.e. how long before I should restart the pump...

Good afternoon, It appears the thermal overload on my motor is kicking in some afternoons. I have a motor on order, but I'm a bit concerned about the Ecomatic SWG cell. If the pump quits while the cell is on, is there potential for damage? The manual doesn't specifically mention a dead pump...

Energy is cheap in Oregon. And solar is my only heater. My priority is the most pool enjoyment possible. The primary benefit of a 2 speed pump up here is to keep things moving during freezes at a lower cost And... perhaps. Sure sounds like a royal PITA, though. For mine... I kind of wonder...

That's a really good question. No. All holes have been on the top. For some reason this never occurred to me. And they're laying right over the sandy comp roof. AND... when making repairs and such... my big, heavy body has no choice but to sit on the panels. I've often wondered if this...

I believe my warranty ran out at 12. Yeah, well thanks for nuthin'. Just kidding. Quite a bit to unpack there. I won't give you the flow rate through the individual tubes argument. That's relative. Just think of it as velocity. And everything is divided between the complete set of tubes...

And my single speed pump is rated at somewhere in the neighborhood of 50+. Given my background as the son of a well driller and pump installer, 50+ seems about what my hands are feeling from the total of the 2 main jets and the little one on the side of the Roman steps; at least when the filter...

Roger that Dirk & James. Thanks! My install is pretty straightforward. South facing on a 5/12 comp roof. And it was designed by the top wholesaler in the state... who had been at it almost 3 decades by that time... mostly in southern California. The panels are 16 years old. The past few...

:) I like the last sentence there, but... I guess the challenge wouldn't be immense. Would just have to run some conduit from the breaker panel by the pad... over to the solar corner... then into another outlet. And then buy another expensive cell housing... etc. I still like that last...

Good to know, thanks! And... regarding the SWG / solar reconfiguration... that's a big one. Everything we've been talking about so far pales in comparison. The 2 sets of plumbing / electrical are 20 feet apart. The pump, filter and SWG are on the side of the house in the middle. It was...