Recent content by samotlietuvis

Found my algae culprit - had this fish shaped water thermometer bought from Walmart. It would be yellowish all the time, even if I pour 10% Chlorine inside, the yellow would come back in a few day. So this cheap thermometer would move around and seed my pool in algae. Removed the thermometer 1...

Very normal. I add 0.5 gallons of muriatic acid per week - nothing else. My pump with SWG runs 11hr/day. My pool sits at 94F now; adding muriatic acid once per week week is much more convenient than adding chlorine daily.

94F at 6pm once solar pad shuts off, 92F at 9pm. Come home late from work and wife felt asleep in the pool...

Agreed, beauty is only skin deep, but this is one sub-standard job. I do my own plumbing work, but I can see experienced profession taking 2 days to redo this, minimum $300 per day for labor? If you choose to redo, have the plumber sketch you a plumbing plan that you approve - so no...

Nice pool, but not a clean plumbing install. Looks like the plumber did not have a spatial pvc install plan, but just kept adding unions to make it work... For one - the control panel is blocked by all the plumbing and will be hard to access if you want to go to service mode. I redid my...

Mine iAqualink 2.0 wifi failed after 2 years. I have a thread regarding the issue. Nothing could fix it. Wired connection still works. Run Ethernet line to it and see if you can connect. Call warranty.

I see. Never done OCLT - but I will do it Tuesday after I add 2G Cl in the evening, circulate for a few hours, measure my FC in the evening, run pump all night with SWG off, and then measure in the morning. I thought higher temp means faster moving molecules that leads to faster leaving...

After I expanded my solar eating pads, my pool never drops below 84F in the morning, and it gets up 90F at 5pm. Nice for enjoying the pool :D, but algae appears to like it too :mad:. I been testing my FC for the last 3 weeks, and it is hanging between 1ppm and 1.5ppm, my CYA is at 35...

gets to 89F/90F by 5pm, then drops to 87F by 8pm - perfect for evening swimming.

Possible, but hard to tell. I wish there was a reliable automatic air relief valve. I see AR300 pressure relief valve available - but it has very low reviews. Wish there was an electric pool filter air relief valve. Like it opens for 1 minute on pool pump startup and closes. Would be great...

Engaged my expanded pool heating panels yesterday. Today at noon pool is reading 75F. Hopefully the pool temperature gets pumped to 80F by 6pm for a dip.

Guys, I have 13X Sungrabber (FAFCO) 2x12 heating pads, all installed per Sungrabber instructions. All panels are connected in parallel; 7 panels lay vertically and have Vacuum Relief Valve (VRV) on the top corner return side that has no plumbing; the 6 panels that lay horizontally and have...