Recent content by sandrin

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    how algae can ben a pain in a hot summer week

    I finnally get rid of algea. Il had thé fc around 22-25 ppm for 2 or 3 days and now it's milky. Tonight im gonna do thé overnight test . Right now i try to accelerate the cleaning process by adding DE to the skimmer, i didn't see the improvment yet, but the filter pressure rise to BW level...
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    how algae can ben a pain in a hot summer week

    Hello, here my actual number FC 32 cc 0 ph 8 cya 35 ta 85 cal 260 after 3 years of following tfp advice and being trouble free my pool turn to a green pool of death recently ( refering to the blue screen of death we all know) last week i uncover the pool after 1 week and it was emerald...
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    What's this grease in my pool light?! Yuk!

    my guess is that the grease was used to prevent corosion and to prevent the bulb to stick in the socket. it's not a bad idea to use waterproof electrical grease when reinstall even with led bulb, but led bulb have electronic part in it, and it might no be a good idea to put it in that kind of...
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    how badly do i need CALCIUM

    hi, thanks for answer. it's not really that i can afford the kit. it's just that paying 240$ for the regular k2006 seem to be a total ripoff. if some of your fellow american want to have a side line... buy TF 100 or k2006 and sell them on ebay for us canadian. i will come back with more...
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    how badly do i need CALCIUM

    hi, im pretty new here and im pretty new in the pool owning world. i've read a lot and im starting to understand more the chimistry of the pool. i did calculation with the pool calculator but im unshure if i used the good parameter. first : i tell you my actual pool reading and guessing. you...
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    pump problem, good pressure at skimmer but low at jet

    thanks for the answer. It was the suction line that was partially blocked, on my pool there is only one skimmer and the drain in the bottom connect in the skimmer. i dont understand how there can be any suction in the bottom drain ( actually there is no suction from the bottom drain to the...
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    pump problem, good pressure at skimmer but low at jet

    hi all, im new to this forum. i've been reading a lot here these day, because i just bought a house with an older gunite pool around 16x36 , 40-50 years old. it's in ok shape, but there some thing i need to clarify. first, my problem.: for the past 2 week i've been running the pump ( the water...