Recent content by Sanford35000

Getting ready to order the Smonet SR5 and found this video review which compares the Smonet to the Beta SE Plus and Aiper Surfer S1: Battle of the Bots! Which pool skimmer is right for you? There’s currently a $100 off promo on the Smonet, so the price is $279.

Discovered this morning. I'll probably get one and post a review, but our pool won't be opened until early June. Smonet web site Video: Smonet SR5 Solar Pool Skimmer

I wasn't planning on running the "regular" pool pump. That's my concern. I'm considering putting a submersible sump pump into the pool and running for a couple of hours each day using a timer.

I'll be going on vacation for 5 days in a few weeks and don't want to run the pump while away. The pump is hard wired and doesn't have a timer, so I just worry about something bad happening with the pump if it's left running constantly. The pool is balanced and crystal clear. It's a 35,000...

Major egg on face moment. Sorry guys. I just read the instructions for the DPD test. 1 DROP = .5PPM I was thinking 1 drop = 1ppm. What can I say? It was a long winter. My chlorine has been half of what I thought it was for the past 2 weeks since opening. It’s a miracle that the pool is as...

Please tell me what else could explain 3 cups of liquid chlorine adding 3ppm FC. I really need to know. It’s not a testing error. I’m testing correctly as I’ve been doing for the past 2 pool seasons.

It’s just Pool Essentials Liquid Chlorine which I buy at Walmart. The lot number is shown in the photo below. I’m going to use a bottle with a different date the next time I add chlorine, which might be late tomorrow afternoon or mid morning on Monday, and see what happens. Also, I just...

FC was down to 5.5 late this afternoon so I added 3 CUPS of the suspect super strength 10% liquid chlorine. I waited an hour, tested again, and the FC is up to 8. I usually need to use an entire gallon (16 cups) to raise the FC by 3, so this is absurd. The new DPD test kit arrived and shows FC...

I've been using the test kit for 2 seasons now and know how to use it. I did nothing different. I also tested several times since the reading was so high and I didn't believe it. There are no tabs in the feeder (tabs might add that much chlorine to 35,000 gallons in 4 hours if it contained 8 3"...

35000 gallon pool CYA: 50 PH: 7.6 Alkalinity: 90 Calcium Hardness: 300 Tested water around 1PM yesterday and had 5 FC (I use the powder FAS DPD test kit). Decided to wait about an hour and add 2 quarts of 10% liquid chlorine to have FC at about 6 by 6PM (2 quarts would normally add about...

Hi Cheryl. My pool is very similar to yours. Before I found this site last June, I was using trichlor tablets and keeping my FC at 3. My pH would rise constantly and I found myself adding pH up daily which would cloud my water. I would also shock the pool with 3 pounds of cal-hypo every Sunday...

There are many different types of pool paint. Water based acrylic pool paint dissolves in water. Synthetic rubber pool paint does not. Epoxy paint does not.