Recent content by Starsky

Bought a new GFI for $15 and replaced it in 20 minutes. Works like a charm now. Thanks!

Thanks... I'll replace it this weekend. Seems to be the logical thing to do. Hopefully it resolves the issue but historically, my luck isn't that good

I have a 2 receptacle GFI attached to the outside of my control panel to plug in various things. I had outdoor LED lights set up through a timer that I had plugged in for years that worked fine. Recently the GFI started tripping once in awhile and now it will trip consistently within 30 min when...

I'm an idiot. When my PH and Chlorine drop bottles ran out a few weeks ago I ran in a pool store and bought what I thought were better replacements. Red and Yellow lids on the bottles.. well it was a Taylor Reagent #3 Apparently that is NOT what is needed for the 5 drop test. I bought the OTO...

Is that the small bottle with the yellow lid that you drop five drops into the plastic vial with the color codes along side it? If so, then zip chlorine.

Lost confidence in my testing, was getting very faint chlorine read on the quick test. Had super chlorinate on 2 hrs, SWG on 95% with pump running 8 hrs and was getting very faint reading. Took it to pool store last week and they read 22ppm chlorine and said it was so high it was "bleaching out"...

and I don't know how it would have gotten so high. I did shock it last week over 3 days with 1000+ oz of bleach bringing FC up to 28 but that was a week ago. I understand you get false highs during the shock but FC is back to 5

Long story short. No power to fuel message. K-1 was burned out. Got board replaced after 2 weeks of dealing with warranty issue. Tried to keep bleach in the pool to keep algae at bay. Fast forward 3 weeks... PH showed high so I put in MA as usual. Do this once a week every week and don't have...

I have the Oklahoma Flagstone with SWG in Austin so I really hope so. Either the hard stone or man made coping is recommended for saltwater pools. I went with the Okla for looks. I'm only 2 yrs into my pool and have no issues with it at this time. I have never sealed my rock as some people do.

Sweeet! I'm in Leander, not too far away, welcome to the forum..

Re: Our first pool build - Central Texas I'm in Leander, going on 2 yrs with my pool with Oklahoma Flagstone and the SWG. I have to say after having a pool without the SWG and one with, I am glad I went with the SWG but everyone is different. Your pool is looking good and with the 100 deg...

Enjoyed your blog, great pool!