Recent content by Steve-D

This is the 3rd year of our pool with a Polaris 280 and its related booster pump (Pentair Boost-Rite LA-MS05). The pump began "whining" this season and the cleaner isn't moving around as effectively as it used to. Is there an inexpensive way for me to test the flow coming out of the pressure...

We just returned from a weeks vacation. Our Polaris cleaner is scheduled to run for about 2 hours each morning, typically under the solar cover. Today I emptied the bag and started it up to get the debris that as accumulated from the cover edge and the pump is now making a whining noise. Is it...

Thank you all for the feedback. The pool isn't in 100% sun until about 11 am so unless it's a hot weekend I wouldn't usually take the cover off until about then anyway. My wife likes to do her PT exercises in the pool at lunch when it's warm out so it all works out pretty well. Otherwise, the...

I have one of those thicker blue "bubble wrap" style solar covers trimmed to fit our in ground pool. With the flow of spring debris it has been easier to keep the pool clean with the cover off. Today the pool hit 66 degrees (whoo hoo!) and we're going into a stretch of 80+ & mid 70 degree days...

HAH!! Thanks! That was the pool opening party over Memorial Day weekend in 2022...our first season with the new pool. Our daughter in law is responsible for the flotilla of pink flamingo floaties.

I would also strongly recommend that you dutifully track your SWG settings in the PoolMath app. I am in Year 3 of our pool and failed to do that previously so I'm only now setting a reliable baseline for what settings I need to keep the Chlorine level stable and to understand how my pool...

The cell recommends 3600 so I'm spot on based on my own testing. I figure I'm probably good for the season, maybe needing 1 more bag later on if we have a wet Spring/Summer.

I spent this past weekend managing the chemistry of our pool which we had opened for us on Thursday afternoon. We had more debris than we would have liked on the bottom from closing too late last autumn with falling leaves. A lot of pine needles worked their way under the cover over the winter...

Greetings all. This is season 3 of our pool which we just opened last Thursday. So far I've managed the chemistry pretty well and am close to having all levels where we want them. The one thing I have not done well over the last 2 seasons was to track my SWG output setting to define an accurate...

We did something similar last year when opening the pool. At the end of the 2022 season (our first with this pool) it dawned on us that the installers positioned the filter drain so that it was pointed at the heater. On top of it being terribly awkward to access we figured that it probably...

In another SWG related thread I saw a note indicating a particular brand of SWG should be run at the lower range of the recommended salt level... Is there a reference guide here somewhere that goes into recommendations for various SWGs? For my case specifically, what is the optimal salt level...

Installing the pool was my wife's project paid for by her, and she insists on having the pool opened and closed by a local service. My job is to keep it clean and balanced. Opening looks like it would be a good deal less complicated than closing so MAYBE I'll be able to take that on eventually...