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In my opinion, spend a few more bucks and get the 60+. I've got a 45+ in my smaller pool (~18.5k I think), and I typically run it around 35% for around 10 hours a day. Should be ballpark similar for your pool, but with the cost of materials not going down any time soon it's a hedge. Not to...

Just take the cover off and let the sun burn off any excess. Don't spend money on trying to eliminate the chlorine. Instead, get a Taylor test kit to see what your actual levels are.

I'd relocate the cell to the upflow side and let gravity do the work of keeping the plates submerged.

I've resigned myself to only buying the real deal Taylor products for the reasons covered in this thread. I was seeing inconsistencies too until I consolidated on OE genuine products. For me it was better to select the product that gave me confidence the tests were accurate.

I think you may have missed it, he's using a Taylor kit. But, yeah those #'s do look a little too accurate, you estimating between the steps, mthird?

I've run mine both up and down, as long as the plates are covered with water it seems to work equally well either way.

Circling back to this. I was almost out of R-870, and this time I got the real deal Taylor can with the flip top lid. I was very surprised when I opened it and saw a very fine pure white powder that looked nothing like what I received from TFTestKits. Not only that, they also don't test...

Good to hear, time to go shopping.

I need to do this too, cold spell has my water temp down to 50F, and my chlorine levels are down around 2. I have the fittings to build a bypass pipe to get the heater out of the water circuit, so all I'm missing now is purple stuff and ascorbic acid to start. Anyone know how much peroxide...

Are you comfortable cutting and joining PVC, and doing some simple wiring? You can install the system yourself and save some money. Circupool keeps your 7 year warranty even on self-installs. Going out of town is no problem with a salt system, it's a simple matter of making sure your levels...

I think there's an article on cleaning the filter in Pool School, and there are a lot of YouTube videos as well, but the process is pretty straight forward. 1. Turn off the pump 2. Separate the bottom and top halves of the filter case 3. Remove the filter cartridge and spray off all of the...

Yeah I don't even have an excuse for how overdue mine is lol.

I was about to say "what are you doing under the hood of my car?" but then I noticed blue among the dirt instead of white. :)

An almost identically titled post came up in the similar threads: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/thinking-of-creating-a-diy-wifi-enabled-pid-controlled-hot-tub-control-system-anybody-wanna-help.220790/

Shouldn't the plaster be smoother? The aggregate looks like it's ready to fall out.