Recent content by SW Pool Owner

Final update, seems like it magically started working. And by magically, some combination of removing the motor cover, scraping out some salt/residue, resetting the breakers a bunch of times and pressing the reset button hard, and finally adding a new set of lights and resetting that outlet...

Quick update, my pump is UST-1152 which supports dual voltage 230/115. I checked with a multimeter and the power prong has 120+ volts, so I don't need 230v here either Pool guy keeps insisting it's a breaker issue

Opened my green pool and the pump doesn't work, and as this is a standing open body of water, this has now become an emergency. My electrical circuit board has 2 outlets, a timer, a sw generator, a heater, and a pool pump. All the circuits seem to work fine, but my pool guy is saying the pump...

So I don't vacuum to waste because I didn't see that in the SLAM guide. I finally took out the lights a couple days ago and a cloud of dust came out as I brushed inside. However now my pool is cloudy again, I feel my SLAM has been cloudy this whole time even weeks later, it finally got clear the...

Brushed 10 hours apart today, still brushing up semi-thick clouds even though the pool is crystal clear, pool fc dropped to 14 today around 8PM

My gosh, thank you. I had to get both bulbs replaced and a combination of hesitancy and fear made me leave it to the pool guy. This guy charged me a buncha money to replace these bulbs and on top of that the bulbs weren't screwed in well and were loose. Time to take a look

Hmmm no I realize I've been backwashing / rinsing / refilling a few times since I last checked. It may have dropped down, but it was above 40 and right below 50 when I measured. Lower CYA is better from my understanding for SLAM, so I'm not concerned unless I should be? This is also day 2 of...

I'd say over 2 weeks now when I noticed the water was very cloudy. This was after my previous SLAM, which I may have ended too early.

So brushed three times, 4 and 8 hours apart respectively. Each time clouds of algae, way thicker on the shallower side but it is gradually getting better. Holding patience for sure. FC seems to dip to 16-17 always and I top off to 22

Here's the lights. You can see a slight gap around it because it's not tightly screwed in, it's barely hanging on in place. Also, does anyone know what the black box / thing standing up in the grassy photo is, on the ground above and behind the lights?

FC - 24 pH - 7.4 pre-slam CYA - 50 pre-slam Total Alkalinity - 70 pre-slam Calcium hardness - I can't seem to find my last log of this, but I remember it was a very much in the range number like 100? I have 3 returns evenly spaced on the right 36' side, with 3 skimmers directly across, 1...