Recent content by swimcoachtdawg

Yes, I do understand that a heat pump won't run if the air temp is below 45 degrees. Maybe I'm just not asking the right question --- inside the building (where the pool is located) the air temp is always between 70-85, even in the winter, because we have a furnace that heats the building. So...

So I'm struggling with the question of what to do with my pool heater. It's about 8 years old, so I think it's at the end of its life, and I've spent enough over the last three years to have replaced it with just repairs. I'm thinking seriously of replacing it, rather than buying another heat...

My pool is 25 yards long X 12 feet wide. I looked at custom covers but they were prohibitively expensive and I was afraid they'd be too bulky and heavy to work with if they needed to be cleaned. I ultimately bought the cover in three pieces, and for years just rolled one up, then put the next...

I agree pooldv, but not sure how to go about figuring out what it's clogged with, short of having someone cut it open for me with a blowtorch. I'm going to take another sample tomorrow and see if I get a different person that seems to know a little better how to work their test system, and watch...

So after posting a negative comment on Hayward's Facebook page, a rep contacted me and is "working with me" on trying to figure out why it is failing (again). When I told him that the pH was low the day the heater stopped working (even though I pointed out that this is the first time EVER that...

Yes I understand that low pH over time will corrode heat exchangers. I have never had a problem with low pH until last week. In fact, I'm usually fighting to keep it from going too high. This was the first time ever that the pH was low, and it had just been checked the week before. I check my...

The tech could not tell me what it is clogged with, he just said once it's clogged, it can't be fixed. I do keep a running log of my chemical tests. Everything has been right on since about February. I had tested it last week and the pH was fine, now the pH is low but not exceedingly low (it was...

I just keep repeating "I love my pool, I LOVE my pool!" but lately it has been a pain in the nether regions. Three months ago, my Mineral Springs system display stopped working. Hayward acquired this company shortly after my pool was built, and they have changed the system so I can no longer get...

I think I got that problem under control. I got granular CYA and put it in a sock and suspended it in front of the returns (2 of them) and over the course of a week or so my CYA came up slowly and is now around 20. I no longer have the strong odor in the air and the chlorine has risen. My pH has...

Now I'm really confused. I've always put the pucks in the skimmers, it's how I was told to use them. How else would you use pucks? Anyway, I have no idea what's going on with the pH. Seems like this pool is great when everything runs smoothly (which is like 90% of the time), but boy when things...

I have a whole bucket of the chlorine pucks that I quit using once I joined this site and learned the problems associated with them, so after reading some ideas on here I thought they might help bring the CYA back up where it should be (although adding chlorine when mine is already a little high...

I have been very appreciative of the help I've gotten from all the experts on this site and hope you can help me with an additional question. I purchased the TF-100 kit about three years ago, as well as the saltwater test kit. I've been using them regularly and my pool has been doing great...

Thank you! I will order new of everything. I'm having a little trouble with my pool chemistry right now and I think it's possible that it's because I'm not getting accurate results.

Ok, I'm getting ready to order a complete replacement kit for all of my reagents, so I can make sure I'm using fresh ones. What about the reagents for the saltwater test kit? Do I need new ones for it? They were purchased same time as the ones for the other kit, about 3 years ago. Thanks for...

My question is also in regard to the expiration on the reagents. I have the TF-100 as well as the Saltwater test kits. I think I purchased them about three years ago but still have quite a bit of most of them. The R-870 powder has gotten chunky and is leaving black marks on the test tube. What...