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I wonder why the SWG sensor is freaking out. I did not add anything else but 16oz of muriatic acid to balance the ph and the water to fill.

I have a similar situation except my SWG sensor is freaking out. It is reading 7100 ppm. Not thinking about the salt in the softened water I added something between 800-1000 gallons of softened water into my pool in the last couple of days and my salt level as measured by the sensor jumped from...

Following. Can anybody send pictures of the finished projects? Thanks!

Lakewoman: first things first, can you locate the breaker for the light? If you do, turn it off. Immediately. Need to make sure there is no live wire in contact with the water. Your case might be a bad gasket case. To assess the damage I recommend, after taking the light out of the water...

Hi guys. Back in the winter my light (Hayward SP-573-L) "popped" out of the niche (Hayward SP600), the screw either fell out of place or got corroded who knows. I am in between trying to make the wire move (which I did, on both ends and it didn't move at all) and just replacing the bulb...

That's great info. I'll follow that. Thank you triptyx. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alright! Plan is under execution. I have adjusted the chlorine level up to 3 with bleach. Will have to wait for the stabilizer to get here so I can start building that up. Question - I have a chlorinator in which I have used these Clorox trichlor tablets (below). Should I keep using them here...

thanks for the warm welcome! Here are my test results: FC 1.2 Total Chlorine 1.8 CC 0.6 CYA 0 PH 7.5 TA 190 CH 170 Thanks again guys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi guys, First time poster/pool rookie here. This past weekend I drained my pool completely and refilled it back up. I am now trying to look for what are the steps (and chronological order of the steps) I should be taking to balancing my water. I assume I'll have to add some CYA. I'm...