Recent content by TishTash

Thank you for the several tips. This reminds me of a question I have about one of the instruction manuals earlier in this thread: Why the connection (circled) in this picture?

I’m not completely convinced that a heater substantially downflow from the SWCG “feels” the total brunt of that 16.3ppm, CYA or not. But ok, you’ve all convinced me not to put the cart before the horse, er, the SWCG before the heater.

Thanks @JamesW for all the footwork in posting those excerpts from manuals. Intuitively, I’d agree the exposure of chlorine gas would be minimal with decent flow. That said, you & @Newdude are not wrong to argue a manufacturer would use any excuse to avoid warranty coverage. Interestingly...

Thanks for bringing this up: I’m sure the brief time I ran the FROG didn’t exactly benefit the heater. (Dang you TFP for not letting me discover you earlier!) 😤 I stand corrected. I read somewhere that a check valve upwind of an SWCG was essential, but exactly how much of a residual backwash...

Wow, thanks for digging that up; my posting of that completely slipped my mind. I was referring to the reverse angle photo, from behind the heater, showing its input and output plumbing as requested. From the front, the heater is to the right of the generator. What you describe is the right...

Sorry for the confusion. Forget the offline SWCG; that’s a macguffin in my post. By “chlorinator” I meant an inline SWCG and only an SWCG. (But I see where it implies a puck chlorinator; it’s not that.) The typical setup is to have the plumbing flow from the heater to the SWCG to the pool...

It’s a foregone matter-of-fact that the inline chlorinator should be the final leg of plumbing before going to the return back into the pool, i.e., skimmer/drain -> pump -> filter -> heater -> SWCG -> return. My installer (back in 2017) wasn’t the brightest bulb in the shed, and ran the pipes to...

I was really just curious and half-kidding. I definitely agree it’s hardly worth shutting things down unless a bunch of other, far more substantial things are being fixed. On a related but separate note: Was anything able to be done about old links (from past iterations of the forums) leading...

I just discovered this thread, but my experience pretty much tracks with everyone else’s: • Paying too much for a pool service that was at best inconsistent with appointments and practices, • Being confronted with a green pool resulting in a mess of proprietary mystery chemicals, • Realizing...

I see a big fat zero (well not that fat and big) just below my username. I tried to see if others who have it and I share anything in common, and it’s not much. What does it denote? Is it recent activity? (I haven’t been around for a while.) Or is it — gasp — a scarlet letter, a warning to shun? 😃

Thanks for the kind words; I was actually being more facetious than contrite: I didn’t expect to cause such a vigorous debate. (But it was fun to read!) The potential certainly makes more sense. With a vinyl liner, I keep the pH, alk & CH low (7.2, 60, <150); I now know the borates, CYA, and...