Recent content by Unspeakable Elvis

According to the manufacturer documentation it's calcium hypochlorite, pH 10.5 - 11.5, so not trichlor.

I almost always use granular chlorine. As it happens, I do have a floater in now, but I usually don't. I added it because I went away for a few days and I don't have any stabilizer in the pool. About the test kits, the one I'm using is the most comprehensive, but I could check for better pH...

Hi, I had a question that I can't seem to answer by just googling. My pool's pH keeps going low, requiring me to add alkaline (HTH Alkalinity Up). I notice this when the pool starts looking green despite adequate chlorine; when I then check the water with a test strip I'd see the pH reading...

No part moves. This is a very old-fashioned thing with a thin rubber disc and a rubber ball-type valve that actuates it when running. When that valve gets a bit of leaf in it and stops going, it turns into a pipe sucking water out of the pool. Hence my bafflement when someone says it will damage...

Hi. A common experience I have is that tough leaves lying on the bottom can get stuck in the pool cleaner's intake mechanism, causing the thing to stop moving and remain stationary on the pool bottom while the pump is still running. The solution is simply to turn over the cleaner and remove...

Yes, I rinse after every backwash.

Thanks for the response. To answer your questions: yes, it only happens sometimes when I start the pump for the day, and shortly after the dirty water clears up and runs clean. As for your suggestions: unfortunately there is no identifiable pressure gauge in the pump system. In the absence of a...

Hi. I am looking after a pool, which this website has helped with tremendously, but I'm occasionally experiencing an issue that I'd like to solve. I've noticed that sometimes, when switching on the pump in the morning, plumes of dusty water enter the pool from the filter's two water outlets. The...