Recent content by vegas561

Thanks for the replies! I revised my signature :cool: I am using the TF-100 kit to test. I will work on implementing some of your suggestions - interesting timing on the use of rainwater...we have very poor draining back there and when it rains we get large puddles that pool near the house...

Some advice would be great! These are current levels: FC=14 CC=0 TC=14 CH=1050 CYA=125 TA=130 PH=7.5 or higher We live in a desert conservation environment so frequently draining and refilling the water is not really an option - are there alternative ways to get these levels in line? The...

Well you aren't too old to post on the forum....which I certainly appreciate! It sounds like your wisdom just might save me from the doom of swimming in the dark - or spending thousands digging up the pool. :D But I now have a few new questions. So I attach the bonding wire to the outside can...

And the water bond is necessary correct? If I replace the 120 volt fixture with a 12 volt would that make the water bond unnecessary?

Right now it's under water so unfortunately no pics at this point. Unless I end up having to drain the pool. The bonding wire is just hanging freely inside the niche through the conduit back to the switch, wire nutted to the ground inside the switch back to the GFI breaker box. The bonding...

I went to replace the light - it seems like the original light. Got it out pretty easily. I left the bonding wire in but once the fixture was out there is no metal niche. Only a concrete hole with no bonding lug. The fixture attaches to a thin metal ring with no bonding contact. How is it...