Recent content by Verne Bunsen

Got it, I'll keep at it!

Thanks for the input, guys! Anonapersona, I hadn't considered the possibility of scale in the system contributing to rapid pH rise, I will investigate that further. From what I have seen of the piping internals when removing the SWG cell or opening up the filter, there's not much sign of build...

Hello all, I'm looking for some advice on how best to handle the pH in my pool. The pool chemistry is really quite stable, but the catch is that I travel for work and am routinely gone for two weeks at a time. I have been in the habit of lowering the pH with MA to close to 7.0 before I leave...

Yeah, I think under normal circumstances I would have given up on the pool for the year myself. However, my mother-in-law is coming down from Alaska (where we just moved down from) in a few days, so I'm heating the pool to a nice 80 degrees with the gas heater so she can luxuriate for a bit :) A...

Ah, an important distinction, haha! Thanks for setting me straight! I guess best course of action will be to just let it go for a bit. Good thought. I checked it and it's 31.45% HCl, same as what the test kit calls for. I'll leave it be for a while and see where it lands when the Cl gets back...

Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I had a thread going about getting my SWG properly configured after having just converted to saltwater. The TF-100 test kit was recommended and I ordered it immediately. I went out of town for a while and got back this last Friday 11/9. I took a set of readings and...

TF-100 kit is on the way. I'm leaving town for a couple of weeks so the real fun will probably have to wait until I get back, but now I'm armed! I took another sample in to Leslie's this morning and they said the chlorine levels are still too high to accurately test, so I suppose a little time...

Thanks for the info, guys! I'll be ordering that test kit immediately. I'm a DIY'er by nature, but I've felt a bit over my head with the pool stuff. Just moved to Arizona from Alaska, so pools are very new territory to me! I will be a bit dismayed if I have to drain the pool to get a handle on...

Hi y_not. I've been having Leslie's handle the water testing, I just take them the sample. I had a full spread done 3 days ago and they spec'd me at 100 ppm CYA. The range they show is 30-99, so that puts me right on the ragged edge. Apparently, the pool company was only pretending to use the...

That's great info, thanks Mas985! I'll try those suggestions as soon as I get the chlorine levels back in range. I run the spa 1 hour daily as part of the routine cycle, so I'll set it to 25%. I'll reduce the pump run time and set the pool cycle to 80%. My electric bill will like that too! For...

Hi all, I'm about 5 months into 1st time pool ownership, and need a little insight on setting up the parameters of my Turbo Cell T15 SWG. My pool is a pool/spa combo with spillover, est. 12,500 gallons. Controller is Goldline Aqua Logic PS-4. Pump is a Jandy Stealth 1.5 HP, 120 gpm. Here's...

No dice, I found a manual online and dug through it. The only heater config options I get are enable/disable, name, cool down, extend, and allow low speed. The timer would be sweet, but I think this setup will be good, as long as I can get everyone to remember to turn the heater off, haha! This...

That would be pretty sweett, Qwaxalot! I immediately went out to look through my menus, but I don't have any timers associated with the heater, and the heater config doesn't have any time parameters. Bummer, haha!

Jim, that is exactly what I was looking for. Set that to "pool only" and it now defaults to that setting, but my spillover is still manually accessible. Thanks! Qwaxalot, that is something that I've been thinking about myself. The heater kicks on automatically anytime the spa is selected, so...

Cool, thank you, I'll have to look further into that. I think the advantage of a plumbed bypass with a throttle valve would be the ability to more precisely control how much you are robbing from the pool return. Even just camming my spa return valve one "notch" completely neutered my pop-ups...