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I have a 20x40 vinyl liner pool with a white, pvc bullnose coping. I am planing to replace the liner as well as the coping. The old coping/liner track is ancient and damaged in many places. It also sags, which decreases my confidence that a new liner would stay in place for any extended period...

Good deal. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't more complicated than I was thinking. I can probably find a buddy that can help me do this. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for your reply, Jim. Both CBs are on. The black terminal I was referring to was P19. I get 0V when I connect multimeter electrodes to P19 and P? (white terminal to the right of P19) when the pump should be "on". Apparently I could order a refurbished circuit board for ~$300 or I could...

I have an old tiger river spa with a jet pump (Watkins Wavemaster 7000) that stopped working after my kids turned it on and off about 50 times in a row. The heater and low speed circulation pump still work. When I press the button to turn on the jet pump, I hear a click and the indicator light...

duraleigh, Do you leave it in the pool when not in use? Or does this shorten the lifespan?

Hi All, I just bought a poolvergnuegen suction side cleaner. I hooked it up to 1 of my skimmers (of 2 total). All seems to be working great so far. I was wondering how long people typically run suction side cleaners. Do you just leave it in the pool as long as nobody is swimming, or just...

I have not. But we just moved here, and I certainly haven't dug an 8 foot hole. I'll have to wait until the weekend to do this anyway. For now. I guess I'll keep my FC up until I pass an OCLT - it's holding steady at 39 and the CC has dropped to < 0.5, so hopefully I killed all the algae. I...

It's an in ground pool. I have no idea what the local ground water table is. I guess the safest bet is the simultaneous pump out/ad in method.

OK. All I know about the pool is that it's a 33000 gallon vinyl liner pool. (I could go look at the pump/filter, but I'm assuming that doesn't affect the amount I can drain.) From my tests, I'm guessing that CYA levels are somewhere between 120 - 180. Is it ok to take it down to 25% full?

I don't have tons of faith in the disappearing black dot test that I just did to determine these levels. It's pretty qualitative test - semi-quantitative at best. At least the pool store uses a spectrophotometer to determine the levels, which I find more likely to be accurate. Based on their...

Using the dilution test you recommended, my CYA appears to be even higher (~160 - using the disappearing dot test). Should I attempt to drain some water to bring this down, or should I try to deal with the current algae/cloudy water problem first? Any recommendations are appreciated.

I have been relying on my pool store for testing, but I am now using the Taylor K-2006 test kit. My CYA level of 100 (104 to be precise) is based on the pool store test. I have been bringing a water sample to the store once a week since I took over this pool in April. The CYA levels were...

I bought a house with a pool in April. I'm a total newbie, but realized quickly that the water chemistry was a mess (FC 0, TA 10, pH 5, CYA 150, and copper stains everywhere; Copper levels at 0.9ppm). Two weeks ago, I had the water balanced (mostly, the CYA was still high at 110), so I brought...