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We are done. Very late in the day (early night really), but done. This year I’m trying the Aahsome winterizing stuff plus SLAM level chlorine. Pool is 60° at closing. Until next year! :D

Well that’s why I am changing the gasket :)

Looks like. I had no idea. The motor that moves the prismatic wheel probably doesn’t work any more. No wonder the pool light was so blue. I took it apart as far as I could and wiped out the rust as much as I could reach. I’ll let it dry, put it back together, and hope I didn’t ruin it by taking...

…what the heck is this?

Uh oh. Light looks like this. Good thing I bought some replacement gaskets.

Pool draining.

Possibly but I like mesh covers because it lets water through. That would kinda defeat the mesh benefit of not having water accumulate on it.

Time to scrub the safety cover

My main thinking was that my chlorine seems to stay higher for longer when the solar cover is on. So if it sat on top of the water underneath the mesh cover, the chlorine might stay higher if I raised it to slam level prior to closing. It might also cut down on the amount of light algae could...

I do wonder if anyone has ever tried lowering the water and then putting a solar cover on under the mesh safety cover. Seems like it might catch the junk and shade out algae a bit better. But might also destroy the solar cover when ice forms. Hmm…

Temps have been chilly here. No warm weather in sight - spent $450 in gas heating the pool in August. Gave up and turned it off. Pool is down to low 60s - probably gonna close this weekend. :( Gonna try the Aahsome winterizing stuff instead of polyquat this year. See if it opens any cleaner.

Here's a previous thread for review: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/confused-about-fc-level-and-dosage-when-using-poly-quat-60-at-closing.220569/

...and honestly if you can measure out 5ml samples, you can do each drop is 1ppm of FC which is fine enough for accuracy until you do your OCLT.

Here’s why you don’t do what the bottle says and dump directly into skimmer basket. https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/skimmer-line-blocked-with-stabilizer.184276/ Plus it has to sit in your filter for up to a week without cleaning/backwashing or you could lose it to waste.

If your CC is over 0.5 you have an issue and a SLAM is recommended to resolve. If your CC is 0.5 or less, you may or may not have an issue. CC is different in every pool, in every situation. CCs are not automatically created / building up when algae is being killed. Sometimes they dissipate to...

Not without breaking out a submersible pump and setting up a hose to go toward the road, in a downpour. My waste pipe goes where it is going. I do want to direct the waste pipe into our downspout since that goes to the storm sewer anyway but that's not a project I've done yet.

Ugh. Sure hope my neighbors don’t flood out.

…is it a problem if water goes up to the bead at the top of the liner? It’s pouring and it’s almost above the top of the skimmer plate. I want to wait to drain because the water goes to my neighbor’s yard and it’s probably already soaking in his house…..

Once you get a feel for how much your pool uses you can cut the testing back to every 2-3 days and just add what’s needed every day or two. But yeah, I’m eyeing up a SWCG for the same reason. :)

@Gary Davis @Newdude - did you guys know PoolMath has a bleach price calculator? :) Under the three line menu, "Bleach $ Calculator" - it takes strength into account.

Keep an eye on the pressure. When it’s 25% above clean, clean the filter. :) If your pool is mostly clear and you are doing this due to seeing some algae, the filter may not get much more on it. It’s the cloudy pools that need lots of filtering. Be sure you check hidden areas for algae when...

It may also lead to the increase of nitrates in the pool from bather waste