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Thanks, that crossed my mind also. I have another that I'll try. I think I should probably scrub the contact points on the V switch too.

I suppose that's possible, but it didn't miss a start from the time of the capacitor change in January till after being flooded a few weeks ago. That's being started at least once daily — frequently more, due to cleaning the strainer basket, filter, or some other reason. Also, before changing...

I have two pumps, both essentially the same model, neither acting right. The most important is the main pump for my pool/cartridge filter, so I'll seek help with it first. Somehow, after spending a few hours completely submerged in salt water during Hurricane Helena, my old Hayward Super II...

It's difficult to imagine a more helpful answer. Thank you!

I'd like a more saturated color when testing CH. Does adding extra R-0011L have any unwanted effects on test results?

I didn't think about that. Let me confirm my understanding. Salt water is denser than freshwater, so when I exchange, I should put my submersible pump in the deepest part of the pool and put the fill hose on the top step on the shallow end?

My old Hayward Super 2 survived. I'm sure it's worse for the wear, but it's still moving water like it always has.

I've had both, but in total fairness, my suction-powered cleaner was inherited from a previous owner. I maybe didn't see its best days. That said, when the vacuum-port cleaner died, I bought an Evo 614iq. When it dies, I'm going for another electronic cleaner.

Being willing to do what another person will pay to have done is a time-tested path to profit. You learn the ins and outs, the tricks of the trade, and one day you're paying the bills.

We didn't get all that much rain where I am, but the surge was awesome — in the original sense of the word. Watching a river rip down a street that is not flood prone will hold your attention awhile. I was just mentioning the CYA to let you know that it's not really in the same category as the...

Just so you know, CYA does cook off in the sunlight, it just does so way slower than trichlor puts it in there. I'm not far from Sarasota and my pool gets a lot of sun. I lose at least 15 ppm per month of CYA in the summer months.

Oh, and salt... Even if I weren't afraid of the other assorted nastiness from the roads, lawns, and Gulf, there's no getting around exchanging the salt water out.

I'm on board with all of that, except that I had substantial water intrusion into my house too. While I deal with a water-logged home interior, I don't want stubborn algaes establishing themselves in the places that are the most difficult to remove them. So I'm going to SLAM till I'm back to...

Same issue here. I took FC up to SLAM level immediately. I can at least see the bottom now, and the cast is green instead of brown. One question I have for the hive mind is that when I added muriatic acid, it turned an orange-ish yellow color and floated instead of sinking. I've read that...

We are cut from the same cloth.

What pH do you target when you add MA?

My OCD has never been so calm.

In the rare event that I don't have time to test, I just add 4 ppm worth of chlorine. That number is based on the fact that, at my current CYA, that's the most day-to-day loss that I see. But then I don't mind running hot, and in fact, I intentionally do. The increased cost in chlorine and swim...

Do yourself a favor to maximize your odds of a successful season: Keep your FC:CYA ratio at the recommended levels. I wouldn't be wild about adding calcium carbonate to my water, but the silver is not likely to hurt anything. But the main thing — as has been browbeaten into you now — is that...

That's a dispositive "if". Not just with Frog, but with any sanitizer that uses dichlor or trichlor. There are few things more convenient than having Amazon deliver a bucket of chlorine tablets and dropping a few of them in any decent feeder every week or so. It works great... until your...

There's a cool-factor there that would be hard to find a substitute for. I've lived in a few places — 1880s — that I just thought were old. Your place has recalibrated my meter.

I dig that flagstone. 👍👍

I had good luck with a K-2006C order fulfilled by SDR Supply. They dragged their feet getting it out, but it came with good reagents. Since then, though, I've ordered anything I need from TF, if they carry it. I know I can trust their reagent freshness, and they ship nearly instantaneously. I...

Same here. Well, moderate problems anyway. I can tell very quickly when there's an issue with the water softener. Soap goes from taking forever to rinse off to taking forever to lather and rinsing off instantly.

Magnesium doesn't really cause the scaling issues in pools that calcium does, if that's your concern. Magnesium carbonate is way more water soluble than calcium carbonate.

As stated, it will be easier with the stirrer. You don't have to stress though. If there's not a noticeable color change, don't count the drop. When in doubt, the drop didn't count.

On TA, keep adding drops till there's no further color change. Don't count a drop that doesn't change the color any. So if another drop makes it redder, that counts.

I'll be stealing this and acting like I was clever enough to come up with it on my own.

Bad idea. You'll soon trust your own testing more than a pool store, and you'll be 100% justified in doing so. A touch high, if true, but their testing is not even remotely reliable. Remember, also, that phosphates are measured in parts per billion, not parts per million. If you're really...