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Haha, true! Yeah, I just got a message and the LPB said it was a 'safety thing' so I guess that's good.

Anyone here familiar with Bullfrog Spas? I just got a R7L model and haven't had time to set up filter cycles or anything like that yet, so I know it could be a setting issue, but-- my wife and son will get in the spa for a couple of hours, and since we've had the spa they say that the pumps will...

Hey ya'll, just a final update. I did get my original LPB that put the pool in to replace the heat pump, it's a aquacal SQ120 and boy have they come a long way in 14 years. I ran it for about 24 hours and it seems to heat really well. I've closed the pool for the season and I'm excited to see...

Thanks. My wife (brutally good with sales, haha) is negotiating with the sales lady we work with. I'm also going to see if I can get the larger unit if we can come to a compromise price.

That is great info, thank you so much! It all makes sense to me, I appreciate it.

UPDATE to thread------ Okay, looks like the cost for parts comes in around $215, but the labor ($795, for 5 hours) and freon (approx. $450) brings it to approx. 1460 for the repair. It's a TXV and dryer, which my LPB says comes in a kit. I'm planning on getting another estimate for labor...

Good points, ya'll. Definitely will think about it. Even my LPB tech that I talked to said that he'll get the parts prices, but if it was over $500 or so he wouldn't repair it, since you still have to factor in freon, labor, etc. and as ya'll pointed out, it may not even do the trick.

Okay, our Aquacal heat pump that was installed in 2006 began giving a 'LP' error when it would begin the Heating cycle, so we called our LPB that installed it and they in turn told us to call local HVAC contractors, as our LPB will not mess with freon. So we finally found a local HVAC that will...

Awesome, thanks SO MUCH for the info!

I have an Aquacal Heatwave electric heat pump, model number 5302B. I don't have the serial number in front of me, but it was installed in July 2006 with the pool. I read that this could be low refrigerant or maybe a bad low pressure switch (or perhaps other things as you mentioned), and the Pool...

Hello all, long time since my last post. I'm still using the troublefreepool method with my pool, and still using the test kits from duraleigh. Great advice and I recommend you guys to anyone who has a pool who will listen, haha! I've had a Aquacal electric heat pump since the pool was installed...

Duhhh I haven't used the manual vac in so long I had forgotten about it. Thanks!

OK I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this, but I figure someone has dealt with it before. I don't remember this being so bad in the past, but this year I have alot of junk (leaves, bugs, who knows what else) in both of my pool drains. The pool is a '06 install, so these are the safety drains with all...

Is your SWG removable? Mine is plumbed in so that I can (with the pump off of course) remove the SWG and put in a 'dummy cell' which is just a piece of pipe that you screw in where your dummy cell usually resides. I do this at the end of the season. This way you can get all the junk out of your...

Good luck with your leak. My pool actually looked worse than that this year, and I opened it almost a month ago. I didn't have a leak, but my water was so green it was almost black (dang mild winter and Virginia pollen)...I have a mesh cover, too, and that comes with the territory. It took me...

Haha, I will try to drop in more over the fall/winter, waste. I know you've been on here forever, I've learned alot from you and the others. I'm playing with the idea of trying to keep my pool open over the winter one of these years, but we lose power occasionally and it does freeze in Central...

Just dropping a note to say THANKS to all the folks at TFP, mods, advice-givers, Jason, etc. I haven't been on here much this year (busy) but I have gone through another season with my pool, spending WAY less time and money on it than I did before I switched to BBB and got help from TFP. So...

Cool! Thanks again Chem Geek. BTW, I measured my pH before draining my hot tub (due to my wife breaking out) and it was 8.2 plus. I really blew it this time, going to watch it much better now. Thanks again for your help!

Hello, I have a Hot Springs spa and am refilling it today. We have an ozonator and also silver ion, but above that I do use chlorine (Sodium Dichlor) and 'Spa Oxidizing Shock' (non-chlorine, contains potassium monopersulfate). We've always been told to add the chlorine and the potassium mono. at...

Thanks, chem geek! I appreciate it. I have a Freshwater silver ion cartridge, I do believe it is all just silver...it's proprietary to Hot Springs, I believe, so I'm not sure if they have a silver/copper combo but I can check. The ozonator is proprietary, also, I believe. It's a FreshWater III...

Hello, Haven't dropped by in awhile but I did run into something weird this weekend. It's been cold here, and I admittedly have not kept up with my chemistry in my spa for several (maybe 3?) weeks now, but the water is very clear. I topped it off last Saturday and added less than 1 tsp chlorine...

Hello! Hope everyone is well. I recently emptied my spa due to cloudy water that appeared to have a type of film on the top of it. It was due to be changed anyway, so I emptied and refilled my spa. Now, within a week, I'm noticing the cloudiness and film again. I guess it's film, it's all broken...

Thanks everyone! Thanks Tim-- I did not know that about the frost-free, but it makes sense. I have a chest type freezer so I'll keep more stuff in that if I think it may be awhile before I cook it. thanks again!

OK...I cooked ribs for the 4th. Problem is, I got 'previously frozen' since they were on sale and I was a little tight on the greenbacks. I cooked those things for 5 hours in my BGE and they looked great, but I have to say they were a little tough. Not bad, but not as good as the ribs I did...

OK thanks very much! I do just have the 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 buttons... but we haven't had much bather load, so I think it should stay down once all the hellions, I mean, friends' children :) start coming over.

Hello! We got a new Intellichlor cell at the start of the season (IC40), and whereas the last cell seemed perfect (same model, it's just that the PB messed up and the threads got glued and then stripped), this cell seems a little 'off.' For one thing, the lights on it show a lower reading than...

Don't want to beat a dead sock, but I'd definitely get a drop based test kit...does Duraleigh still sell them? His has been great for me.