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    Pool Dome

    Cover is removeable Made clip to hold to the conduit Plan on putting back on in April to start about 2 months early next year
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    Pool Dome

    Cost Conduit $120 Plastic $75 nuts bolts $15 Total $210 Heater free from craigslist Gasline $75 craigslist Gas fittings $30 Labor mostly diy inviting neighbors to party for their help lifting dome onto poll Swimming with 3 yr old daughter outside in 40 degree weather should be priceless
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    Pool Dome

    Going to work on the door tomorrow will be putting a pop up cover on the deck the plastic back to dome to have a warm drying area. Will be using it with dome in place For this year it willbe a one time thing as I don't think it will support snow.
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    Pool Dome

    Here is my DIY Pool dome. Made a cap geodesic dome out of 1/2 inch metal electrical conduit. Covered with 1.5 mil plastic Having my first ever Bday poil party for my self This weekend. This is in central PA Will let you know how things go. Pool temp was 50 degrees yesterday am now at 70deg just...
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    Pump without capacitor

    Might be a centrifugal switch on back of motor Look for springs conected to a metal plate Some times this gets stuck in the out position Try to flip in toward motor ahaft Google centrifugal switch should get a picture of it
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    Not Yet Trouble Free - Chemistry and Equipment Questions

    CC of 1. Shows you need to do a shock process See poolschollfor full instructio Basic Get fc at shock level per pool calc Keep it at that level consistantly (check hourly at first) Done with process after the following Water is clear CC is less then 1 Pass an overnight chlorine loss test
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    testing a used natural gas pool heater

    Over 60 feet to nearest gas line so no easy way to test burner Tested to water lines today no leaks Took top off vacuumed out the junk Vacuumed off the burner it looks to be in very good shape Checked all wiring glad I did a a wire nut was off Pluged in service light was on for a second then...
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    testing a used natural gas pool heater

    Hopefully I hit the jackpot on craigslist today I got a raypak 185k pool heater for free. It looks to be in very good condition Problem is the current owner never used it he got it with house purchase last year he descided to fill in pool so doesn't need it was stored inside when he got house...
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    Test Kits

    Simple instruction are 10ml pool water 1 heaping scoop powder Add drops of r-0871 1 at a time counting as you go When turns clear (no pink at all) Take number of drops divide by 2 That is your fc Then add 5 drops r- 0003 if remains clear cc=0 Then add drops 1 at a time againe Take number of...
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    Need some coaching!

    Sounds like you passed the overnight chlorine loss test Yeah Test your CC if it is less then 1. 2 of the 3 criteria to stop shocking have been met Now just have to wait for filter to cleanup the dead stuff
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    Corner cove under liner

    This is very highly Lilly pb error have him take care of refilling the pool he can pay to have it hauled or he can set up temp pools to hold Don't waste your money on his error
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    Need some coaching!

    Fairly normal with organics in the pool or wrong volume could be your issue I would add 1.5 qt See if once you get it to shock if your next dose gets to predicted level if not let us know we can try to figure volume out better
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    intex pool first year on SWG, GREEN POOL! HELP!

    Tftestkits.com is were I get all my reagents Fast and best value
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    intex pool first year on SWG, GREEN POOL! HELP!

    If you have been adding the same amount on previous you could probably keep adding that amount I would maybe wait a little longer between doses or and a little Less then the last dose to keep from over dosing that should keep you for a day or so as to not go backwards.
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    intex pool first year on SWG, GREEN POOL! HELP!

    I wouldn't aerate to much from look back it looks like your last ph result when fc was below 10 was 7.5 which is very good When using liquid chlorine and or swg your ph will tend to drift up normally. With not being able to test when fc above 10 we recommend not doing thing that effect ph to...
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    Need some coaching!

    Just to make sure you need to run your pump on filter 24 hours a day till clear
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    Need some coaching!

    Being that you didn't reach the expected fc when you added chlorine I would raise level to 16 test in an hour to see if you got it to 16 and follow shock process. It is safe to swim up to and including shock level, but added bather load can take shock process longer plus pool needs to be clear...
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    Need some coaching!

    Here at TFP shocking is a process not a one time event You do need to add more chlorine to reach shock level Do this every hours (as you get further into the process you adjust as you see your chlorine holding longer) Shock is complete when the following are true Water clear Pass an overnight...
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    Please review my test results....thanks...

    Either way is fine which ever is easier for you
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    Please review my test results....thanks...

    CC of .5 is fairly normal Don't worry aboutt CC less the 1
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    Please review my test results....thanks...

    I would dose to 7 Pool calc should be giving you a range of 3 to 7 for FC Should try to dose to highest number to help avoid going below the lower number if you miss dosing for some reason You never want to go below 3 thatt 2 you just tested puts you at risk for algea to get started Ta is ok Ch...
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    Free pool / Too much rust?

    I have good success with the reformer product Repainted my daughters swing set with it 2 years ago There was several rust spots that a sanded prior to painting plus I sprayed in the end of the poles I see no rust or rust rain water etc from any spot
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    I'm confused about chemical reading today

    Here at tfp shock is not a product We recommend useing liguid chlorine (bleach, liguid chlorine from pool store) to do the shock process Yes the process is dose chlorine to shock level test an hour later redose to shock level After doing this several times you will start to see your fc level...
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    Fri started to notice some green

    Don't trust pool store number you need to have your own test kit. Tf100 from tftestkits.com is the best deal With out a fas/dpd test wong be able to get rid of the green and keep it away Good test kit Pool school Pool calculator All the tools needed to clear a pool
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    Do It Now?

    If you manually dose your chlorine I would wait no use wasting cya
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    intex pool first year on SWG, GREEN POOL! HELP!

    I would do a new cya test so you better know what your shock level is. Once you get that enter as your current level in the pool calculator then go to goals tab it will give you your shock level While shocking you only need to test fc everytime cc level can be checked ever couple of test (at...
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    intex pool first year on SWG, GREEN POOL! HELP!

    Can you post a full set of current number we need a cya number to be able to help you
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    pool store test

    Greatfor getting tf100 Now take the time till it gets here to read read read read pool school Those are the 2 best tools to having a trouble free pool
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    pool store test

    Sad fact is you can't trust either until you have your own good test kit The "cheapo drop ph test will be accurate so you can adjust your ph You can use pool calculator to figure what your cya roughly is by useing the effects tab I would run the numbers but kind of hard on my iPod right now...
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    pool store test

    What size pool? What does the cheap Wally world chlorine test show you? Did you use any other chemicals other then the 4 lbs tri chlor? When we know that we can get better idea of you cya But not much can be done until you get a better test kit Maybe the tf50 from tftestkits.com might fit...