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First, you must free yourself from "want", and focus on "need". Here, I'll get you started with Maslow's hierarchy of needs: 1. Biological and Physiological needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. 2. Safety needs - protection from elements, security, order, law, limits...

Also, form the pool calculator http://www.poolcalculator.com/ your shock level is 16 with a CYA of 45. With a current FC of 6.2 you would need to add 406 oz.s of 6% bleach to get there.

Chillax-Chlorine doesn't care if the matter is fecal, floral or food, it will kill it just the same. Maintain your FC, watch for CC, with temps of 48, by the time that the water is warm enough to get in, all will be good. Your filter will be fine. You can add enough bleach to shock, but I...

A small syringe is very good for measuring 5 ml Reagent, 5 ml Sample, and 10 ml diluent(tap or distilled water.) It is handy anytime small repeatable doses ar required. Get them from pharmacy or drugstore, don't need the needles just, the body If you are good with control, you can suck up each...

I noticed after I posted that you have a Hayward type SWG. their manuals can be found here http://www.haywardnet.com/inground/products/manuals.cfm I looked at the Aquaplus and found this - "The cell may be mounted vertically or horizontally, and water can move in either direction through the...

The actual cell itself should not matter, but the flow detector/meter usually does. I didn't see which SWG you have, the specifics for each are usually well known by your friends here!

Have you pulled the pump body apart and checked to make sure that it is sealed? This could be your small overnight leak. I'd also recommend the use of pipe thread sealant, not just teflon tape, on joints. Not sure what you mean here. Try to isolate the leak(s) one by one, assuming your valves...

1. Depends on HOW much CL it makes in 24 hrs. 2. Would you party like to swim in high CL water? Think of a SWG as a bleach jug with a small hole, you can get all of the bleach in the world, but it has to come out of that hole, which limits the rate you can add it in. This is why most people...

I also have a leaf cover that sags when wet, and makes a tea on top if I don't get the leafs out of the water. I lace a rope (really it's nylon twine) across several times to keep the net and leafs up out of the water. Once all of the trees are done dropping, I take the net off. The rope for the...

I use a 1/6 Hp utility pump https://www.ruralking.com/Store/detail.aspx?ID=1889 that has a reducer to attach a garden hose to. I secure a rope on one side of the pool, walk to the other side and put it through the handle of the pump, hold it up until the pump slides down/out to the middle, then...

I use a small Shop-Vac to close. I have a larger one that is a blower-vac, but it is not as good at either blowing or vacuuming as is the smaller metal can Shop-Vac. I clean the balanced pool, clean the filter(good back-wash, sand filter,) shock if there are CC(usually not needed,) add winter...

My neighbor and I both have Fox pools, he has the cover and I want one! I have the fiberglass step cover that I store behind an equipment box thru the summer, and use with a solid cover, leaf net and water bags for the winter. Looks ugly!!! My pool deck gets stained from leafs under cover edges...

Same here! I'm going to leave my Hayward autopuck feeder in to do that, and for vacations, and also 'cause if I pull it I'll have two holes in my piping! :( (easy enough to cover with rubber and existing clamps, I guess.) I plan on following Piku's post on making a cheap pool control system this...

Now I see the clear advantage of a see-through cell casing! I thought that it was just gimmick to see the bubbles(chlorine) forming. I will definitely check my cell frequently! Luckily for me, I can still use my filter system with my add-on cell off, I feel for the people who paid big money and...

That's what I thought. Last time I went to buy spark plugs for the car I about choked when it was $12 for each :shock: Iridium plug, but then I found that didn't need to buy them after all, :lol: because I had only used 30,000 miles of their rated 125,000! Strannik, I just noticed that you're...

Can cell plates be re-coated? It seems to me that all these things are metal (platinum?) plates coated with some higher priced (rubineum?) metal. Can I take 'em to my local chrome shop and get them re-done? Or have the local metal shop cut some new ones( after hacking the container apart)?

Strannik-Thanks for the link, the calculator does make it easy! Sabot- I'm glad that the Liquidator is now working for you, and for all of those that are using, and fine tuning it. Like I said before, I was telling people that I was going to get a Liquidator, but then started looking at the mods...

This post started from a discussion with pool owning friends on Labor Day over why I had a SWG, and not the Liquidator that I was talking up on Memorial Day, and didn't get. I followed the posts on the WS and other troubles that people were having with the Liquidator, and DLSDO, your SWG install...

Having read here, there, and everywhere how MUCH a SWG was going to save me, I mulled it over, ran some numbers in my head, and decided to pull the trigger on getting one. I went low budget (thankfully), and now I am almost kicking myself for not running ALL of the numbers first, `cause I'm...

Nice Pool! I've seen people use inverted T eye-bolt anchors on boat docks, like this http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=33140&pdesc=Dock_Edge_Portable_Cleat&cname=Cleats&aID=25G&merchID=1009&r=view. Or you could mount some of the self-storing, or flip-up cleats. You may also...

Most stores will give you a bottle, makes it easy to use your test kit at home. :-D

Here's that inline filter cannister- http://www.pentairpool.com/products/products3.php?id=85 Other manufacturers have similar products.

I don't vac much myself, 'cause I'm lazy, so I drop in an Aquabot and let it work. When I don't want to do the whole pool(just spot clean) or I want to add water, or it's too cold for the 'bot(opening) I'll use a Black Magic water-venturi vac with an aquabot bag on it. The bags are a fine mesh...

Re: Not sure where to start? I don't think so. I don't know what Baqua is? Baquacil is an alternative sanitizer that is not well liked here for pools, bleach is preferred. Are those chunks of sand hard as concrete? I looked at your build pics, very nice!!!, but is there maybe some way that...

Re: Not sure where to start? Nature2 Express Mineralizer Pool Purifier? Does that use kinda portland cement or Jello? Just kidding. Did you use any clarifiers, Flocculants or anything to clear the cloudiness? They can gum up in the sand. If sand was getting into the pool, it will continue to do...

Looking back through all of the posts, and reading what's on the web about the arduino has answered my question about the I/O points, and cleared up some of my confusion on the interface. If the www.arduino.cc site would respond, I'd download the software and try out my control ideas. My new...

I thought for sure that I had a leak, then I did the bucket test. My neighbor had a new liner installed this year, and thought the same thing, even had the pool company come out and check it! We've had strange weather lately, cool nights-very dry,which is why I think that my 84F pool water is...

This is an awesome project!!! I am very interested in trying to do something like this, but I'm afraid that I don't have the technical savvy to pull it off. I can wire and stuff, but the programing and interface will be my challenges. How many I/O points does the Arduino have? Any more tips on...

I had a Hayward Comfort Zone 250(still have it sitting in back) that I replaced with newer model. The bolts corroded to the point of failure, then the gaskets leaked, then the cast iron headers started corroding. These new ones with the composite headers won't corrode, but the bolts seem...

bcorrie wrote: if the output is equiv to 308 oz of 6% bleach every 12 hrs, I would have to run the generator for 4-6hrs/day only as I have a low bather load. Please note my above post, that 308 is 24 hrs of generation. The Intex can only be programmed to run 12 out of every 24 hours, so maximum...