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My heat pump seems to have no power. Everything was A ok til ~ 1- 2 wk ago. I haven’t checked the heat pump but yesterday kids jumped in and water was cold. There are no colors or numbers on the display. The HP is set up on its own circuit and we tried resetting the breaker; nothing. The...

Pool was fine all summer. I stay on top of the chemistry. late August it started looking green. I SLAM’d, keeping chlorine at 14-16 per chart. I kept it there for 3 weeks. I brushed, but there’s really not much algae ‘sticking’ to the walls, a little in a crease on the floor, but mostly it’s...

My pump instructs me to turn off the filter; turn valve to backflush; empty skimmer basket; refill pump pot and recover; then turn on to backflush. However, when I do this the pump does not work; I just get the whirring sound. When I turn back to filter, I get the whirring sound. In order to...

I can’t really tell the difference based on specs, ie not knowing what is important, worth paying for. Pool stores says all are appropriate for our AGPs and they’ve been trustworthy, but still I’m nervous about the stories about micropunctures in the liner. The options are: S50 S100 S200 S300...

Last year the pressure consistently ran about 15 when clean, 20 when needing backflush. We cleaned everything and winterized in October. We opened this week and now the pressure is at 40 even after backflushing. Any thoughts?

Hello everyone, First time opening pool myself (last year the pool company did it). The water is clear. There is some debris and such and a little algae growth on the walls. We have temps in the 60s-70s, nights in the 40s, cloudy to partly sunny skies, and no rain the forecast. Initial tests...

Do I loosen the hose clamp and try to wiggle it off the inlet/outlet; or do I unscrew the inlet/outlet hoses? If the latter, it twists the hoses and seems to cause kinking. If the former, it’s really tight and seems to be putting a lot of stress on the pool where it attaches to the inlet/outlet...

Seems to have good reviews, reasonable price. The Aquabot for AGPs that thespruce recommended is sold out, and doesn’t get as good reviews overall.

I bought a speed stirrer in March when I bought my test kit, but never used it because I never had a need to. Now I am SLAMing for the first time, and tried to use my speed stirrer. Nothing happens. No lights, no power, no nothing. I tried changing the batteries, nothing. Am I doing something...

First year pool owner, and I’ve had my first fail! :mad: About 1-2 weeks ago I started noticing some fine sand at the bottom of the pool. The vacuum didn’t suck it up well, but it was helping. Water seemed fine. Couldn’t tell where the sand was coming from, but we have a serious crow...

First year pool owner, I had a pretty good feel/system going. i was checking my water with the TC and pH test every other day, occasionally letting it go 3 days, and adding about 1 qt of 10% LC every 1-2 days depending on how sunny it was and how much we were swimming. I was consistently losing...

would it keep my chlorine levels more stable or offer any other advantage? i see ranges of ideal CY from as low as 20 up to 50.

will be gone for fifteen days total. typical weather will be 80 degrees, sixteen hours of daylight, and nothing but sunshine. solar cover will be on and pump running. based on this spring, i estimate we use one gallon of 10% lc every 5 days, but it will likely be more with so much sun. options...

FC was at 5.0 3 days ago. After 2 days of sunny warm weather, swimming (pool cover off) for about 5 hours, then 8 hours, chlorine dropped from 3.0 to 1.0. Last night OCLT was zero (stayed at 1.0). Is this a normal amount of chlorine loss? CYA is 30. I’m new to pool chemistry so just don’t have...

Have been at my new pool for four weeks now. Seems like it’s a piece of cake now! Weekly I check free chlorine and chloramines, TA, CYA, CH per my test kit. They were all exactly where they needed to be last time. It took 5 minutes. About every other day I check pH and TC. They are right in...

I have the Pool school book, and read it but a little overwhelmed. I also have the TF100 test kit, which just arrived this week. First dumb question: what do I collect the water in? Just a glass jar, plastic cup, bucket??? I had the pool folks open the pool this year as they had some other...

Do I need the magnetic stirrer, pH meter, borates strips, or standard sampler? We had our pool installed in October but shut it down for the winter immediately after. It is being reopened this week and I plan to follow the TFP method. For starters my pool/hot tub folks are opening up the pool...

Hot tub is 375 gallons and 6 months old. Today I put in 4 tsp of Ahhsome and ran the jets for 20 minutes, then let it sit for a couple hours. I soaked the filters in there as well. Then removed the filters and sprayed them with a hose. Pretty clean. Then drained the hot tub. Then ran the...

Hello everyone, Based on our relatively mild climate (Pacific Northwest), I am trying to winterize per pool store instructions. I got everything opened up and drained. Ran into two problems. First, when removing the hoses from the pool filter intake and outlets, do I unscrew the hoses using a...

We have our new hot tub and pool installed. Have gotten everything pretty balanced per pool store recommendations but need to transition to long term program that we manage ourselves. Planning to buy TF-100 for pool. Can I use the same test kit for the hot tub? Thanks!

I am doing a large landscaping project which will have a hot tub and an above ground pool with filter/pump and heater. Also I will be running 50 amps to a trailer hook up. Obviously I want to protect this expensive equipment. Is a surge protector recommended? If so, what kind/brand? The...

Hello Thinking of building an above ground pool, not too big, in the 8x15 range. Just something to cool off in. We live in a mild climate so this would only get regular use for 3 months, and only for the next 10 years or so til the kids are older. The cost of in ground was way too much for the...

Hello, Great website. Several in the know pool owners recommended I check this out before building. I'm sold on the TFP maintenance method, so that's a leg up I think. But right now I'm on the build/plan stage. We are closing on a great house on nearly 2 acres, and it is a perfect set up for a...