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The shroud of the electronic wires coming out of the swivel (toward the control box) of my vacuum came out last time I removed it from the pool, exposing the insulated electronic wires inside. I was able to push it right back down so it looked right but I'm concerned it could lead to a live wire...

Hello, Pool inheritor/owner of 6-7 years here. I have never worried much about CSI in my pool since it's vinyl but I do have an SWG. Is a below -.6 CSI likely to cause problems in my pool? It says no problem for vinyl unless a CSI of > .6 . My most recent battery is: FC 4 CC .5 (need to...

My light went out again (drained for a liner reset and it looks like there's 4" of water in it, I don't know if this happens over winter or what), we had it fixed 3 years ago I think. My wife was paging through a catalog and saw the "fancier" color changing LED lights (solid state). They say fit...

Hey guys, I got lazy putting my power supply away this year it got water-logged and seems dead (it tripped gfci outlets after 10 sec last week, not trips instantly when plugged in). I'm resigned to buying a new one but wanted to ask: should I get one just like what I have now (9995670) or if...

I have a pretty nice metal ladder (probably marine steel) for my IG SWG vinyl-liner pool (I inherited the pool from the previous owner). It works fine (although the bumpers tend to fall off when I'm installing). When I was looking at other things I saw that plastic of vinyl ladders (I didn't...

Ever since I switched to a new vs pump (last year from a 20 yo single speed, on all the time) I can't figure out how to keep the surface as clean as it used to be. Any tips, advice? I posted something last year but this year seems much worse than last. Sample schedule that work for you? I have...

I see these items in my doheny's catalog, does anyone have experience with them? Are you satisfied with how they work? Re the solar: I'm considering swimming earlier and later (and opening earlier, I'll shutoff in peak season, it gets to 91 w no heater by end of June). Re the skimmer: Ever...

I started up my opening today and had a leak between my multiport valve and tank (jet shooting out side) after opening my skimmer lines. I turned off the pump closed the skimmer lines (left main drain open) and started pump again and got a trickle so I gradually opened the skimmer lines and...

I just upgraded my 15 year old Pentair Challenger SS (1 HP) to a Pentair Superflo VS (2.2 HP) because the bearings on the old motor were done and at 15 years, it seemed like the right time to upgrade. I like the possibility of saving some money with the new one (and it's so much quieter), but...

My salt is dropping about 30-50ppm/week. Is this indicative of a leak in the plumbing somewhere or could it be loss of water adding new water (have to add about 1/2-3/4 inch daily, been real hot and sunny here in STL). I'd think evaporation wouldn't effect the salt, just backwashing (very...

Sorry if this isn't the right place, it seemed most likely after looking at the other options. This is my second season with a large pool in the suburbs and so far I've found about 7 dead animals (small rabbit, several mice maybe one rat, a chipmunk) which is about double what I found all last...

Hello, I'm opening up my pool (all new water), shocked and cleaned for two days, using 12.5% Cl and a little bit of DE two help pull stuff out. Backwashed twice (flush DE/dead stuff). I started adding my CYA (in socks in front of returns) this morning so I can start to SLAM properly. The socks...

I got a new liner at the end of last season and need to add all my salt, CYA, start the pump, and SLAM. I'n what order should I do these things? Also it's raining all weekend and the water's a little cold (60-ish), should I wait to add anything until the rain stops/it gets sunny? Go ahead and...

Already thinking about opening for this spring. Last summer was my first with this pool (newly purchased house), and by the July thanks to a lot of reading on here I really had things figured out. Since we moved in May, we really didn't get the pool going until late May/June but given that it...

Hello, I need to replace my liner before next season (large tear beneath fiberglass steps), and am presently losing about an inch of water a day. I was going to have my pool store do the closing this year and watch and possibly try it next year. Because of the tear and water loss I'm concerned...

Good Morning, I moved into a house with a vinyl liner pool early this summer. The liner is in it's 8th or 9th season (15-year), but I've had to patch several times over the summer (mostly on the cove in the corner). This might be from my vacuum robot (Dolphin Nautilus) or bad brush technique (or...

Good morning, I just discovered a leak in my liner below my stairs. Is this generally patchable or is it problematic since it's near the stairs? I have liner material and vinyl from a patch kit still, I have done patches before but am not the best. About what do pool stores charge for patches...

Can I generally rely on the readings I get from my Hayward AQR15 for salt PPM or ought I really do a test? If so, are Aquachek strips good enough or do I really need to buy a K-1766 or something similar? Additionally it seems that my salt is dropping off rather quickly. Evaporation should not...

I recently had to patch my liner (w/ Boxer and vinyl) and the ends seem to keep being loose after curing (I've patched the edges of the patches to fix this but the ends of the patches seem to always be a little loose). Should I trim these off with a scissors or try and patch them down with other...

Posting here b/c it's related to my testing. I was looking for a local source for R-0871 (my kits is running out quickly during my SLAM). I called my pool store and asked the person who answered about the "reagents" they carry "for an FAS/DPD, R-0871", was transferred, repeated to the next...

Hello, I patched my leak (here: Maybe a leak?), and was away for a few days so I couldn't check levels, etc. (but the patch held so that's great). I ran my battery of tests this morning and got the following results (27.4k SWG pool): FC: 10ppm CC: .5ppm pH: 8.2 (off bc of FC?) (Acid demand test...

We just moved into a house with a pool (see my sig.). I knew nothing about pools before this last month but have been learning quickly, I've been working on cleaning the pool and water chemistry, etc. but overnight last night my water dropped 1.5 inches. I noticed a tear (about 6") on the floor...

Hello, I just switched my 27400 gal. vinyl pool over to a salt system (the pool is new to me as well), a Hayward AQR-15. My service manager at the store that installed it told me to add 18 bags of salt, I added 16, holding 2 back in case I didn't need it. As it turns out I may not have needed...

Just wanted to pop in and say "hello". I now own a house with a large IG pool (27400 gal) that we switched over to a salt-water system (Hayward AQR15/T15). Too high on salt (4200ish) and prob. CYA (strip shows 100 or so and that's probably not far off based on how much I added). My K2006 test is...