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    HIGH salt

    I let my pool go a little during the first part of this year so my salt level was low. I also acquired an algae population. In my attempt at balancing things, I began adding salt over a period of a couple of weeks. The equipment would tell me the salt level was increasing, but then it would...
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    HELP! Something's not right with my pump

    I have a Hayward EcoStar Variable Speed Pump and a Hayward Viio Turbo pool cleaner for my 20,000 gal, 2yr old, in-ground pool. Last week I noticed through the strainer cover that the strainer housing was not full of water (you know how it looks when it's so completely full of water that it...
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    pump questions from a total novice...

    How do I know how long each day to run my pump? My Hayward Ecostar has a variable pump, what's the point. In other words, under what circumstances would I run a lower rpm? Can my Hayward Viio Turbo cleaner be used on a lower rpm or just the highest? Explain "priming". What does "quick clean" do...
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    Hayward Viio Turbo

    Does anyone have any ideas why my cleaner seems to have an affinity for one side of my pool more than the other??
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    SLAMing for the first time

    After plugging in all my numbers in PoolMath, it's saying I need to add almost 5 jugs of bleach to bring my FC to 24 from 5. That seem like a WHOLE lot. Is that right?