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    Hello! Looking for solution to turn on heater with an iPhone (rental house)

    Hi! I have a rental property with a RayPak propane heater. I need to be able to turn on the pool heater before the guests arrive. Which solutions do you folks recommend? Bonus would be to monitor the propane use. I have a wireless tank monitor but that's not very accurate. It's...
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    Help! Is my Jandy 3-way in the correct position?

    Hi! I replaced the salt cell on my pool yesterday. I think I might have placed the 3-way valve in the wrong position when I finished. My pool has one inlet, one return and the floor drain. I believe thats how the valve should be configured. I know it was either in the position that...
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    New Hayward TurboCell: $1700 including labor. Is this normal markup?

    hey all- i havent been able to maintain my pool myself this summer. the pool maintenance company said the cell doesnt seem to be producing chlorine. I think the cell is at least 5 years old. I cleaned it in muriatic acid myself last summer. I guess this is something companies won't do...
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    Just had my liner replaced. Lost 1/2" of water from 8PM til this AM. What next?

    Just had my liner replaced. Lost 1/2" of water from 8PM til this AM. What next? Our pool was constantly needing to be refilled last summer. We had a 25+ year old vinyl liner. My pool service company recommended a liner replacement company and they cut out the old one and installed a new...
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    Help! Do I need a $2500 automation system for the functionality that I need?

    Hello TFP people! I will be having paid weekend guests this summer in my New England home. We have a 4' deep 20x40' pool . We have a Hayward 406a propane heater. Guests will arrive on Friday night and leave Sunday night. They want the pool heated during the weekend. I want them to...
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    Bucket of Saline 7 from the pool company. Do I need? Ingredients as follows:

    Product Name: Saline 7 Synonyms: Potassium Peroxymonosulfate; Potassium Hydrogen Sulfate; Potassium Monopersulfate Sulfate; Pentapotassium bis(peroxymonosulfate)bis(sulfate); Potassium Peroxysulfate Chemical Name: Potassium Monopersulfate Chemical Formula: HKO5S · 0.5HKO4S · 0.5K2O4S CAS...
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    Pool company says they need to add Winterset and Anti-freeze for pool closing

    Hiya TFP people- Well since joining the community I've done a great job of maintaining my pool chemistry. My pool is scheduled to close this pm. I have still retained my company to help me with this as I can't handle the cover myself. Free Chlorine: 3.5 Combined Chlorine - none/trace PH...
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    Free chlorine climbing daily after cleaning Turbo Cell

    (apologies for posting this in pool chemistry as well....please advise where it is appropriate) Hello all- This weekend, I decided to start taking care of the pool myself. First order of business was to clean my Hayward Turbo Cell. Bam. Done. Chlorine is getting produced. I had put it on...
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    New to the forum. SWG pool. Free Chlorine at 8.5.

    Hello all- This weekend, I decided to start taking care of the pool myself. First order of business was to clean my Hayward Turbo Cell. Bam. Done. Chlorine is getting produced. I had put it on SuperChlorinate for 24 hours after cleaning on Saturday and then switched it back to Auto...
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    Is it time to ditch my pool cleaning maintenance company?

    Hello everyone- I have a SWG 24000 vinyl pool here in NW Connecticut. It's a weekend house. We are here every weekend and often 4-5 days/week. I currently pay 70 bucks/week for a kid to come by to "Vacuum pool, check chemistry, backwash sand/D.E. filter, re-charge D.E filter, clean baskets...