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Hello All, I have a Jandy Jxi heater that I am a trying to communicate directly to using the RS485 port. I see a few projects around that do so via the Aqualink, but I do not have that hardware. I have been able to connect to my Aquapure with this project: sfeakes/AquapureD Any help would...

Hello All, I currently have a Jandy SHPF 1 HP pump that is about 15 years old now and beginning to make a lot of noise. I'd like to replace it with a variable speed pump and like not to change the plumbing. This leaves my options to another Jandy pump or keep my existing wet end. I've been...

This spring I drained my pebble sheen pool, pressure and acid washed it. I lost quite a few pebbles in the process and the surface is quite a bit rougher now. I recall way back when the built the pool that the pebble guys used a diamond grinders to take the edge off the pebbles, but I forgot...

While thumbing through the threads on the site and looking at green pools, I was wondering how many people still struggle with green pools, even after finding TFP.

Hello, A catastrophic freeze event this winter cracked both my salt cell and heat pump caused by a Intermatic freeze switch failure. After the failure, I cut out both the heater and cell so the pool could continue to filter and I was in no rush to replace the components until the spring...

The returns on my slide are leaking from the backside. I've had this problem in the past and had been able to stop the leaks but now they have returned and now I've put myself in the spot where if I mange to remove them they will not go back on. The problem with them leaking is they are...

My polaris 280 has been non stop for 3 years now. Recently it has had problems running slow. I took a look and noticed the inner wheel gear was worn. I replaced the two wheels and the bearings on both wheels. Now the wheels spin slowly, but if I stop the wheels movement, they are slow to...

Can anyone recommend a good iTunes alternate for managing music and syncing with my iPod? A few months back I liked what I saw with Media Monkey, but it ended up screwing up the sync with my 4G Nano and I could not play back a single song. All my music is managed externally to iTunes, I don't...

I've been using a rock in my skimmer basket to hold it down while the pump is off but I've become sick of either having to fish the rock out before dumping or dumping the basket and then searching for the rock amongst the skimmed debris. A short sealed piece of PVC stuffed with crushed rock...

This past July I stocked my outdoor mini fridge with all types of beverages, water, juice, beer, etc... After a few days I noticed that one of the bottled waters was frozen. Thinking it was the placement in the fridge, I moved it around. I noticed that it still remained frozen, yet nothing...

I've been taking my kids to swim lessons at an indoor pool since the summer and they always come back reeking of chlorine. I've wanted to test the water myself, but never remembered to bring a bottle. Well today I took my bottle and grabbed a small sample. Here are the results: FC = 13 CC =...

Just got around to dumping some video of my boys I took this summer before the pool was done. It's short only 30 seconds and may take a few seconds to load.

Hello all, Since my account pays the electricity bill for me (my wife) I seldom ever see it or know how much it is. Today I was told that the bill has been about $100 more each month, as compare to last year. It's a bit more than I would have thought, but it's consistent with what others have...

My 2 week old new pool is registering a 110 for CH. Is that something I need to take care of now or wait a bit?

I've been looking over the instructions for my Jandy Aqua pure chlorine generator and the manual makes the following suggestions for ideal water conditions: The suggest levels are far below the chem_geek chlorine/CYA chart. The chart says I should be between 4.4 and 7.8 for my current CYA...

Well only a week into pool ownership and I had my first skimmer surprises tonight. I checked the shallow end skimmer and found a nice dead mouse floating around in circles. And of course this had to be the skimmer basket without a handle on it. Well, I got him out and dumped it in the woods...

Using the test kit by PB gave me; here is everything I could test this am: FC 2-3 PH 7.8 TA 40 CYA 70 Water temp: 89 Daytime temp yesterday was 103. I tested yesterday and the PH was off the chart, I added a quart of acid and rested a few hours later and added another 2 cups. These are the...

Since my pool is now full I've got some chemicals laying around. I've got young kids and dogs that eat just about _everything_, so I don't want to leave them lying around. I don't want to put them in the basement because of the possibility of the fumes. The garage is up a flight of stairs...

Hello all I realized today that my PB plumbed the SWCG (Jandy AquaPure) before my heatpump Jandy AE2000. I looked up the installation instructions for both units and both suggest that the SWCG should be behind the heatpump. Would this void my warranty on my heatpump? Should I ask my PB to...

Pool experts: I know this topic has been beaten to death at times and I’ve searched the usual places for answers, but nothing I’ve found has really set me at ease. My PB has installed a 1HP pump for my new pool (still under construction) and I was originally a bit upset about this and I...

After browsing through Julie’s pool build I was intrigued by the concept of an irrigated lot. Where I’m originally from (Miami) an irrigated lot would be called storm surge, here in Atlanta, it would be a flash flood. The concept was quite foreign to me; there is a blurb in the link below...

Hey all. What a great site. I've been digging around for a good pool site for quite some time. Garden web has a lot of good posters, but the site leaves a lot to be desired. TFP is perfect. We are 6 weeks into the build of our pool and I'm just dying for this thing to be done. Call me...