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    Pool Equiptment Turned Itself on and I Cannot Stop It

    I have a year old in ground pool with spa and two water features. Spa does not have a control panel in it but I do have a wireless remote for the pool. This morning I work up and both waterfalls were running. I grabbed the remote, turned them off, which at first the remote seemed not to...
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    SLAM - FC not dropping - is this an issue

    Started slam process yesterday as I was having trouble keeping FC in the pool (although water looked good), based on my CYA levels I used liquid chlorine to bring FC to 27 PPM yesterday and maintaining through the evening. PH was 7.5, CH 275, TA 65, CYA 70 when I started the test. I did the...
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    Please explain to me why higher levels of FC "burn off" more quickly

    What I am trying to understand is why I see people say that after shocking your pool to say a level of 20 FC that it will return to normal levels in just a day or two. Assuming there is no more algae eating up the chlorine why would levels drop so quickly? My pools typically usage is around...
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    How is this possible.....

    I have a 18 month old IG 23K non SWG pool, pebble tech finish located in Houston TX. (think that is all to note). I test my pool chemicals daily and for quite a while now have basically been able to predict the readings. Well the past three days we got a lot of rain, about 7" so I was...
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    2 year old Mastertemp 400 Cycling on / off for 30 second intervals

    Have a two year old in ground 25K pool / spa. Never had any issues with water or equipment but today the heater starter cycling on and off when trying to heat the spa. No strange temp readings and no error code on heater. It would just kick off and then the heating light would go from a...
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    PH Drifing Up with low TA?

    Numbers first: PH: 7.8 TA: 75 CYA: 90 CH: 300 FC 5.5 TC 5.5 No SWG ( I know CYA is high - on a bleach only diet) 30K in ground pebble tec built 2014 I bought this home four months ago and when I moved in PH and TA where both very low. Initially raised TA to ~100 and PH to 7.5 but from here I...
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    Organic stains resurfacing each day???

    I have an in-ground two year old pool with a pebbletec surface. Test results below. With fall starting here in Houston I get the occasionaly organic leaf stain that when I raise my FC goes away overnight. However, the past few days I have noticed something strange. I have a raised hot tub...
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    Total Alkalinity 107 and Adjusted Alkalinity 66 - Do I need to raise?

    I am new to pool ownership and this forum but I have spent a tremendous amount of time educating myself and testing the water, etc. so although this is my first post I have read a great deal on these forums, thanks for that! When I got the house the current owners had been gone for 6 weeks and...