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Just before I closed my pool this past fall, I smelled rubber burning. Sure enough, the top of my Jandy PLC1400 SWG was smoking... for whatever reason it (or the wiring) got so hot that the 3 prong plug that goes onto the 3 pins on the unit was melting the cable. I disconnected it and figured...

Looking for a replacement Jandy PLC1400 rig and finding one for $610 on eBay. Figured I’d ask here to see if someone can do better- I’d rather use someone who supports the site. Ken

My Jandy AquaLink RS panel goes blank every few days, but a circuit breaker reset restores it for a few days. When the panel is blank, the pool seems to still run on program. The part itself is almost $500 so I don't want to throw parts at it in "spray and pray" mode. Are there any...

I'm away on vacation and made the mistake of allowing some family members to use the pool in our absence. Evidently on Sunday, they picked the Viio Turbo cleaner out of the water and placed it on the patio. Afterwards, they left. With the cleaner on the patio but still hooked up to its return...

I winterized my pool for the first time this past winter, and I failed to notice a drain plug on the heat pump. I have two unions at ground-level feed and return to the heater I opened both of them and plenty of water drained out I assumed that was the lowest point of the heatpump. However...

Just checked my levels by slipping under the cover, and my pH was a mile high as usual. Darker/pinker than the top color on the 5-drop quick checker that came with the T100 kit. Last year, I suffered some scaling rough plaster over the winter due to pH that got too high without me checking it...

A friend and I helped each other close our inground gunnite pools last week and I have a concern. He was comfortable with blowing his returns out while they were still underwater, and then reaching down and capping them while the vacuum was still running. I insisted on pumping out my pool below...

What are the symptoms of very high CH? If you didn't have a test kit, how does it present itself?

I don't trust myself on the CH test. I put the 20 drops in, and then the 5 drops, and it just SLIGHTLY turns pink, not red. Then, after 20 drops of the next bottle, it is the slightest pale blue (but that might be the sky, or me hoping). I went up to 50 drops and it didn't change, and I stopped...

I just opened my pool after it spent its first winter winterized and covered. I'm afraid the surface of the Diamondbrite has become much rougher where there was water, and is still smooth like it was last year where there was not. In other words, if I slide my hand down the sides of the wall...

at least for the Shock value where CYA = 80. Pool calc is saying 21 is my shock goal, but the CYA-Chlorine chart on this site says 31 or (30 for SWG like me). Is this is known difference, am I mis-reading something, or (in either case) any suggestions as to which to use? My pool is clear with...

FC- 2.5 CC -.5 TA- 90 CH- 520 CYA- 80 pH-8.2 Salt- 3260 New pool this May and I have no idea why my CH is at 520. I checked it two days in a row and got the same result- 52 drops x 10 = 520. Pool calc says replace half of my water. Before I do that, I'd like to know why it may be in the 500s in...

My jandy 1400 SWG seems to be struggling to maintain chlorine even set at 80%. I run the pump 12 hours a day in the daytime. I notice that in spa mode the flow light was on but not the cell on or cell resting light. When I set the aqualink to pool , the cell on light came on. Could have been...

Memorial day and just got back from business travel- kids are dying to use pool for the first time (as promised)! pH was more red than any of the shades on the cylinder- I figure it would have been about 8.5 or so if the shades went that high Cl was totally clear, no shade match to any of the...

Different question but related to new plaster pool. My PB is acid starting my pool and will brush it and balance it for the first two weeks. But for some reason he has installed a temporary pump running 24/7 to circulate the pool water rather than use the pool equipment on the pad. So the...

We just finished our patio paver phase and the crew left behind the crates from all of the stone. We literally have about a cord worth of pallet/crate wood that makes fantastic firepit fodder! See my build thread in the Under Construction section "New Gunite in Westchester NY". Here's two shots...

Which is the best polyurethane-based product out there? Some googling seems to turn up some dissatisfaction with Deck-o-Seal, but it may just be that it is the most-widely used product and thus has the most stories. Any favorites, or never-agains, out there? thanks

Shell was shot in the autumn and we went over the winter to let the ground settle before pavers. I have noticed a few things: 1. Ground water from a high water table easily enters the pool around the light and return penetrations. Assuming plaster will seal it??? 2. Some of the cement surface...

Sept 2010- Just started a gunnite pool project that will carry over to the spring before we plaster and fill it. Thought I'd post up a few shots and then come back and document it as it progresses. First shot is where the pool will go. We're going with a pond style pool with a wider 3'-6" area...