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Very late notice but the latest CMEs are about to hit the earth, forecasted around midnight CDT. Aurora may be visible overhead from as far south as northern Illinois, with visibility to the North as far south as Oklahoma City. So if you live in a northern state, perhaps try to wake up in the...

Probably not a shocker, but I was posting my truck for sale and editing some details on both Craigslist and Facebook. I realized the photos on Facebook looked not great in fullscreen, compared to how I remembered them. I pulled up the Craigslist and Facebook ads side-by-side and the quality...

So in the past week I was tagged in a post. Got the alert for it as normal under the bell icon. I didn't reply as I was on my phone. Yesterday when I was finally on my computer and ready to reply, I opened my alerts and looked at the new new alerts. I clicked "show all" and...the page that would...

Taking the dog out this morning I noticed some ice near the bottom of the pool. Taking a closer look I saw water dripping from the drain plug. This is an issue because if the water drains enough from below the layer of ice, the ice can shift down and rip the liner, particularly where any...

So after reading so many threads on spa breakers tripping it didn’t come as a huge shock when my wife informed me the hot tub was off and to turn it on so she could use it. Obviously I hadn’t turned it off, so I immediately headed downstairs where I saw the breaker had tripped. Tried a reset and...

I’m looking to upgrade my Intex from Intex equipment to permanent pool equipment, including SWGC, VSP pump and a gas heater. I need a permit for electrical work, and I’ll have to lay out the scope of work. What do I need/should I have? I haven’t figured out the exact equipment yet, should I do...

Looking to upgrade our 26' Intex pool with better equipment. Everybody raves about VSP pumps, figure I should put one in if I'm upgrading to a "standard" pump from the Intex one. I'll be upgrading all the plumbing of course, getting a new filter (suggestions wanted on that too), and planning to...

So my wife would like a heater for our Intex pool. 26' diameter, roughly 15,000 gallons. We have natural gas at our house, so I can run a line pretty easily for a heater. Looking for heater suggestions. I suppose there's not much benefit in getting a small heater, right? May as well just get a...

...and we’re enjoying the hot tub for the first time in about three weeks. Quite pleasant in here, though ice is forming in my glass of homemade hard cider! My ears are a tad cold but not terrible, and there’s some ice in my hair. How is everyone else enjoying the cold snap?

Found out my dishwasher has been leaking yesterday. Was in the basement and noticed a small spot of water on the floor. Looked up and a joint between subfloor panels was wet. I had run the dishwasher twice that day. This morning removed the kickplate and signs of water leaking for a while (dry...

I’ve thought about getting a pH meter for a while, I sometimes struggle to differentiate colors, especially on the high end of the pH scale. But it never really was that important, and meters need care, cleaning, and calibration. Certainly a lot more involved than rinsing a comparator block and...

Our Cal Spa came with a radio/CD player originally, and has 4 waterproof Sony speakers, one in each corner. At some point the display portion of the audio unit was removed by the previous owner. I finally contacted Cal Spas and they do not sell a replacement display for that tub anymore. So the...

I've started considering adding UV or replacing the ozone system in my spa to help manage CC's. I seem to have persistent CC's, and relatively speaking not a lot of use. With the cold winter temps the spa stays covered and with a floating bubble cover on the water to help reduce evaporation. I'm...

Previous I’d been using a 10 mL syringe to measure out my samples, since 10 mL is what I use for FC and also for TA when filling a spa, and it also worked for 25 mL by filling twice full and once to 5 mL. I thought that was great... But on my latest refill from TFTestkits I threw in a...

I’m looking for ideas for a privacy screen for our hot tub. On one side there’s direct line of sight from some of our neighbor’s windows which I’d prefer to block. I was thinking perhaps a short section of shade tolerant hedge plants but that would be years before they would be tall enough. The...

This never fails to amuse me. Store brand bleach, $2.99 for 121 oz of 8.25%, or $4.49 for 81 oz of 7.5% if you want Clorox. The power of brand names I suppose. Also I have to note with amusement that the tiny bottle of Clorox is “33% more!” Marketing...

My purchased used Weber Silver series grill I've had for ten years needs some new parts. While I could probably get new burners, my friend suggested I get a pellet grill, as he got one and loves it. You can both grill and smoke on a pellet grill, and I've wanted to get a smoker for a while, so...

UPDATE, Dec 25th, 2020: As per many of my threads, this gets very long. So here's some links to more interesting bits for new readers: Post #30, I swap a pump with a bad bearing with a new pump. Post #61, I pull apart a pump to change the bearings. Alright, so not many pics yet. But I'm...

So the other day I was idly wondering why sodium hypochlorite comes as a liquid and isn't available as a solid like calcium or lithium hypochlorite are. I pulled up the Wikipedia page on sodium hypochlorite, and: Ah, okay, that explains it. Either it explodes or requires refrigeration for...

Suggest adding the Saltron Mini to the built-in list of SWCG on the app. Seems to be the most popular one for hot tubs. Output is 1.1 oz (32 grams) chlorine per day at 24 hrs runtime. I'm testing out logging a SWCG for the first time on my hot tub. I'd been using the SWCG but not logging on...

In another thread I stated my thought that adding an extra drop after the sample went clear in the FC portion of the FAS-DPD test would cause an incorrect reading in the following CC potion of the test. @JoyfulNoise stated this was not the case, and if I was curious to post the question here and...

I don't believe I've ever said it, but this forum software is awesome ever since the upgrade. My favorite feature is the ability to highlight text and an option to quote it pops up. Idk how much time I've spent on other forums editing posts I'm quoting while responding so that I quote only a...

At the insistence of @kimkats, who noticed him in some pool planning pictures of mine, here is a thread of pictures of our puppy. Details: He is a Shiba Inu/Rat Terrier mix. Some question on the last half, but not the first half. He has very pronounced Shiba features. We picked him up from a...

I'm starting down the path of home fermentation/brewing with some hard cider. Unless you're after a natural/funky type fermentation, the first step is cleaning and sanitizing all equipment used. In this case, I used an iodine solution for the sanitation, which has a brown color and a smell...

So my house has a clear water meter installed, but it needs a new electronic reader for the utility to use it for billing. For those not aware, the clear water meter is used for measuring all outdoor spigots or any other water that doesn't go down the sanitary sewer system. They take the main...

So, this may be completed anecdotal, but I don't think so. A few years back I picked up a standard filter type humidifier from craigslist that came with two new unused filters. I used it an entire winter with those two filters, extending the life by soaking in a bucket of water and muriatic...

Something like this: We were at the spa dealer the other day getting filters, and this caught my eye. I asked for a demo, and they raised it up. They had a filled and heated spa under it. What really caught my eye was the seal. Not only does it have a rigid roof that looks like it would last a...

The house we just bought had 4 Nest Protects (smoke + CO alarms) already installed. They are the battery operated kind. I've tested the one in the kitchen on accident, and they sure seem like they are nice. Rather than a piecing alarm immediately when you burn something on the stove, you get a...

Okay, so I'm currently doing an Ahh-some purge of my spa, and want to post a lot of pictures. 20, to be specific. Got some questions. I can attach pictures to posts. Is this the preferred method? Limit is ten, so I'd have to break my picture post into two posts. Problem I've already had doing...