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    equipment pad rebuild

    Finished the equipment pad rebuild. Pretty happy with the results. Its a lot neater than the old also all new equipment which was the reason for the rebuild.
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    spring is almost here.

    Weather here is moderating a bit temp was around 50 the other day. So decided to take a look at the pool. Pulled back the solid cover and let loose the loop lock at the deep end. WOW just as clear as when i closed it. Just for fun I took a water sample (no ice so its warmed up nicely here in...
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    chlorine on the rise

    Hello everyone. Been a pretty good year so far after the pool rebuild. Pool has been great all year and the robotic pool cleaner has let me sit back and relax. I have a question I have noticed after a good rain that my free chlorine tends to rise a bit. For example before the rain it was testing...
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    free chlorine test

    I was wondering if too much dpd powder can give a false high chlorine reading like using 3 scoops instead of 2. Also does adding salt lets say from 3100 to 3200, let the generator produce more chlorine in a given amount of time? Ive noticed a upswing in free chlorine recently but the weather has...
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    Seeing a little foam

    Hello everyone. I managed to take off my solid cover couple weeks ago been mixing and testing water as weather permits, its rainy and cold here in the middle of Illinois. Ive noticed some foaming, my water was replaced last fall with the new liner. My latest test are below. FC 5.6 CC .2 PH...
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    fc levels

    Newb here. Ive been reading and learning. We rebuilt the pool last fall right before closing for winter. This spring will be a new start, new liner, new water, new equipment. What I want to know is this fc level for swg pools 4-6 at cya level 70-80 no problem, but most literature I have read...
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    manifold wye

    Hello and thanks for all the great info on this site. I am in the process of rebuilding my ig vinyl pool. The liner, plumbing, deck has been replaced just before winter so am planing atm. My question is does any one know if a manifold wye would be better than a tee and 90 elbo for the return...