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    Hayward T-CELL - Low Salt - add a resistor to extend life? Or switch model?

    Hi folks, I'm trying to limp this cell through the summer. T-CELL-15. It's 6 summers old, so I know it's at the end of its life anyway. At the end of the last summer, I would get daily shutdowns with the "low salt" light flashing. The salt level was fine, I cleaned the cell, etc. It's just...
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    Spa chlorine usage and Ahhsome in pool

    Hi folks, I've been a pool owner using the TFP philosophy happily for 7 years and love this forum. I bought a 10 year old used hot tub/spa a month ago(tub was running & hot when I bought it, was only drained for ~10 hours before it was back up and running). Filled it, ran bromine for 2 weeks...
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    Sand filter sand level only 1/4 full!

    I went to deep clean my sand filter today as we just bought the house last fall. Astounded to find that the filter was only ~1/4 full of sand. I've read some folks have sand only a little above 1/2 but 1/4 is a bit low! I wonder how it has lost so much sand. Not knowing the pool well, I...
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    Spring opening w/green water - new to pools

    Good afternoon folks, new to the forum but have been lurking for months in anticipation of spring. Happy to have finally joined. I'm in Canada. Pool was swimmable in the fall. Drained 50% of the water and did mild shock prior to close. No winter cover so had lots of leaves/needles in water...