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I have a Jandy FloPro pump, part number FHPM.75 It has a single speed Century Centurion motor that is labeled as 0.75 HP with a 1.31 service factor for 0.98 total motor HP. It was installed by the previous homeowner, but I believe it is around 12 years old. Today it started to shut itself off...

This is the second year in a row that I have had high Ammonia levels when I’ve gone to open my pool (8 PPM Ammonia, 0 FC, 0 CYA). Before closing, I SLAMed the pool and added PolyQuat at the startup level and verified my CYA level, per the Pool School book. Is there anything else I can do to...

Just wrapping up the third summer with my pool. I’ve always had trouble with CYA disappearing. Apparently it is susceptible to whatever baddie that turns CYA into Ammonia. When we opened it this year, it took over 30(!) gallons of 12% bleach to balance all the Ammonia that had built up over the...

I opened my 28,000 gallon pool last weekend and my CYA was well below 20. I thought it was at zero, because the water in the test cylinder didn’t seem cloudy at all even when full. I guess it might have been 5-10 or so, because after adding 7 pounds I’m now around 40. I am trying to SLAM the...