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The daily forecast looks great, but the current temp is always WAY off. I just had to manually run my pump because freeze protection was off. It's currently 24°

Hey all, 2 weird issues. I just cleaned out my hayward t-15 and tried to recalibrate it, switching the aquarite from off to auto, diagnostic until it shows the negative number. The number reads 0 and won’t start at -4000 like it normally does. The low salt and inspect cell lights are solid...

Hey all.... just got done SLAM'ing my pool after I discovered the pump hadn't been running for an unknown amount of time. There was probably 1-2" of dirt, leaves, algae and solar cover shreds on the bottom. With work and life, it took me 1 month, a couple drains, and 3,495 filter cleanings. If...

Leaning towards the Dolphin since it’s corded.. one less thing to worry about. But the aiper is way cheaper, especially right now. Biggest concerns would be our Baja shelf and the 2 steps down from it. I guess it wouldn’t kill me to sweep them and let the skimmer handle it. I’ll have to...

our pool was covered all winter and I’m just getting around to cleaning it. This is like nothing I’ve seen before. It’s a swamp. Besides the algae, which is going to require a tremendous amount of SLAM and magic, I can’t vacuum the pool more than 5 minutes before clogging up the pre-filter...

Hey all, I had a bucket in my shed and I must have forgot to label it. It does not appear to be as soft or fine as Sodium Bicarbonate when put side by side. Side note - I have another unlabeled bucket that looks to contain sodium bicarbonate - is there any way to test it? Any guesses?

I can't believe I'm asking this.... I've got a lot on my plate lately so I'm going to blame that on my dumb-dumb question Just put in a new Turbo15 salt cell. It keeps saying my salt is 5200ppm, I'm testing it at 4800ppm. Anyhow, I need to get it to 3200-3400ppm. The Pool Math app tells me I...

I swear I searched up and down and couldn't find anything conclusive... Looks like I need a new T-15... Before I bite the bullet on a Hayward, I was wondering if the Circupool or Simple Cell, or anything else, are viable replacements? Looking at quality and longevity. I've read that Hayward...

Just added a ton of salt about a month ago... a bit too much. I think the Aquarite said 4200ppm Last night I noticed the pool smelled gross. Solid lights for check salt (300-400) and check cell. I have been battling TA and PH all summer, trying to keep the pump going to combat this insane texas...

Hey all, I started noticing white flakes from my returns. Last week, I uncovered my pool and there was some algae, I checked my omnilogic thing and it said check salt cell. Salt was super low, PH was sky high, everything else was out of whack. Got everything readjusted, filled the cell with MA...

What is the active ingredient in dishwasher detergent for cleaning pool filters? I'm trying to determine if it's worth it to buy TSP vs dishwasher detergent. There are some extreme price differences.

My Hayward flow switch has gone bad, just jumped it and determined it was the switch. Has anyone had any luck with a generic unit off Amazon?

*edit… Hayward HP21404t Heat Pump After finally repairing the heat exchanger from February’s winter snowmageddon here in TX, I powered up the heat pump for the first time last weekend, and the compressor fan won’t spin. Ran through the Hayward troubleshooting and it said it was the start...

So I thought I lost my heat pump in the great TX snowstorm, I fixed everything else today and powered it on, turns out it’s just a section of 2” pvc (17) that is between the heat exchanger (10) and the evaporator (5), which makes up 3 walls. there is no way to remove the evaporator without...

When the rolling blackouts stopped rolling, my pool had been sitting for probably about 3 hours. I thawed and opened what I could with a blow torch. I haven’t had a chance to run the system yet since the bottom half of my filter housing is still frozen (I removed the upper half, I just now found...

Opened up the pool lazily a few weeks ago. T-cell not cleaned and a HEAVY storm lead to some Algae. Pool rose about 4” from the rain. Yesterday I brought FC to 12 ppm with CYA at 50. Had 3lbs CYA in a filter sock thing and at the end of the night figured I’d dump another gallon of 10%...

Hi Everyone, I've had the pool for over a year now, and the first year was absolutely flawless. Now, everytime I open the app, it shows that it says that the panel has lost connection to the router. I have a router nearby, as well as an outdoor access point about 15 feet away. Sending commands...

Hey everyone, when I opened up the pool this year I noticed that the app had a huge update. All in all the UI was welcoming. I've noticed recently though, that when I start my pump, it goes through prime, and stays on high - if I switch it to medium, the flow is very, very low, and switching it...

Hi Everyone When I first joined the forum around June, my Hayward panel was reading salt really low, about 2400. Using the pool Calc, it called for about 1.5 bags of salt, I ended up dumping 2 bags in and it was reading around 4000. Since then, it's still reading at 4000. The water is...

I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" but here goes... Is there any way to set the valves partially? I have 3 valves, and only 2 Jandy actuators. I was told my control panel can only control 2 Jandy Actuators. I would love to be able to set my return valve between spa and pool.

Today I checked my OmniLogic panel and it read 2800 with a constant flow light. My Hayward Tristar 1.75hp was running at low (25%) as I normally have it. I bumped it up to full (100%) and it gave me a proper reading (3700, a little high). My question is, is the T-cell generating at a low...

The instructions say to add the mixture until the black dot "just" disappears. Does that mean it immediately disappears? Because when I add a drop, it disappears until it settles, then slightly reappears. Yes, I'm an overthinker.

Found TFP a week or two ago and have been using test strips until my F2006c came in. Overall pleased with the results, but still looking for feedback as I'm a new pool owner FC 4.8 CC 0.2 PH 7.6 TA 140-150 (light pink vs bright/dark pink) CH 280 CYA 80

Hello All, first time pool owner. Have a Leisure Fiberglass "Ultimate 35", approx 15k gallons with spa. Started in Jan 2019. Had been just dumping a bag of salt every month for awhile. We didn't lay sod for a long time, so we were constantly vacuuming and I got one of those generic barracuda...

Hello all, first post, new pool owner. Have already learned so much in the few days I've been reading this forum. Have my K2006c coming on Tuesday and excited to fine tune my chemistry. Past week has been amazing with just "guestimating" based on the pool calculator and test strips. Anyhow, I...