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Had to pump the pool down four times in the last 5 days. Between the afternoon storms and Isaac the chemicals are off. PH = 7.8 Goal 7.4 TA 70 Goal 100 CH 150 Goal 300 CYA 30 Goal 70 Salt 2900 Goal 3350 Put the figures into the calculator. Needs attention. Quick check, what is the order of...

My friend has a Dream Maker SPA GLX-UHS-REC-SD-F. I have searched the net for a maintenance manual that will define the failure codes on the controller. The Controller is built be Balboa Instruments PN 53942-01 Inside the controller they have a RS80 number "system wiring diagram". Anybody have...

I am having a problem with the loss of FC. I will bring up the Chlorine to 4.0 using bleach and the next day there is no FC at all in the pool. This just started about a month ago. Something is eating my FC. Water is clear. Since we have had a lot of rain over the past month, I have had to add...

So I have a neighbor who is a single mom with two kids. Her Hayward pump SP3010X15A is leaking. A causing a swamp between our house and hers. It looked as though the seal was leaking. She tells me that she cannot afford to have someone out to fix it. I volunteered to try and fix the leak. Went...

Ok I have a Aqua Rite Electronic Chlorine Generator / T-Cell-15. The manual says the salt level should be between 2700 and 3400. The question is with a spread of 700 is the optimum 3050? If so the pool school recommends "200 to 400 above recommended". So If the optimum is 3050 should I bring my...

Ok guys. I have been in this house now for a month. The current readings for the pool are TC = 10, pH = 7.8, TA = 70, CH = 270, CYA = 65, Salt = 3100. When I started the CYA was almost 0, I have been bringing it up little by little. Today I added 10 oz. of Muriatic acid and 7 oz. of...

I moved into our home two weeks ago. The old owner left som "Aqua Chem DE Media + Filter Aid". I backed washed my pool this past friday and used this DE to re-charge the system. I got curious about the "+ Filter Aid" claim on the box. I searched the web and every add says it is 100% DE. The...

I am not sure this is the right forum for these questions. If not can a moderator please move it to the right spot. How often do people take apart their DE filters and really clean them? Also what is used to clean the filters just water? finally what lubricant are people using today on the...

Hi to All, I joined this forum the other day and have spent many hours here. I recently purchased a house that has a salt water pool. None of the pools I have owned were salt water. I have found the information here extremely valuable. I just received my TF-100 extended test kit today. The...