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    Looking for SLAM insights - getting stumped - no cc's, clear water, trouble with OCLT + burning through chlorine

    Water chem is as follows: FC: maintaining around 24PPM (lowest it has dropped to during process was 20) CC: 0 CYA: 50-60 (always hard to tell, been running SLAM with 24 target) TA: 70 CH: low 300's Salt: 3200 +/- pH: not reliable now, but generally in the 7.6/7.8 range (water feature tends to...
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    Converting Hayward Northstar single speed single pool pump to a VSP and Smart Switch/Timer installation

    For reference, my current setup - I am 2nd owner on this pool, and bought the house a few years back with the setup. Been real solid and pretty trouble free to date - but my pump sounds like a dying squirrel and rather than just rebuild the old Northstar and continue forward with a single...
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    Hayward Policy on SWG warranty - 1 year for those purchased online (June 2020 update)

    Wanted to share some feedback around a policy from Hayward on their SWG cells currently (as of June 2020 at least). Tagline: Looks like online sales for the standard model like a T-Cell-15 is now only 1 year and not 3 years. Background I purchased a cell through Amazon - sold through Amazon...
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    Are these cracks in pool surround on sandstone an issue

    Hi TFP team - Wanted to grab your opinion on this - here is an overview of my pool: We have been in the house a couple years, believe the previous owner had it installed around 2008: I have noticed some cracks between the sandstone? surround of the pool in the seams betweeen stones. Are...
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    Believe my pool pumps were not properly bonded from previous installations

    I was inspecting my pool equipment - and I believe that my pumps are not properly bonded (actually not bonded at all). I moved into a house with this setup, I have some history from the previous owner that both the booster motor and main motor were replaced at one point in time. Current setup...
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    Algae on water feature / rock waterfall - looking for treatment and future prevention suggestions

    So here are my chemistry stats as of today (Katy, TX for climate reference) Pool built ~ 2008 I believe (we are 2nd home owner for about 1.5 years) K2006 test kit FC: 5.6 CC: 0 pH: 7.7 (my water feature is not on a separate pump, so I have it running generally when all the jets are going so my...
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    Bought house with a pool, trying to understand plumbing

    Hi TFP, new to the boards. Bought a house with a pool a bit over a year ago, things have been going great, just catching up on some points I am a bit confused about and believe this is the crew that can help me out. 1) I have 2 skimmers and 2 'floor drains' (not sure if they are actually...
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    Lurker, finally made account. Purchased house with a pool ~ 1.5 years ago in TX

    Howdy TFP, Been lurking on these boards a while, finally setup an account as I may need to borrow some expertise from the crew! We moved into a house a bit over a year ago. The house had a pool already built, that is around 11 years old. 12,000 gallons, nice waterfall/rock feature - pebble...