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Curious what others have seen with regards to longevity on the Hayward ColorLogic lights. I have a Hayward LPCUS11100, and my pool was completed in October of 2019 - so it's only a little over 3 years old... and just outside of warranty. The other day we turned it on, it ran for about 5...

I started this as a PM to ajw22, and he suggested that I post on the forum so others could learn from this as well. ajw22 replied with the following information: Those look like shrinkage and no indication of cracking. The coping gaps is usually Type S mortar and not grout. Cut out what is...

I have only been unable to connect twice over the past two years. Both times, it was OK after a couple of hours. If you have an ethernet connection, there should be no network issue. My Omni is working fine, so the server is not down (at least not now 7:46am EST). Have you tried re-registering...

I've had my WetEdge pool for 2 years now, and one constant I see is that my TA likes to hover around the 90-110 level no matter what I do. I've been able to actually get it to the recommended level of 80 once or twice, but it never stays there. It also never goes low. When I get aggressive and...

Switching to SWG in my hot tub! Just read an interesting medical article on long term effects of bromine - one of them is significant. The primary effect is that it can lead to or enhance hyperthyroidism. So, bromine is now gone, and the Saltron Mini is in. Is there a way to select a Saltron...

I have posted numerous times over the past 2 years (ever since we installed our first gunite pool - 1st two were vinyl liner) concerning my issues with having to SLAM my pool about once every month or two. I received a ton of advice here on TFP. All of it made perfect sense, but I still...

I have to take exception to the comment "If you maintain your FC and CYA per the saltwater tab of this chart, it is just not necessary" (referring to shocking). I have had a pool everywhere I have lived for 40 years, and have always taken care of it myself. I now own my first plaster pool...

I'm planning on adding Boric Acid to my pool. My TA seems to stay constant at 110 no matter what I do. I dropped my pH to 7.2 three times over the past week, yet my TA stays at 110. I think my TA has actually been at 80 one time about 6 months ago. It's nearly always at the 100-110 mark. Is it...

I have recently noticed that the 10ml and 25 ml lines on the TFTestkit and Taylor sample tubes do not amount to the same amount of water. I had always used the TFTestkit sample tubes, filling to the appropriate line, then dropping in my speed stir pellet, then testing. I purchased a Taylor...

Hayward just released the latest firmware for the OmniLogic automation system - R4.0.0! The big news here is that future updates can now be done directly from the internet - no more plugging in a USB to perform an upgrade!!! I installed it yesterday, and (per the known issues list) I had to...

Moved from here. How can I determine what the minimum is? Does the SWCG issue a warning message? I have all Hayward equipment.

I've been using Natural Chemistry Instant Pool Water Conditioner, and it appears to be adding nothing to the pool. My pool was at a CYA level of 30, and I added 70 oz of Natural Chemistry Instant Pool Water Conditioner (after shaking up the jug a LOT). Using pool math, it should have raised my...

I run my Dolphin S200 about twice a week on my pool that has a Wet Edge finish. Every time I find some pebbles in the basket. not one or two, but at least several dozen. Is this normal? I thought it should only pick up loose pebbles for a month or so when curing.

I raised my CYA to 80 a little over a month ago. I typically only check my CYA level every 4-6 weeks. Over the past week or so I've been noticing that chlorine is getting consumed at a much higher rate than normal, and the pool is crystal clear. Yesterday I checked CYA and it is 0. I began...

Just curious - shouldn't the recommended levels generated by the TFP web site tool match the upper and lower limits in the Pool Math app? They are close, but not the same, and I don't see a way of specifying them when I create a new pool. Good example - TFP recommended CH is 350-550, yet Pool...

Hello all! I've been on TFP for a little over 4 months now. I have a new gunite pool (WetEdge finish). I'm having an issue keeping my pool crystal clear. About 8 weeks ago, I did a SLAM because the water wasn't crystal clear. This took about a week, and all looked good for a couple of weeks. I...

My pool is now a little over 3 months old. My TA has consistently remained in the 100-110 range no matter what I do. I've used MA to drop pH to 7.0-7.2, but it never seems to bring the TA down. I've read a number of threads here that say to reduce pH to low 7's with MA (thus reducing TA), then...

Hello! My water was looking a little cloudy, so I decided to SLAM it. I'm fairly new to the SLAM process. Notes: I'm running my SWG during the day to maintain the chlorine levels. I have a solar cover that I put on in the evening (around 7pm) and take off in the morning (around 10am). Below...

Trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong here - never had this issue in GA, but shocked that pool every two weeks. I'm following the TF process. SLAM'ed the pool about two weeks because it was looking cloudy - that time it was my fault - I was playing around with the SWG settings over a period...

When reading CYA, I thought it might help if I took photos of the vial. In the photos below, the one on the left is using the 50ppm standard solution for TF TestKits. The photo on the right shows my pool reading that day (I had the vial filled to the 70 line). As you can see, the 50ppm...

Hello! I just did my first SLAM on my new pool... followed the directions pretty well (I think). Once I passed the overnight test, it took 3 days for my FC to drop to below 10 - I was running at 28 for my CYA of 70. Pool is crystal clean, but my FC is at 9, and my CC is at 1. Shouldn't it be 0...

Do we have any folks here that know what I would need to do to add a rail now that the pool is done? I don't want a plastic rail, I want a steel rail. I'm looking at one of these - https://swanpoolrails.com/ I have two pics - one shows the pool shell before the pavers were installed - you can...

I've been asking questions and posting responses for a couple of months, but never introduced myself! I live in Florida year round now - originally from Michigan (47 years), then Georgia (10 years), now Florida (permanently!). I have owned 4 pools over the past 35 years. My first was an above...

Over the past week my TA has risen from 90 to 150. A little background first - A little over a week ago, I fat fingered my TA entry in Pool Math. Instead of entering 110, I entered 11. Of course, it told me to add lots of baking soda... and stupid me, I did it. I immediately realized my error...

The latest update for OmniLogic is available (R3.2.0) and includes a number of new features and enhancements! I installed the update with no issues, and so far, everything is working as expected. Here is a list of new goodies: (I'm playing with the new scheduling features for heaters and...

I have a request for a minor change that I think would be fairly easy to do, and would be beneficial to many folks. When I add the recommended amount of a chemical and click Log Addition, I would like to see the top bar and Log Addition button (both which show red) to turn green indicating that...

I've looked all over for an answer to this and can't find one. Hoping someone here can shed some light. When you run an SWG with a VSP, does the chlorine output change based on pump speed? i.e. if I have my SWG set to 10%, does it produce the same amount of chlorine when the pump is at 1000 rpm...

I understand that the developer has made a decision to set fixed target levels, and Pool Math does not support bromine. At a minimum, I would like to have the ability to remove CYA from my spa. CYA does nothing for bromine as far as I know, so having to record the level every time, or leave it...

Not sure why I tried this, but I found that when I fill the cylinder marked with black numbers to 10ml, then pour that into the one with clear numbers, it shows 11.5ml. If I pour it into the chlorine cylinder, it shows 10ml. Based on this, I'm assuming that the clear cylinder is marked...

We recently completed our pool build and found this site after it was complete. Although I can't share pics of the build as it happened, I can share pics of the complete build process as I documented it! We had a challenging build as we did things backwards. The homes in The Villages have...