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how long do yours last? I get very limited life (less than a year) out of the cheap ones I buy. Should I be getting a branded one for greater longevity?

Firstly howdy, hope you are all well, I’ve not been here for a while as I’m dialled in with pool care. If I’m honest I’ve gotten a bit lazy now I have a swcg and only test every couple of weeks. Anyway my question is if my swcg is producing chlorine does that mean there is enough salt or could...

Those with ladders, do you replace them when they ‘expire’. I don’t really use mine as have a set of in built steps but noticed that the ladder steps apparently should have been replaced. This must be to comply with the length of time the ladder has been rated from a safety perspective so it...

So whilst carefully monitoring my CYA level, I added another puck to the pool this evening to try and get the cya up a bit. I decided to check the ingredients of the puck. I was a bit surprised to see copper sulphate listed next to cya. I promptly removed that puck and replaced it with one...

I’ve got some rusty marks on my coping stones. Any tips to clean?

I was looking to refresh my memory on cya and fca ratios. So looked for the “table” but see it’s gone now. Personally I found it useful but this thread is still accessible. https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/chlorine-cya-chart.2177/ I’d forgotten the 7.5 pct and 4.5pct for SWCG pools...

Do these work on pools with a sloping floor?

Hi all I’m looking at hanging up my pole and hose after 3 years of manually cleaning and getting a robot cleaner. Was going to go cheap but these ones don’t seem to come with - anti tangle cable, is this a problem in real life? - a filter to pick up the silt and sand, which I need as don’t...

I get a bit of greenness forming on the top of my bubble cover. I think this is happening where water flows on when it’s being pulled out but then effectively becomes stagnant. How do you clean this (quickly and easily)?

Hi all I hope you’re all good. I don’t close the pool over winter, just run the pump a few hours a day. stupily though I let the level drop a bit low without keeping too much of an eye on things. It didn’t drop below the skimmer but the suction meant the level wasn’t enough to feed enough...

I don't have a K2006 or TF100 as shipping to the UK is tricky. but I have just seen the K1515A kit which looks as if it may ship here. will this work for FCl measuring as a standalone kit? will 0.75 ounces go far? thanks all!

later this summer I plan to remove my now defunct mastertemp boiler and replace it with a heat exchanger that is powered by my house gas boiler. Now my pool pad is about 1m from the outside wall of the house, down one side, so this means I don’t need to have a long run of pipes outside to...

Hello every one. I hope you’re all well. Not posted a dumb question for a while so here’s one! I’m assuming a negative csi isn’t a problem for a vinyl pool with swcg and heater. Ph-7.6 Ta-135 Cah-230 Salt - not sure but tds c2000 (according to a probe) so I think about 2000 Cya-20 (low I know...

Once you have salt concentration with the range for a SWCG to work does it matter what your salt level is? for example do you get more chlorine generation if there's 3000ppm vs 2000ppm say (no other changes made to SWCG run time / power setting)

I’m considering getting a second hand air source heat pump.good/ Bad idea?! I wondered what people’s experience of heat exchanger failure on these things is.

So tried to fire up my heater after last season working fine and I get service heater error. Single flash (I think) on the fenwal box led so AFS fault. I hear the relay click to power the fan but nothing else hasn’t happens. What might break over a few months with no use? Fan spins and no...

Hi all I’m looking at updating my pool to be a proper indoor one, instead of an outdoor one with a green house on top. I did a quick search on here and there seems to be Chem201 section referred to but I can’t seem to find it.. could some one point me in the right direction please :)

I’m thinking of re doing my pool. One place uses an all in one shell made from carbon fibre and ceramic apparently. This is then craned in to place. I wondered if anybody had any experience Of these? Here they go under the brand of “Compass pools”

I know best practice is after the heater but How bad is this in practice if your pump is always set to run when the swcg is running plus a bit of pump overrun when the swcg turns off. I had seen somewhere in here I think that the after heater is based on puck feeders that are acidic and so bad...

Looking at getting a new low power 0.5hp ish pump. What’s the thinking on Certikin ones that have the outlet off centre? HGS range I think - a nearly new one has come up for sale and considering it. Clearly a pain to need to re do the plumbing- why don’t they make all pumps with the same...

I have a leak from my pump. Sad face. What do I do - turn off the valves for the skimmer and sump and set the multiport on the filter to closed. Then drain the two drain valves on the pump. Slacken the metal band and extract the motor but Do I need to undo the plumbing otherwise? it’s wet on...

What’s the pros/cons of these for plumbing in a heater bypass and swcg bypass when it is removed? And for check valves sprung or flapper?

Some of my coping seems to have detached from the wall. Not exactly sure what’s going on but can see that has definitely happened. To fix it though I will need take more liner out to access the problem area. Any tips on how best to do this?

I was back washing the filter today and noticed That there seemed to be water coming out of the pump somewhere. I think it was the pump anyway. Back recirculating and all seems fine. i had lifted the hose of the Barracuda out of the pool but not either end so May have introduced a little air...

I’m planning to do a DIY automation with my heater using a Shelly 1 and InkbirdSmart temperature prone. if I disconnect the fireman’s switch on my mastertemp then I understand the heater will power down. But what happens when I reconnect it. Does it turn on in the mode it was last in or...

anybody using a domestic boiler and separate heat exchanger? I can see there being inefficiency arguments but I think the indirect principle is the same as in the certikin genie. But on the plus side there is a significant premium for engineers to service pool boilers and the warranty on...

Can they be repaired with leak sealer or is it toast. Just wait until gets bad and then replace the boiler.

I’ve just seen a thread about bonding. My pool is old- I’ve no idea if it has bonding. electric circuit is protected by rcbo what should I do?

my current heater return to the pool looks like this. so should I remove the pipe at the shut off valve for the return to the pool and similarly at the the heater and then get a couple of 90 degrees elbows and plumb parallel to the heater (left to right on diagram). Do I need to get the screw...

I think the answer to this is no! But is there anyway to test a swcg for signs of life without it being plumbed in? Or failing that perhaps signs it definitely doesn’t work. the previous owners cut out the cell and left it. It’s very scaled up as I don’t think they had good control of the...