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Hi all, I was happy using borate for several years now, but home life has changed a bit (for the better). I have a vibrant German Shepherd who is now 2 years old, and he almost lives in the pool. Well, that as figuratively. But as an example, yesterday working in the yard, he was jumping in and...

My Pentair pump froze up. Haven’t had time to see if I can repair it, but if I need to replace it I heard several recommend a variable speed pump. Is that an easy direct replacement? Would I likely have to re-plumb anything? What is involved in such a switch and would it require extra $$$...

Came home from a week vacation to find my chlorine level reduced to zero. No algae forming yet fortunately, so resorting to liquid chlorine. My RJ45+ is a year old, and salt cell cleaned recently. Red “low salt” light was on but salt is around 3800ppm. Turned it off and then on, and that...

I have had my CircuPool RJ-45+ for a year, and the maintenance light has never come on. I do see some scaling on the cell, not completely, just some. Right now it is not generating much chlorine (my chlorine level is down to 1 PPM running at 50%, whereas it had been around 4ppm to 6ppm running...

Another one through the roof. Four years ago it was $4.50/box. Now it's $9.79/box. Has boric acid through a supplier remained more price stable? I can't remember who I used to order from so any better suggestions would help. On a second note: my german shepherd has discovered swimming in the...

My dog chewed into the cord of my Pentair SI robot. Is this repairable or do I need to buy a replacement? Was considering some JB weld putty with maybe some shrink tubing? Also, assuming that the cord is not model specific but the same for any Dolphin, Pentair rebranding?

I am getting sand from my Pentair Triton filter coming into my pool through the return ports when backwashing. I remember reading there are some kind of fins or parts that need to be replaced when this happens. Can someone explain what I need to replace and how to do it? Will I have to remove...

I installed a CircuPool RJ45+ recently. That thread is here: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/proper-location-for-new-swg.256838/ There was an issue with the plumber having to ream out a PVC union, and it leaked, so I used JB Weld WaterWeld to seal it, and it worked out fine for the...

I have a plaster in ground pool with a Circupool SWG. I am in New Orleans so we have bright sun and hot summers. According to the Pool School chart, the recommended ideal CYA range is 70ppm to 80ppm. I just brought my CYA up from 50 to 70 with 2 lbs dry stabilizer. Which would be the better...

I have a curious issue with my pH and muriatic acid. While I was out of town for two weeks my wife was handing the pool chemistry for me (her first time). She was using the Taylor test kit and the pool math app. At one point the pH was 8.0, and when she would add muriatic acid she would get the...

Helping my neighbor troubleshoot his SWG. Found out the two spade connectors for the cord for the salt cell are hanging free, and at a glance didn’t see an obvious place on the control board where they connect. This means it was like that since he bought the house two years ago, and why as a...

I bought a Circupool RJ45 PLUS SWG, and want to confirm the proper location for it on my equipment. If my understanding is right, my pool heater is on the return side of the filter, and the chlorine feeder is on the return side of the heater, so that is where it should go: replace the feeder...

We all know, or you should know, that liquid chlorine degrades pretty quickly over time. It also degrades being stored in the heat. I live in the Deep South, have a 15.8k gal pool, and use Taylor dpd kit every day other than winter. The only 12.5% LC I could get locally was $4.00/gal two years...

I noticed the pump shut down and found this. What might have happened, are these replaceable parts, and if not, can I use this Polaris motor that I am no longer using? Thanks

I did not find a specific tutorial in pool school. Is there a good thread or something I missed to educate her on the differences to choose whether to build an in ground salt water pool or an in ground chlorine pool? She is starting from scratch in terms of knowledge. Her husband used to do a...

I just bought this whamma jamma. Should last me a long time

Not thinking, I added 3 lbs of stabilizer directly into the pool, before I remembered it shold be in a pool sock in the skimmer. Now I have CYA on the bottom of my pool. Is that ok or am I risking damaging the plaster? Any remedy for this mistake? Also, yay or nay on running my pool robot in the...

We have been getting some torrential rains from storm fronts moving through over the past months and my pool has overflowed onto my deck several times. Looks like I have to unclog the deck drainage because the deck drains very slow, exacerbating the problem, causing a little lake, and dragging...

I bought a 24 lbs box of Clorox brand DE for pool filters at Lowes. I've read the How To thread about adding DE to a sand filter and have a few questions about toxicity and use. I've read a bit about the carcinogenic risk. Unless I'm missing something, it seems cancer risk is only related to...

A while back I posted my results from my Taylor K-2006 test kit as follows, with the biggest issue being my CYA way too high. I drained roughly 1/3 of my pool water and re-filled with tap water, added some chlorine and cyanuric acid to get to a ballpark starting point for balance. My old numbers...

I want to drain 1/3 of my 15,600 gallon pool and refill it to bring down the stabilizer level. I plan on using my pool pump in backwash, because I think it can do the job fine, and the hose run to the street for a submersible pump would be well over 100 feet. I've determined which two valves...

First off, I paid for a premium subscription for the Pool Math app. Then I logged into the app with my TFP forum credentials. Now it says to subscribe for unlimited test logs. I am assuming the one premium subscription will be good for all my devices? How do I sync them so I have the premium...

I'm in New Orleans and twice in the last two month my pool flooded: once from a hurricane, the other from a rainstorm that dumped over 4 inches in about 40 minutes. Both times the pool overflowed onto the deck and the deck was under an inch or two of water as well, so the pool was contaminated...

New guy here. I will be adopting the BBB approach to managing my pool chemistry, but I still have some Clorox Xtra Blue products: Clorox Shock Xtra Blue and Clorox Xtra Blue Chlorinating tablets https://www.cloroxpool.com/products/ The shock has copper, the tablets some form of stabilizer. My...

Hi all, greetings from New Orleans. First time pool owner for the past three years. Been fumbling my way through it based on pool store advice, not all of which I trust, and self maintenance. Looking forward to getting more under the hood, learning more and managing pool chemistry in a more...