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    Opening pool after some lovely critter used the cover as their bathroom, advice please:)

    We had some animal droppings on the pool cover that were cleaned up, but probably dissolved a little bit into the water before we were able to get them . Just in case they were raccoon droppings, the eggs are approximately 75 um x 60 um in size, I’d like to do a little extra filtering on the...
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    What to do with leftover shock in bag

    My pool needs one and a half bags of powder shock. I read on another site you shouldn’t keep the leftover shock. Is this true? Right now it’s in the box it came in with a clip on it stored in a plastic storage box.
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    Bonding question

    I’m trying to determine what in my pool needs to be bonded. It appears the pump is bonded but I am not sure about the pool light or ladder. I’m going to have an electrician dead the pool light ( we never use it) and I’m hoping this would cancel out the potential need to dig up concrete to bond...
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    Electric maintenance

    Hi all, I bought a house with a 20,000 gallon in ground gunite pool with one light and a sand filter. I’m still learning about the pool and how it operates. We have a service contract with the company that installed the pool. My question is how often should I have an electrician do a...
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    Turning pump off for 48hrs

    I’m going away for two days and considering turning my pump off. We currently have a small drip from the pump that I put a bucket under to keep water from accumulating so I don’t want to leave it on while I’m not home. The pool gets 10 hours of full sun. Is it a terrible idea to turn it off?
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    Is this a bonding wire?

    I’m very new to pool ownership. I’m trying to determine if my pool pump is bonded. Is this a bonding wire?