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    Went on vacation and came back to bad chemistry

    Long story short, went on vacation for awhile, left pool with brother, things got messed up. I just need someone to verify my thoughts about what I'm seeing. I've done a bad job keeping records.. for shame. I have tested though, and the pool hasn't fallen below 0 FC. CC is <= 0.5, which I...
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    Deep cleaning sand filter

    After reading this: Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter i have a question. My pool has obviously been open for months now. I never actually close the pool down. Anyway, the way the pool was installed, there are no shutoff valves on any pvc, intake or outtake. So, if im rinsing from the top, how do...
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    Problem after new liner install.

    Called a few companies locally to install a new pool liner. It's about a 10 year old 36k pool and we bought the house last summer, it had come off the coping some. Finally found someone that would do a blue dolphin pool (something about the way it's installed is difficult). Anyway, we were...
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    Newbie Closing

    First, I want to say my first ever season with a pool was wildly successful thanks to this place. We never had any time wasted fixing water chemistry, never any algae blooms, etc, tested my own water cleaned my own pool. Thanks. I'm planning the closing, but I'm just curious how I can get the...
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    SLAMing test question

    I swear I read somewhere I can run a diluted test to check FC? I don't want to put over a hundred drops in to test again.
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    Century Centurion Switchless Motor Troubleshooting

    Hey all, Having trouble with the pump. It runs fine when it runs. When I shut the pump off to vacuum, I haven't had it fail to turn back on. When I shut the pump off to remove the vacuum from the skimmer, 9/10 all I will get is a hum. I have very limited electrical knowledge, however, I was...
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    New Homeowner, new pool owner

    Greetings all, I purchased the Tayloy k---"c" kit regrettably before finding this website. It is due-in Wednesday. I didn't feel like I could wait that long to have the water tested so I took it to a local pool company. Here are the results: FC: 0.8 (uh oh?) pH: 7.3 TA: 54 (* has been...