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Seems like a dumb question for me to be asking at this point, but for the first time ever my CH tested low. 200 instead of the usual 250-325 it's hovered at since I bought the house. I see endless complaints from folks across Texas and the southwest, especially, regarding high CH due to their...

Sorry for what feels like wasting a post. Next year I'm considering ditching my DE filter and going cartridge. There are two reasons, primarily: one, I hate cleaning the DE filter, even if I only do it once a year. It makes a mess of my equipment pad and the surrounding area since the DE goes...

Earlier this week I finally had enough of the garbage pool store replacement baskets that are in my skimmers. Both of them were cracked and dealing with the hairnet "skimmer socks" was annoying since they had a metal bar to contend with. Plus the old ones kept floating! Despite my best efforts...

This is a random problem I've had ever since I reinstalled the heater soon after we moved in. I have no idea if it happened without the heater because there was no reason to ever run the spa. I finally figured I'd get around to asking about it because it's just so strange. Anyhow, if I turn on...

Another day, another thread trying to decipher Jandy's catalog (though I have gotten very good at this when it comes to their automation!). In today's case, I'm trying to figure out exactly what is required to make an AquaPure system function. It seems that the few complete "kits" I can find...

I'm hoping that some of our friends who work in the industry can help out here. Given the absolutely astronomical and unprecedented price of chlorine, I'm at the point where the only thing I can do is to do is move to a SWCG. However, given that all I have is an aging and power hungry single...

So while on vacation, I stopped by my favorite store that we don't have in Texas, Rural King. I wandered into their pool section (which I didn't even know they had) and I noticed 4 lb containers of CYA for $10. This is easily the cheapest CYA I have seen in recent memory. I picked up two of them...

I was just reminded of this by YippeeSkippy in another thread: I've always noticed this, but I thought I was crazy. I swear that after adding muriatic acid, my water ALWAYS looks just a little bit better. I think the same thing if the CYA gets low and I add a bit more through the sock method...

It truly feels just wrong posting this. So, I have never used an inline chlorinator as I have never used tabs. I was TFP from the start, but we're going to be going on vacation here soon and I need some way to dose chlorine, so I figured I'd pick up a very small pack of pucks. I've been letting...

I tried searching around some, but I couldn't find a great thread here. I have been battling a high pH issue since we moved in. I chalked it up to running the spillover a little bit each day, or maybe the fact that the returns were rippling the water. I was willing to deal with it to circulate...

I've taken tons of good advice from the group here over the last month, I may a well hear some more opinions from the experts. This will be long, but maybe it can be helpful to other people in the future. Currently, we have a Polaris 280. Right after we moved in, I bought a new one because the...

I've been a bit apprehensive to ask this, because I'm fearing that something here is going to cost a lot of money :LOL: I have a few spots around the pool that really need some attention. I'm not sure of the proper products to fix these deficiencies, so I'm hoping someone here knows a lot...

Hey all - I just have a few dumb questions about variable speed pumps that I can't seem to find a direct answer to. Our electric contract is expiring in a couple of months and our rates are getting jacked up 3-4 cents a kWh regardless of who we go with or how long the term is.. we're literally...

Do all spa blowers sound like you're in a windtunnel? Seriously it sounds like an industrial ventilator or something. The pool has an old Polaris QT blower that probably dates back to the pool's install in 2006. The better half likes the bubbles, but hates the noise. I'm indifferent to the...

Introduction: This was originally just a collection of notes for myself regarding tidbits of information I've discovered while trying to reprogram the Aqualink panel at my new home. However, I think it may be useful to other weary travelers with similar issues who find their way here via Google...

Thanks to my new friends here at TFP, my water is looking great (at least I think so)! Unfortunately, my plaster is just U-G-L-Y. I moved into this house in January, and as far as I know, everything pertaining to the construction of the pool, including the plaster, is all original from 2006. I'm...

I apologize for what is likely to be a series of dumb questions or obvious observations. So I only recently learned that this vintage of Aqualink RS system (installed 2006) is actually intended to have a controller that is supposed to be either wall-mounted somewhere OR in the form of a...

Hi everyone. Fiance and I just bought our dream home, and hoping to find out more about owning and maintaing a pool here. In fact, I just posted a thread about some serious electrical issues I'm having in the Pump, Filter, etc section, but it has to be approved. First time having to take care of...

Not the best introduction thread, I'm aware. However, I'm a bit on the "about to freak out" side of things at the moment. Just bought a house last month with a pool, something I was already a bit apprehensive about since the last experience I had with a pool was when I was a child - we had a...