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My pool was uncovered yesterday and there are a bunch of leaves in the bottom of my pool. Is there any issue with using my robot in water of this temperature and emptying the basket fairly frequently? I don't have the time to vacuum manually. I have an Aqua Products EVO 604 robot.

I am on my second Controlomatic Smarter Spa. This is a drape over Saltwater Chlorine generator for spas. Hopefully this device will last several more years. But Controlomatic has now closed down. Anyone have recommendations on other aftermarket SWCG systems for spas? When you google this a...

I read online that you should replace annually. I have been replacing mine about every 6-7 years. How often should they be replaced?

My pool was built about 16-17 years ago. I still have the original liner. The liner has a pattern and the pattern is about 95% faded on the bottom of the pool - especially areas not near the walls. On the sloped sides it is about 80% faded and on the walls below the waterline it is about 50%...

My pool is about 16 years old and I have had a Jandy Aquapure 1400 SWCG since day one. Normally I would have to reduce the pH by adding acid once per month of so through the swimming season. I have had to replace my salt cell every few years and I am currently using a non-Jandy salt cell that...

I just happened to look up the manual for my SWCG and isn't the FC recommendation WAY too low for CYA levels of 50/75?

I live in Toronto. I don't open and close my pool, I have a service do that but I do all of my other maintenance. When they winterize they drain water below the jets and put plugs in on the jets and skimmer - I think. But my pool has two bottom drains. What happens to the water from the...

One feature that I would find helpful is having permanent notes stored in the app. These would be notes that wouldn't be on the timeline, but in another area so you don't lose them when you have dozens of entries in your timeline. What I am thinking is notes for stuff like reminders on what to...

On Amazon (Amazon Canada to be exact) I see Dolphin robots like the Premium 10, Premium 20 and Premium 60. But when you go to pool shops you see different models like the S200, S300, etc. Are these the same products but they are using different model numbers to make it harder to comparison...

The way that I was taught to connect my suction side cleaner was to take out the skimmer basket and plug it in to the drain under the skimmer basket that goes to the pump. This way the debris flows into the pump basket. Emptying the pump basket is far more of a PITA than emptying the skimmer...

I haven't had mine blow away, but it has been blown up into a heap within the pool. But it seems to me that if you get a really strong windstorm you could see it flying away - has that ever happened to anyone?

I have a Dolphin S300 robot that is now six years old. It has had some repairs done in the past. Yesterday it started giving me trouble. It would run for about 10 seconds, do a wheelie and then stop. The blue light would turn off. When I connect via Bluetooth it has shown me three different...

There appears to be a bug when the keyboard is displayed. I can't scroll down to the lower part of the screen to enter the parameters at the bottom. I have to hit Done to make the keyboard go away and then click in the data box. For example, temperature shows up as the last data point. I...

I keep getting FL1 and FL2 errors in my tub so I am going to replace the flow switch. Do I need to replace the full plastic housing or can I just unscrew the bit with the sensor (the black part in the photo) and replace that part and keep using the existing clear plastic housing? The part that...

Yesterday I noticed that I have green algae in the nooks under my pool ladder steps. There is also a bit of green algae in my pool light fixtures. I have a SWCG and my pool water is clear and chemical levels are good (FC is 6, CC is 0, CYA is 60, pH is 7.5, TA is 80). There are some older...

This issue occurs on my PC running Windows 10 with the Chrome browser. When I try to scroll down in TFP forums using the scroll wheel on my mouse it doesn't scroll properly. It often jumps around and comes back to the top. I haven't seen this behaviour in other web sites. Anyone else see this?

I use the Pool Math app to keep track of results for both my pool and spa. So I use the Switch pools feature to switch between them. Can I suggest that rather than have to hit the hamburger icon and then switch pools that you be able to switch by tapping at the pool name at the top of the...

I finally want to get around to fixing a piece of coping that broke off three years ago that I posted about here: Corner coping piece has become dislodged One question about the mortar - once I spread the mortar how do I keep it from oozing out? Or will that not happen if I mix the mortar to...

You are always supposed to shut your heater off about 5-10 minutes before your pump so that the heater has a chance to cool down while the water is still circulating and you don't have extremely hot water in the heat exchanger when the water isn't moving. What happens when you have an...

The Sonoff THR320D is a smart switch that can control a load up to 20A and which also has a Dry Contact relay. I have flashed this with Tasmota and I am using this device as a smart switch to remotely turn my pump on and off and to control the heater via the dry contact relay connected to my...

I would prefer to run my pool pump at night as my electricity is WAY less overnight. My pool is covered most days by a solar cover. Any downside to the pump not running during the day. I have a SWCG as well so I need to run the pump enough so that it is generating enough chlorine, which I can...

On the doc here on opening your pool (Opening your pool- An easy to follow guide) it says: My pool was just opened with the water at 53F. I live in Toronto and the pool was closed in mid-October. I have a mesh cover. Every year when my pool is opened it is pretty green and gross, and I don't...

I live in Toronto. My pool was uncovered a few days ago (I have a mesh safety cover). As is always the case upon uncovering the pool is cloudy and greenish and had some debris including leaves, dirt, etc. So I have shocked it and it is clearing up. It has been vacuumed but I still need to do...

My pool opened this week. This was done by a service - I maintain my pool myself but I have them open and close the pool. After opening I was getting a lot of air from the return jets and lots of air in the pump basket. It appears that the problem was that the drain plug on my pump (Hayward...

Here is a picture of some of the tubing in my spa. There is a rather thin tube that is very brown and feels kind of gummy. This is just after my flow switch where there is a hard plastic connector. I am not sure where this goes - perhaps someone else has an idea. Is this an issue? Should...

I was having this discussion and I read on Pool School here where it says that for vinyl pools then CH doesn't matter. But they insisted that it did matter if you have a heater. I would think that with a heater or SWCG that lower calcuium means less limescale buildup. Anyone know the answer...

Does anyone else find this, especially in my spa. There is a bit of a different smell that is distinctive when the pH is 7 or lower. Or am I crazy?

I live in Toronto where in the winter we typically get a few days where the temperature gets down to -15C. I use an SWCG for sanitizing my pool, but I keep a few jugs of liquid chlorine around, I use refillable 10L containers from my local pool shop. Since I built my pool about 16 years ago I...

My spa is about a 2006 Jacuzzi J345. These valves were VERY hard to turn and the handles, which were pretty flimsy plastic, broke. I haven't used the diverter valves in years, when I did I used a pair of pliers or channel locks to turn the valve. Anyone know if there are better quality...

I have a Jacuzzi J-345 spa that is about 16 years old. I bought some Ahhsome a while ago but never got around to using it until now. I put in the Ahhsome and ran the spa for about 45 minutes. There was green scummy foam, but not as much as I expected given the tub has not been purged and has...