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I have another thread where I asked for advice about replacing my cracked filter and last year I asked about the wiring of the swg. Well I have never had the wiring of the swg changed and am still considering automation to more easily control everything. I haven’t replaced my filter yet...

I have a Pentair clean and clear filter that has developed a crack in the bottom piece. My options are to replace just the cracked bottom piece for ~$300, replace the entire unit for ~$1000 or replace it entirely with a sand filter using glass media. If I went with the sand filter option they...

I think I know the answer to my question, but since I can't talk to the pool company guy until Monday, I figured I would ask you all to see if I understand. It will also help me when I talk to him. I have drained my pool twice in the past with a pump I put in the deep end of the pool. I had...

I posted the other day about issues with my Intellichlor IC40. I decided to buy a new one since I suspect the one I had is dead. The new one arrived yesterday and I installed it and everything seemed fine. Later in the evening I noticed the flow light was red. I looked a little closer and the...

So I have an Intellichlor IC-40 salt cell. It’s about five years old. It recently started showing low salt. I checked the level with my Taylor test kit (keep in mind the chemicals are old) and while it wasn’t low it wasn’t high either so I added salt. This went on for about three bags of salt...

Hi everyone. I recently bought a house with an inground pool. I previously had an above ground pool at my old house so I'm not new to the chemistry, just the inground equipment. I am guessing that the pool holds around 15,000 gallons, but I have not gotten the specs on it yet to be sure...

I have been running my filter/pump 24/7 because it's working and the water looks great. If it ain't broke, don't fix it...so I haven't. But yesterday, the water was a bit chilly since the sun hasn't been the strongest lately so I decided to only run it at night. This morning, I turned it off...

My intex swg is toast and I would like something that lasts longer than one season. AZ sun is brutal and the one I had never kept up. Is the aquatrol easy to hook up? Or should I just get another intex and hope for the best? Any intel on the 2009 models? Are there still any out there? My...

Just when I think I have everything under control, the Intex SWG isn't keeping up. I bought it last year so it's not brand new, but not old either. I'm running the pump/filter 24/7 and the SWG 12 hours from 7-7. Pool is in full Arizona sun all day. No cover. I just ran some tests and here...

I added some bleach a few hours ago to bring the chlorine level back up to shock level and then it occurred to me that since MA and chlorine are dangerous when mixed maybe adding it to a very chlorinated pool isn't a good idea. Hence the question, what should the FC level be when you add...

I've been working on my pool for weeks now and it's paying off. I just got the Taylor 2006 in the mail on Friday so I've been winging it with the OTO kit trying to get my TA down to 80 (I have a SWG). Current numbers: FC: 6.6 CC: 0 TC: 6.6 TA: 80 PH: 7.5 CYA: 60 - need a little more, but it...

I'm just about ready to throw in the towel and take an axe to anything Intex. I have loved my Intex Ultra Frame (16X48) pool and thought I would love it even more with a sand filter. I already had a SWG (copper bars removed) so I bought a 2650 Intex sand filter. All went well with the install...

After some false starts (straps over a couple of top beams were slightly twisted and a pinhole leak), I finally got the pool filled late on July 1st. I am using Triclor tabs in a floater and in the skimmer, but that's all I've done so far. My current levels based on the Walmart HTH 6-way...