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Wondering where people buy their replacement parts for their Kreepy Krawly Legend? There are several sites on the 'Net of course, but is anyone better or worse than the other? Sure is a variance on the parts... I need 360007 which is the rubber tire and you can find them from 8 bucks to $20...

So it's been 3+ weeks without filtration in the pool. Tornado hit on the 26th and main pool pump has been without power since then. The local Pentair authorized repaid place is supposed to come by today/tomorrow. Obviously they're not making it today, so certainly hoping they do tomorrow...

Hi all, Have been swamped at work and not posting much. 12 days ago, while sailing out of Baltimore on a cruise ship, a tornado touched down in our neighborhood in Texas. Luckily, our house was spared damage and the dogs are safe. Dozens of houses across the road and within a half mile of us...

I've seen a small brown stain for the past few weeks right on the ring of one of the bottom drains. I had *assumed* it was from a screw and I'd place the screw when it was warm enough to get in there. So last night it was warm enough. The screws are inches from this stain. It's on the...

I'm having a bit of a mental quagmire in understanding my salt cell's actions recently. Basically, when water temp hit ~65, I kicked the cell percentage on and up. I then added a gallon of bleach to kick FC way up so that I could be sure to be operating at a high level if something was wrong...

Kids (dogs) not liking the thunder and lightning. Have one of them in her thunder shirt and held her for an hour during the worst part of it. Wave after wave after wave rolling on in... Will interesting to see the rainfall total for today when it is tallied. Thank heavens for an overflow...

So perhaps a clueless question, but.... In a recent thread in the under construction area, the terminology of a "scupper" was used. I didn't want to hijack the thread by asking what that was there, but I've not heard the term before and am wondering what it (a scupper) is. It sounds like...

Mine is 50 yards long, 6 feet wide, 6 feet deep for nothing but laps. Add in some marble (looking) columns for long flowing plants and vines. If I had the space (and the money ;) I'd build it :D I'd settle for 25 yards tho' ;)

Asking a question for understanding.... Why do people put stuff like a hair net or skimmer sock into the skimmer baskets? I'm not understanding how putting something else into the water flow system provides a benefit. So the sock or hairnet fills up instead of the basket. What do they do...

So as you may know, here in Texas, we've gotten some pretty decent amounts of rain. My area is more than 9 inches in last 7 days, the most recent being a significant amount last night. Test results this morning: Temp 71 Salt: 2700 (Cell says 2500) pH 8 TA 80 CYA 60 CH 340 FC 6 CC 1.5 Now...

So I have a confession to make. I have never 'vacuumed' the pool. Ever. Now...the mouse does run 3 hours a day and that generally keeps it spotless except for maybe a stray piece of leaf or mulch here and there. Those are always easier to just pick up with fingers and toss out when in the...

So not really a problem, but over the last few days, with lower temps and sunlight, my chlorine demand seems to be dropping dramatically. A week ago with 100+ temps for days on end (and a lower than optimal CYA) the salt cell was working at 55%. Of course that was still maintaining a level of...

My wife Three cardigan welsh corgis, Allie, Angie, and Louie. Angie and Louie are in their 7th year and Allie is 6. Angie was severely injured (ruptured disk) 18 months ago. It has taken her nearly forever to recover significant function, but she has and today can run for short distances and...

There seems to be a growing subset of speakers that can stream music underwater. Some are Bluetooth so could stream straight from a source such as a phone or iPod. Searching the forums for this topic brings up posts mostly 2013 and before. Is anybody doing this? Seems to be in the 200...

In Pool Math, what's the assumed/background calculation number for the percentage of cyanuric acid in the liquid stabilizer? The natural chemistry stabilizer I get is equivalent to 30% CYA and was just wondering what pool math is using since there's no adjustment or drop down for different...

A little while back, as part of another thread, I seem to temper a sidebar discussion about reading the CYA test, comparison to the known sample, etc. I don't remember what the root thread was so I can't find it to find out what the outcome was. My wife and I read the CYA results differently...

I was reading some threads about TA (currently bringing mine back down from 90 to where I want it at 60)(was gone for 9 days) and following some links and came across an outgassing chart ChemGeek made which was referenced in some posts...

Leaving for a cruise Saturday. All systems nominal in the pool. Plenty of chlorine, plenty of CYA, reasonable acid demand. I will drop the pH before I leave. We will be gone for 8 days. All the run times and everything are automatic and in the contro panel. Anything else I should consider...

Don't know if this will get any responses out there, but we shall see.. Does anyone have / use a wearable swim tracker for laps? I'm considering one and looking for suggestions. It would be nice if it would work in 2 modes--first by distance and laps. The pool is only 34 feet long, so...

So here's a curiosity question for the collective..... What do you use as a backwashing frequency? My pool builder advised me to backwash when our filter pressure started to rise and got about the 13-15 psi range (We have a quad 60 DE filter for 12K water). However, I haven't seen it above...

Our pool light (Pentair Intellibrite) (controlled by Pentair Easy Touch 8) seems to have developed a problem.:( It will only display the blue light. No other color will light up, no shows will play. If you switch to any other light color, the light simply fades out. If you switch to any...

When FC is greater then 10, I know the pH reading isn't valid. However, is the pH consistently higher than what it reads or consistently lower than what is being read? Thanks.

So the salt cell hasn't been 'on' of course due to low water temps and low salt. After 120 pounds of salt added in after winter rains, tests say 3200 ppm. Salt cell still says 2750 but it will change tomorrow when it restarts. It never updates during the day. TA 70 pH 8 CYA 40 CH 270 temp 70...

Later this summer, during the height of Texas heat, we will be away for 9 days. I'm not worried about FC as the salt cell will be on and running and dialed back in. However, with a pump run time of 12 hours and 3 sconces, the pH does rise. Are there any short-term solutions to controlling pH...

Pool water temp rising. Up to 71. Will sink some more over the next couple of days with rain. Have maintained everything pretty well over the winter with bleach. Spinning up the salt cell. Tested today and salt level was 2200 which matches what salt cell said at 2150. Have had huge amounts...

I'd like to understand the CSI and corrosive to plaster aspect a bit more in depth. The impetus for this question is that this is of course winter and pool temps have plummeted. Since temp can't be controlled, only pH can be. CH and TA also play a role obviously, but even a 0.2 difference in...

Side conversation spit off of this post. JasonLion Thers a patent application out there for using melamine to reduce CYA.http://www.google.com/patents/US20130186837 have absolutely NO idea as to its status or viability. Just thought it was an interesting search result. Apparently green water...

This is a a largely academic discussion because my phosphates test at zero.... However that was not the case several months ago...(they were at 3500) I would like to understand some 'detail' behind this issue apart from the standard answer I see of of don't worry about it....because TFP...

So during the summer, when my salt cell was at 60% and a 12 hour run time, I was adding ~4ppm per day. Chlorine stayed pretty consistent, so drop was about 4ppm per day. In this season, with reduced sunlight, I'm seeing about 1.5 to 2 ppm loss per day. CYA is at 70. So that equates to...

So I have a question. Have seen several posts here over the past few days that state they have never calculated CSI. It was my understanding that's a rather critical index to know. Perhaps that's only true for the more newbies amongst us? Playing with Pool Math as the temperature goes down...