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Hi everyone! I have a raypak 206A that has been operating pretty constant since we purchased this house about 4 years ago. We're not sure of the age of the heater or the pool (house was foreclosed), but we're experiencing an issue where the heater goes off within a couple minutes of firing up...

For the past several days I have been taking FC and CC values using the drop method, and I am showing zero for FC AND CC values. I have all green indicators on my IC40, and have pushed to 100% chlorine output with no change. The odd thing is the pool continues to stay clear with no sign of...

Long story short, we had a huge torrential rain last weekend that caused my pool water to rise so much that the skimmers closed, and the pump shut off, thinking there was a blockage. We ended up with a ton of dirt in the pool that we cleaned, and swam all week in the pool. When I got home...

Hey everyone...I am certain this question goes beyond a lot of the forum content, but being the fact that I now have a variable speed pump installed, I started to wonder the heating efficiency of water at various flow rates, and whether a heater can be more effective by heating water more...

We have gotten the CY finally above 60, and our PH is holding at 7.5, even though our TA is still at 160. We turned on the SWG 2 nights ago, and at first saw our FC raise from 3 to 5. I turned production down to 20% on the SWG, but testing last night showed Ph holding, CYA at 60 and FC was now...

Hey everybody. First off, here are my last set of numbers, taken with a TF-100 kit, just about 30 minutes ago: TA 210 CA 160 CYA 58 Ph 7 FC 8 CC .5 I want it verify my thoughts with the board regarding how to bring down the TA and keep the PH here it should be. Because the two are linked...

Hey all. I am through the shocking process and now bringing my FC level down to maintenance levels. I have been in the process over the past several days of raising the CYA through the pantyhose method, but it is going slowly. Here's my results as I just tested: CYA 45 PH 7.5 FC 8.5 CC 1...

Hi all. I have just converted over to a robotic system, leaving my pressure-side unit at this point an antiquated . I am reworking the remainder of the pad this weekend, and will be converting the rest over to 2" (including the section that "T's" off the return line and goes to the pump...

Hey all. Part of my rationale of getting an intelliflo VS +SVRS was to save on my energy costs by running the pump at a lower RPM. I have a 18x36 IG with 2 skimmers and 1 main drain, all running 1.5" to the pad, where I have converted to 2" right before the valve. I have a Sta-Rite DE filter...

Ling story short, we bought a house where the pool hadn't been opened in 2 years. Everything is relatively going well except a good portion of the winter cover hooks appear to be stuck, and I can't turn them back down. It looks to be a 1/4" hex wrench. Does anybody have a solution that has...

Hi all. Im almost through the shocking process, and spending a lot of time vacuuming and then subsequently running the hose all afternoon to fill the water level back. Is there any robotic cleaner out there that is capable of dealing with copious amounts of dead algae on the pool floor? Thanks!

I'm in the final stages of the shocking process, where I have a slight amount of algae left to kill off before getting into "phase 2" where I will be introducing the salt into the pool and powering up my IC40. At times I believe I'm "over thinking" the process, but when should I start cutting...

Hi all! I'm in day 3 of the shocking process, starting with 0 TC and a CYA of 40. I have been successful at managing the TC level to be at shock level (16 is target number), but with all the algae I'm killing off, it is causing me to back wash my DE several times a day, which has lowered the...

Hi all. I'm new both as a pool owner and a forum member. I have a 18x16 Vinyl IG with a S8d110 DE filter. I'm in the process of checking the fC and CC levels every hour and then adding the appropriate amount of chorine to get up to shock level. Is it common during this process to have to...

Hi all. I have been battling this all during the overnight with no avail. I purchased a home with an existing 18x36 vinyl IG pool with DE filter, 2 skimmers and main drain running 1 1/2" to the pad. Before starting it up, I switched out the old pump for an Intelliflo VS+SVRS and IC40 SWG...

First off, this site has proved to be invaluable for someone (like myself) that has been thrust into pool ownership via existing home purchase. As a newbie, I decided to have the company that installed the pool come out to verify my SWG and Intelliflo pump installation were correct, and to give...

Hi all! I'm a new pool owner who bought a house with an existing 16x32 in ground pool with vinyl liner. I made the decision to convert from the old puck system with an IC 40 SWG and upgrade the old pump with an intelliflo. Both of these units have 2", and the original system was pumped using...

Hi all. Thanks for the great information on the board! For a new pool owner (I didn't even realize there was a pool the first time we did a walk-through on the house we bought because there was so much snow), I'm finding this world isn't as mysterious as I once had. After doing some research...