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    pump not working

    okay a few days ago i made a post asking about water spewing from the pump, well i changed the shaft seal, turned it on. it hummed for a few minutes then went out. can this be fixed or am i in need of a new pump? it no longer comes on.
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    pump spewing water

    Help, i awoke this morning with water spewing from my pump. The water level was below the swimmer. I need to see if incandescent fix this myself to save money. Any feedback would be helpful. I posed pics and a video. Thanks
  3. J

    bubbles coming from return jet

    I have noticed bubbles coming from the return. I think it is causing my ph to rise. Dont recall seeing them. Is this normal.
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    ph keeps rising

    i like to keep my chlorine level at 6-7, i noticed the every time i add bleach to my pool my ph rises, is this normal? I then find myself battling with the ta, because when i add acid it lowers the ta as well. cya 50 ta 80 ch 300 fc 5 cc 0 ph 7.2( added acid to lower it, was 7.7)
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    testing CYA

    Please help me. Is there any other way to test for cya? My eyes are playing tricks on me. This is the hardest test for me to determine. Ph - 7.3 Ta - 90 Ch - 300 Fc - 11.5(shocked recently) Cc - 0 Cya - looks to be 50 I need another way to test for cya..... frustrated.
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    percentages for the pool calculator

    Hi, I'm going to add bleach in order to raise my fc level to 7 per the Pool School, based on my cya, but i'm confused at to what numbers to put in the percentage cell on the Pool Calculator for the bleach. do i add the percentage of Sodium Hypochlorite listed on the label or the percentage of...
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    algae inside lighting unit

    hi, i drained 40% of my pool water to lower my cya and i noticed algae inside of the light housing unit, can someone please tell me how to remove it to cleaned before i refill. Don't know the name of the unit but i have a 24' round 11,200 galllon AG vinyl cartride filter can some tell me how...
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    shocking my pool

    hello everyone, i'm new to this and have a question... after spending $40 dollars on bleach trying to shock a green pool, i was running out of time and money so i put 5 lbs of cal-hypo in the pool two days ago, it's back to blue with cloudiness. i know my test are not accurate with the pool in...