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Hi guys, had a catastrophe with a liner i bought 2 years ago and now have to replace it. Freak accident and the liner got a huge tear that was not fixable. Anyway, i found a really good deal a liner made by pegasus. Do you guys have any insite good or bad on this company? Im going to install...

Hi guys, Really upset a tear in our new liner. We had a lot of rain that cause our line to pop out of the track. Long story short I ended up with a 4' vertical tear in the deep en of our pool. Tear starts at water line and moves down towards the deep end. Just replaced this liner a year ago...

Hi guys, Back washed my new 6020 Hayward de filter setup. When adding de, I added the 7.5lbs it said on the filter. After reading post on here I noticed you guys say to add 80% after backwashing. Filter appears to be running fine, but should I backwash it out again and start over? What do you...

Hi, 1. I am confused on how to use the 3 timer setting on my pump. Is it possible to use 1 setting or does the pump automatically switch between the 3 settings? 2. How do I get it to run 24 hrs? I set the start and stop time as the same time but that didn't work to disable the timer. 3. When...

When I run our vs pump at low rpm "1000rpm" the swg lights come on? I know the salt isn't low... Should I not continue to do this and is this normal to have lights on at low rpm's? Thanks

Hi guys, Just installed new Hayward max-flo vs pump with Hayward pro grid de filter. I am trying to take advantage of the lower rpm settings and want to set it to turnover water once every 24hrs... Pool is around 32000 gallons Piping is 1 1/2 Pro grid de filter 10psi at full speed with filter...

Hi guys, I am currently running a 1hp single stage pump and a ta60 aquatech sand filter. After problem after problem we have decided to switch to a newer setup. We would like to stay around $1200-$1500 but really just want what's gonna work best. We want to go with a vs or 2 speed pump and a...

Hi guys, Long story short ended up draining and refilling the pool, turned the pumps on yesterday and everything was fine. Woke up today, got pump going after it lost is prime and it sprayed brownish greenish water from the jets. Did this to me a couple of weeks ago also. I have a Auquatec...

Hi guys, I have been slamming my pool now for about 10 or more days with very minimal changes to the water. I have over 30 gallons of bleach so far and I'm concerned about it clearing up. The backstory is my pump needed repair which cause me to shut down the filtration and obviously caused...

Hi guys, I'm in the middle of slamming my pool (day 2) and was thinking of adding some DE to help. Is this something I should do during slamming the pool or not? Didn't know if this would make a difference. Also do you guys really notice a difference when adding is product? Thanks so much, Cody

Hi guys, I'm struggling with the constant oh rise in my pool. Usually my ta is around 60-70 and my ph will bounce up every 2 days or so and I have to us acid to bring it down. I noticed the other day my ta had dropped real low to 20ppm, but when my ta was low I had no ph bounce...is there a...

Hi guys, I have a swg and my levels are Fc 3-4 Cc 0 Ph 8.0 Ta 60 Ch 50 Cya 70 I seem to always have a rising ph. It has been raining here a little more than usual but I was wondering how often it should be rising.? Should it stay locked in for weeks or does it just depend on many factors?

Hi guys, my pump continues to loose it's prime and I 'm searching the problem. I removed my filters valve which is a pentair hi flow 6 way valve. I noticed the spider gasket appears to be messed up, but I also notice a part in the valve body which looked broken. Please take a look and let me...

Hi, my pool pump for a while looses its prime when the timer shuts off. I return home from work and sometimes the pump is just running dry. I recently replaced the mechanical seal, and o rings on the pump and lid. It has progressively gotten worse, now it will not prime itself...it needs to be...

My circupool si system which is about 4 months old is reading check cell? Does anyone know what to do for this? Water is balanced well and salt level is 3400.

Hi guys, I need to slam my pool as it turned green while I was repairing my pump motor. I am adjusting my ph down to 7.4 and currently my cya is low at 30. Should I raise my cya before song or just go ahead with it. Thanks guys

Hi guys here are my numbers for my swg pool... fc-4.5 cc-0 ak-130 ph-7.8 ch-40 cya-65 Im raising cya to 70-80 at the moment, ill be adding acid to lower ph but what should i do about TA? What is the best way to lower? I read in pool school for a swg i shold have it around 70-80 i believe.

I moved this question i had in another section to here. I should have posted it here first...My circupool si45 is reading high salt sometimes i noticed. Its showing 4700ppm on the unit? It still says generating but the high salt level is flashing sometimes. If i need too lower the salt level...

Hi guys, so it took about 7 days but i finally have my water crystal clear, i passed the ofct, and no cc in the pool. I have a circupool swg that i want to turn on for the first time. What should i adjust next as I'm not sure if my other levels are good. FC 9 PH 7.8 TA 100-110 CYA 45-60 (I'm...

My circupool si45plus is reading 4200ppm and my test strip is reading 4000ppm. Is this too high? Everything is working great, just didn't remember what the recommended salt level is?

Hi guys, I started slamming my pool today as the water was In bad shape... Here's my situation, my cya was at 0. I added 4 lbs of stabilizer in a sock that's currently dissolving. I added bleach and my fc is at 12 currently. I know I probably should have waited until my cya was up but the water...

I have a taylor 2006 test kit...i am out of the powder used to test for chlorine and was wondering if there is an alternative to this powder? I like using drops much more plus the pool store here doesn't have the powder in stock, instead they have drops for testing. Basically is there a benefit...

Hi guys I just finishing my swg install and just tested my water and am ready to start balancing for the season but kinda confused what to attack first...here's my readings. The water doesn't look so good, cloudy and maybe a hint of green. I added 22 40lb bags of salt 24rs ago and my swg is off...

Hi, just finished my install of circupool si45+. Dumped my salt in and I am waiting to start the cell up. I was wondering when do you guys use super-chlorinate? The pool water looks ok but has had no chlorine in it for about a week or so. There is debris on the bottom but water looks decent, not...

Hi guys, I just receive my circupool si45. I just picked up the 800+ lbs of salt from home depot and am curious the best way to add to the pool? I have a 32000 gallon vinyl pool with a sand filter. Thanks

Hi guys, I am a current bbb method user and have been for atleast 6-7 months. I have a pool with around 32,000 gallons and am finding that it is tough to keep up with bleach and am considering a swg instead of chlorine tablets. I have several questions... In the case of my pool I feel a swg...

Hi I need to adjust my ph down a bit from 7.8 and bring my FC up from 1.5ppm. All my other levels are great....basically my question is should I adjust these at the same time or one at a time? Thanks

Hi guys, new to the forum. I read all the pool school articles and things I should before I joined so I would have some what of a clue before I ask questions. First off I just drained and refilled 80% of my 30000 gallon pool due to a very high cya level. My cya is now down to around 30ppm, but...