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    Broken PVC Sleeves on Pentair SWC 60

    After I scale-cleaned my Pentair SWC, i overtightened the sleeves and broke them. To be fair, these are the original ones, as the installers glued everything in such a way that i could not put the replacement sleeves onto the system, without tearing the plumbing all up. I did break the old...
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    pool jets not working well

    Moved from here. our club pool is having a some problems with 1/2 the return jets...they seem weak, i'm told. I'll try to get some pictures of the pool house valves to post. We had a capacitor on the pump replaced recently...I was asked to help out after some poor servicing and overcharging...
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    Taylor CY test vs Pool Store CY test

    Moved from here. I belong to a small town private club. Anyway, our pool person...wasn't doing a great job. I have got the pH, FC and ALK back, and today i tested CYA w/ new TFP CYA test kit, and it was nearly 0. for 80,000 pounds, i'm having our guy put in 20 pounds of CYA...then i'll wait a...
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    Chlorox pucks

    I use liquid chlorine/bleach, muriatic acid and baking soda for most of my pool chemistry adjustments. Cyanuric acid if testing deems it. So, anyway, went away on vacation and before I went, I bought some of those pucks, just as an insurance policy. I didn't realize they had copper in...
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    Pool Becomming Cloudy

    My FC is > 4 and my PH is ~6.8...i've put in FC, gallon of shock (couldn't make it to costco, had to get hardware store inventory of Pool shock) and i'm big on keeping my PH good (i'd put two gallons in which lowered my pH..large concrete pool) . It was super clear two days ago, but now is...