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  1. whitemok

    Pentair remote control

    It works fine but is there a booster? Need to catch another 20feet.
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    white shave ice

    I dont have white flakes but i do have soft white shave ice looking floating on the bottom. Here is my test: water temp 88 FC 3.0 pH 8.0 TA 80 CH 250 CYA 30 SALT 3440 CSI -0.2 PHOSPHATE 200 Just backwashed. Just cleaned cell. From day one. It has never gone away. Every week i have to...
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    I cant remember

    When my heater is on, the display is showing three digit 322. I think this is the temperature of the output metal vent cover or combustion air intak. How do i get my temperature back to display?
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    Endless spa

    I refill the water through the filter line. I still have air locks. I purge out all the lines. I still can't get the pump to circulate . Am i doing something wrong?
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    Easy touch and heater

    Where do I get this wire? See pic
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    Heater is whistling

    Yesterday a newly installed sta rite heater was whistling after turning on. I know it's the gas/air mixture problem, should I worry? Should I fix? Should I call the gas company? They just installed the gas line last week.
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    Pump . What is this for?

    What is this for? Please see attachment
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    pH reducers

    my experience I've used muriatic acid to lower pH. I'm finding on the internet, there are pH reducers. Has anyone use the pH reducers?
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    portable vaccum system

    i'm torn buying either the Tomcat Top Gun Phoenix Portable Pool Vacuum Tomcat Top Gun Phoenix Portable Pool Vacuum Tomcat Parts or the Mini Portable Fountain Vacuum System Mini Portable Fountain Vacuum System what you would buy?
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    Sand filter pressure guage

    I have a pentair tr140 sand filter. Why does the sand filter pressure gauge crack?
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    Temperature not on the same page

    I have a master temp heater. Heater temperature and SPA temperature are not on the same page. The SPA temperarure is 100 but my heater setpoint is 70 because i have to compensate. If i set the heater setpoint to 100, itll get way too hot like 115. Im thinking thermostor or control board....
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    Salt is like spicy food reaction

    A pool i encounter had a problem of weekly brown out ( poop). The pool technician believes because of the high level of salt, its making people go bathroom. It makes sense but do i belieive it. What do you pool salt expert think hahahaa?
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    Tricky decision

    The power went out and will be for a week. No pumps. Circulation nothing. I will not be able to drain pool (41,0000 gallons). It will get cloudy soon. Should i shock and try to balance during the meantime until the power come on?. I also have a portable vacuum that let water waste away from pool...
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    Exhaust hot on my heater

    I have pentair sta rite heater sr 400hd. My heater is somehow getting too hot. Knocking off at 350- 450 degrees. O know its suppose to knockoff at 480 degrees. All my sensors are good and it is igniting no problem. Thermal regulator is good. No red light or any diagnostic light comes on. Im...
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    Tds testing

    Can i test my pool for TDS with the Taylor K2006 Pool Water FAS-DPD Chlorine Test Kit?
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    Chemical prevention

    What is the best chemical prevention for algae?
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    Rpm horsepower

    Using a multimeter, how do you test RPM on a motor?
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    Won't stop bleeding

    I have a tritron tr140 sandfilter. Pentair 15lb. Capacity HC3315 bromine feeder. A chemtrol 250 orp & pH control. It use to stop bleeding when opening the lid assembly. This week it won't stop bleeding. Sand filter pressure valve is filled. Pump strainer full primed. Chemtrol is off. Both...
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    soda ash and baking soda

    I have an extra bag of soda ash and I would like to raise the TA in my pool. I normally use sodium bi-carbonate but a little mistake in the delivery request so they just let us have the soda ash bag. Is it bad to add Soda ash when normally only add sodium bi-carbonate? -Aloha, 174,000...
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    green plaster

    Is there a way I can clean the bottom of the plaster without acid washing? I don't mind draining most of the water...
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    clear but not clear

    Ok. the water is balance etc... When I do a check in the morning , the whole spa is clear. The afternoon comes around (Hawaii, sun) the water over the bench is clear but the water on the bottom is green. I know it has nothing to do with chemistry. I think the plaster on the bottom is slightly...
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    High alkalinity

    FC 3 Ph 7.1 TA 150 CH 150 I am really high in TA but I need to the pH to rise. I increase the pH or TA by using Soda ash. Now If I add any more Soda ash, the TA will go up as well. What gives? Thanks.
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    pool math

    If my previous results are: pH: 7.4 Bromine: 4 Alkalinity: 60 Calcium: 200 Using "effects from adding chemical: from pool math. How do I determine how much my pH will increase by 0.1? Raise alk by 48? I input 16oz of baking soda. It says: raise TA by 48 and raise pH by 0.1 Thanks. Aloha 1500...
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    Alkalinity and pH

    I have a reading of: PH- 7.5 Chlorine- 2 Alkalinity- 40 Calcium- 200 I would like to raise my alkalinity to 100 but I don't want my ph to raise also... If I put in 3 lbs of bi- carbonate then my ph will be out of range.
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    All but one skimmer

    All of sudden one skimmer stop working. What are some of the troubleshooting that I can do?
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    Chlorine overpowering alkalinity

    When doing a reading of alkalinity. I couldn't because my chlorine level was so high. Is there a way to read alkalinity when chlorine level is high?
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    Strange chlorine

    The pool already had a high chlorine reading of 10. I turned off the feeder to drop the chlorine. Next day someone turned off the moter so the pool became green. Next day I shocked it . I also drained half of 40000 gallons and refill it. At this point I still left the feeder off until the...
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    Scaling every where but calcium really low

    White lines and Scaling on the water level but the test tells me that calcium level is low! Wow. I thought it was gonna be so high. Can low calcium cause Scaling? Anyone know a chemical removal/dissolving of whitelines on tiles?
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    Backwash using a cartridge filter

    There is no multi-port on the cartridge filter. Is there a way to backwash?
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    Muriatic acid ratio

    Using a 50 gallon drum. What is the ratio of acid to water? Right now I am doing 1:5