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Aloha, it has been a little while since I last post. Too much fun in the water, year round!. Anyways, I have the pool that I made from a 20' x8'x8' deep shipping container, that needs to be refurbished. I have some minor leaks, so mostly the Poly Urea lining I used is starting to blister...

Aloha, I have been using my converted 20' container year round for almost 2 years and wondering if I am doing enough to keep the water clean? (runs 80-83 degrees year round). Basically I put in about a quart of bleach from Costco a day and once a week I check and tune the PH and Chlorine...

Aloha, now I am as confused as ever about FC and CYA levels. I went to the local pool store to verify my water check methods. My FC and CC and CYA and PH levels were almost the same as the results at the pools store. They were FC 1.8 CC 2.2 CYA 91 PH 7.9 TA 112 The lady said the CC...

Aloha, given I have a 8x20 pool, 7' deep with 90 degree "corrugated" sides, made form a shipping container what is the best pool automatic floor sweeper for me? I would like: 1: non electric, propelled by water 2: Cheap $100-$200 used range 3: can any attempt to clean the vertical sides...

Aloha all. I got a Hayward Super 2 Pump without the motor and the specs say that it can take from 1/2hp up to a 3 hp motor. Although 1/2 to 3 hp is a lot of difference, I do not see what pumping GPM will change if it is the same pump. (obviously a 1/2 motor may be straining to maintain 3450...

Aloha all, I have installed 2 4x20 "sungrabbers" along with my DIY solar panel consisting of 1500' of 1/2 irrigation tubing. See the setup and the tests I have been doing for the last 3 days at DIY Heater tuning/setup thread (july 18). I also installed a 3/4 hp Jacuzzi pump in parallel with...

Aloha all, I have a few odd problems with my DIY setup as described below: I am using a 1/8 hp pool pump for my 7800 gallon pool so I get very little or no pressure on the filter gauge, so it is hard to figure out how much water to divert to the solar heater. If I adjust much under 4 gpm I...

Aloha, everyone. I found it hard to get the solar 20' heater off ebay shipped to Hawaii at a reasonable price, so I decided to fashion one of my own. Here it is. 1: 500' of the irrigation black pipe from home depot 2: It is coiled on the top of a 8'x20' container starting along the outside...

Aloha, All, How do I get on top of the chlorine levels? I bought the blue floater at Home Depot and put in 3" tablets but some days chlorine is very low according to the vial test kit, so I shock the pool with 1/2# bag or so. The next day it may be too much chlorine and I pull the floater out...

Aloha, all. Is there a simple way to keep the bottom of the pool clean? I notice areas where dirt/etc tends to accumulate that makes it easier to clean that ONE area every day and thereby maybe only cleaning the whole pool one or so a week. I have a German Shepard that only sheds once a...

Aloha all, I have the Hayward 1200 cartridge filter system which is way large for my system. I clean it and in a few hours out put is down to a trickle again. I went and bought a new cartridge and it is pumping with great flow and water is much cleaner. Soooo what in my cartridge cleaning...

Aloha, all. I made a 8x20x 8 foot deep pool from a shipping container and now have a few questions. It is above ground and with careful welding and sealing and sealing with a "Rhino - type lining. Please take a stab at a couple of them please 1: It is 7000 gallons and since I am on solar and...