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Meet Marshmallow (not sold on the name yet but it’s growing on me …) - She is Meringues little sister (from the same parents) - As you can see, they are spitting images of one another. Marshmallow still has her puppy fur which is a bit darker than Meringue’s so we’ll see how that changes...

Today was a case of the sadz for me ... my IC60 appears to have moisture escaping from the seem under the top cap that holds the membrane pad. The electronics and membrane pad are potted into the top of the PVC body and thermally sealed. It’s not a great design. I was out there a week ago and...

Sadly, these stories happen every year - https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/06/14/5-sent-hospital-after-receiving-burns-chlorine-being-mixed-pool/ Pool chemicals, no matter what they are, should NEVER be mixed inside a house. Hopefully the family recovers.

Ok … who loves their moka pot - I certainly realize that a nerd-filled pool forum will likely have a high percentage of coffee brewing snobs so let’s not start any Coffee Wars here! I’m just looking for some fellow travelers who love a good stove top espresso and are willing to share tips...

Ok, that title was totally click bait but I just tested my RO kitchen sink tap since I’m changing out the carbon and sediment filters today. The membrane is good for 5+ years but the sediment and GAC filters (pre- and post- polishing filters) are important for keeping the membrane clean...

I kinda knew this was going to happen but decided to do it anyway ... You can see my PoolMath logs for the latest test results. I added an 8oz start up dose of SKILL-IT algaecide (BioDex) to see if it would help with wasp control. We have mud-daubers (paper wasps) around here and they...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colorado-farmers-right-to-repair_n_6448159ce4b04997b5743940 Interesting development. All political leanings aside, this should be interesting to watch. I believe there are several European countries that require this already - manufacturers must make all a spare...

Ok, that just makes me not Smile 😢 Feb 2023 AmazonSmile comes to an end. I guess Jeff Bezos needs more billions to spend on his phallic rockets and his girlfriend …

Hahah. Ok, I’m no James Cameron raking in billions on a cheesy Smurf remake movie, but I can be joyful and make some noise (see what I did there 😉) about my latest purchase - Speed Queen TC5 washer and DC5 dryer set! Woooo hoooo!!!! Low complexity (love the knobs and buttons) and high...

Now this is some fun science - https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 I’m a big fan of going back to adding pozzolans and asbestos to all my concrete work!! And now I just need to get a rig setup to do “hot pours”!! If it’s good enough for the Romans, then it’s...

Check out this segment on CNBC - If LC was getting harder to find, a rail strike is going to make it all but impossible. Be prepared for supply disruptions across the board on pool chemicals.

Hey y'all ... title says it. This morning I awoke to a flood in my walk in closet. The closet room shares a common wall with an outside utility closet where the original builder of these homes STUFFED the HVAC furncae/air-handler and one of the 50-gallon tank gas water heaters (my house has...

... asking for a friend .... ok, not really. As the title explicitly asks - anyone? I've had some water issues lately that have cost me a bundle and could have been averted with a simple notification system. Also, my water utility sucks in terms of any kind of feedback from their meter (you...

Looking for internal eyeballs 👀 to flush mount return fittings. These look like Aquastar type ones but not quite - These are 3/4” opening but I’m looking for 1/2”. I have one return eyeball I’d like to cut down the flow on so I can push more water further down the return line to a far side...

https://academic.oup.com/jimb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jimb/kuab084/6426183 This article was published last November. The authors are affiliated with KIK Industries. KIK is a Canadian firm that basically is one of largest manufacturers of industrial chlorine products in North America...

We had a severe micro-burst storm (cyclonic winds, rain and hail) descend right onto our neighborhood. Only a few square miles were affected and I think our homes were right in the middle of the storm. That mesquite tree was probably about 20-25 years old and stood probably 30-40ft tall with a...

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbc-ultimate-slip-n-slide-halts-production-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak :ROFLMAO: That gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “slip ‘n slide” 🤭🤢 Recreational water illness (RWI) is real people, learn from this so it never happens to you … 🧐

This is a pretty cool home building project - I wonder if a technique like this could be extended to pools? Especially the air-gap double walled design could allow for really thermally efficient pools 🧐

Well, I think we've reached the "hospice care" stage of SWG ownership. After 8 years of trouble-free use (generating chlorine from early March until mid-December every year), I think my IC-40 is on the way out. About 1-1/2 months ago I got a CLEAN CELL warning on my ET panel with a flashing...

Does anyone know if the 24VAC power to the CVA needs to be balanced across the three wires - L1 - 12VAC COM - 0V L2 - -12VAC or does it just have to be 24VAC across the two “hot” leads? I ask because I have some old defunct CVA’s that I’d like to bench test and I have a 3-wire 24VAC plug in...

I had to replace my water temperature sensor (Pentair 10k thermistor) as the wire got chewed through by a rat (I also reorganized a lot of the control wiring around my pad). But when I went to pull the thermistor from the discharge pipe, I noticed it was very hard to take out. At first I...

Cool stuff going on in Pasadena today ... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv And it’s got its own drone helicopter to fly!! Those aliens can run, but they can’t hide 👽

Meet Meringue (like the pie topping), our 8 week old GoldenDoodle -

It started out with small patch of pink flamingo and I was ok with that because I was keeping my levels right where the pool store told me to and I gave it a good brushing....then all of sudden it turned into a pack of llamas!?!?! I used my test strips and all the colors say "OK" .... what can...

I ran my cleaner yesterday and took it out of the pool but did not clean it until this morning (too busy yesterday). I found this in the filter basket - It’s a dive-ring toy. Now the opening on the bottom of the cleaner is just a little bigger than the diameter of the ring but I would have...

So yes, it can happen to even the most seasoned of us.... This morning I was out by my pool testing my water using my K-1004 "Troubleshooter" test kit after making some adjustments the day before. It's nice because I can easily do pH, TA and FC/CC tests with it. The chlorine test is a color...

I wanted to document this on the forum threads since this issue got diagnosed and solved via PM. First, let me give total credit to our esteemed forum expert @JamesW for helping me to diagnose, test and fix this heater issue. James' help saved me from calling in a "pool service" guy and...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v1.full.pdf The above link is an research paper posted on an open-source medical archive that has not been peer reviewed yet. However, it contains some early data on the survival rates of the SARS-CoV-1 virus which is very similar to...

There are many threads on this topic but I just wanted to report that the Flow/Temp sensor in my IC40 that I purchased roughly about a year ago failed (not exactly sure when I installed it) ...:cautious: It was the Pentair OEM replacement (the $99 model on Amazon) so that was a costly $100 for...

https://gizmodo.com/state-fair-hot-tubs-probably-spread-deadly-legionnaires-1838786238 :sick: