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    Electrical bonding - Splicing to existing green #8 jumper bond and other bonding questions

    I have 3 parts to my question concerning bonding: 1. Previous owner cut the existing #8 green bonding jumper that is attached to a lug inside the wet light niche and covered with potting compound. There is 8” dangling into the wet niche. Can I use butt connectors with shrink insulation (which...
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    Borates are rising

    Why would my borates be rising? I started around 30 and used the app to figure how much to add to get to 40. After a few weeks it appeared to drop to about 35, so I recomputed and added more Mule team borax. It went to 45-50. 3 weeks later I checked it and is was nearing 100. Now, 2 more weeks...
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    Replacing Hayward Colorlogic with PoolTone

    I would like to replace my 12v Hayward Colorlogic led light with a pool tone 12v led light. I have a plastic niche which has a green stranded wire which to my knowledge has never been used. I have 2 questions: 1) Colorlogic light has no ground wire, but PoolTone does. I’ve read that the ground...
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    Broken Hayward light niche

    I wonder if I’ve broken off the retention tab inside the pool light niche at the 6:00 position . Is there a way to add one back or build one without removing niche?
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    Hayward light niche

    I removed my Hayward Colorlogic light since the bottom of the light had loosened in the niche placed in gunite pool. Upon investigation I noticed a groove in the bottom of the niche, but nothing like a lip or metal or anything for the clip on the light at the 6:00 position to latch on to. Does...
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    PoolMath vs. Pool Calculator

    I like the way that PoolMath keeps a running record, is convenient to use on cell phone, etc. but it seemed that the oldpool calculator handled “what if”scenarios in a manner that allowed you to see what effect adding a chemical would have on all other chemistry. To me, doing additions on paper...
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    Total Alkalinity = Zero per stores; 80 per TFT kit

    When i test my TA on my 27,000 gallon plaster pool with chlorine generator using the TF100 kit, I routinely get 70-80 ppm with ph from 7.4 - 7.8 and very little fluctuation. I didn't add any baking soda at startup, but used borax instead. I have super clear and clean water and only add...