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    Using pool pump for fire protection

    I love this forum. Here's a slightly different kind of pool problem. I live in a high risk fire area. Three years ago a fire swept through, and destroyed 32 out of 200 homes in the area. My next door neighbor's house burned to the ground. I was lucky, mine survived with very little damage...
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    Pool lights tripping GFI

    When I turn on my pool lights, after about 15 minutes a ground fault plug next to my Jandy Aqualink panel trips. I believe the wiring goes: Breaker ---> GFI outlet -----> Pool light relay ----> pool lights (2) ...........................................................|...
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    Aquarite generating 0 CL, but passes test

    My T-CELL-15 has stopped generating CL. Yesterday, I ran it for 10 hours at 100%, and the CL level did not change. The cell is only a year old. I’ve had it tested at two different pool stores and it passed at both. I’ve cleaned the cell. The Aquarite diagnostics indicate 25.7 volts (a...
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    Question on FAS-DPD test kit

    I just got the Taylor FAS-DPD test kit. I already have a regular Taylor DPD test kit (chemicals are a few months old). My target FC level is 6 ppm (I have a SWG with 80 ppm CYA). First I measured the chlorine with the regular DPD kit. Because it measures 0-5 ppm, I diluted the pool sample...
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    Aqua Rite not generating enough chlorine

    I have a 5 year old Aqua Rite chlorine generator with a T-Cell-15. For the first 5 years it worked great. Now it seems to generate about half the chlorine it used to. Normally I set the output rate at 50% during the summer, but now I have it set to 100%, and it still can't keep the chlorine...