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Had a friend buy a house with a pool and he asked me to show him how to test and balance the water. I take my trusty tfp 100 test kit and find his CYA is over 100 - about 120. I tell him ita too high and how to lower it. He calls his pool guy who tells him it's fine as long as its under 150...

I'm going to check on Monday with the builder, but is there anything special about the GFCI outlet? Looks like the power to the main board and the lights are coming off that outlet. I have a 20amp 125v installed, but it feels hot around the display.

The time setting on my aqualogic control panel keeps changing It's hard to get the pumps to run at the right time when the time keeps changing any ideas?

Ok I'm having a helluva time getting my pump to prime. It used to be occasional but now it's every morning. I have to pull the lid of, fill the pot with water and repeat - sometimes many times before it will prime. In the pic below, the faucet right above the fault definitely has a leak. I...

I've had an ongoing problem with a high pressure reading on my Hayward cartridge filter. I read up on mas95's sticky and eliminated a couple of causes. High filter PSI, check: Dirty Filter Cleaned today Return valves may be set improperly or partially off Checked those - they're set right...

It looks like the tip of this part broke off. Is it important? Hayward Cx4000z3 Air Relief Tube

How do you get the motor seperated from the lid part? I don't know if I just need to pull with a massive amount of brute strength or if there is a trick to it.

I got the error code on my Aqualogic PS8 that read "No Cell Power 2". I Googled the code and found a great source of info at http://www.nocellpower.com/. Anyway I don't want to steal their thunder, but I followed the steps required and I got it fixed. I replaced a part that cost 2.50 cents...

The display on my aqualogic says no flow under diagnostic even though there obviously is flow. I'm guessing the flow sensor is bad. I'll order one, but is there any way to fix the flow sensor or is it not worth the trouble? I pulled it out and looked at it - nothing appeared wrong with it.

I've maintained a good relationship with my builder - even recommended them to others. They built as good pool and have followed up with everything they said they would do. I guess as a thank you for my recommendations to others, they dropped this off today while I was at work: Goldline...

But this pool float is awesome. 25 bucks at leslies. the yellow part is all mesh and you soak in the pool. Not very useful for reading or a cold beverage but for vegetating, I highly recommend. Also it has some eyelets and clasps so you and your sweetie can "hook up" so to speak. It's...

I have a valve that I think is going bad (per pool company). It's the valve that turns when I go from pool to spa mode. Is it possible that this valve can make my filter pressure go up? I just cleaned my filter a couple of weeks ago and got the PSI to drop from 30 to 20. It's back up to 26...

saw them win tonight. Darrin Erstad threw out the tying run at the plate in the 9th to end it. They better pick up some bullpen help or they're in trouble. The relievers have a tendency to spontaneously combust - frequently

A friend of mine has one that is used with a 28K gallon pool. The product literature says it's for pools up to 12K gallons. He runs his pump 13 hours aday with the chlorinator set to 100%. Is there any situation where this is OK? Did the pool builder know something I don't? I told him I...

In anticipation of the summer high energy months, a few folks I know were talking about running their pumps every other day. That doesn't seem feasible to me - I know what mine looked at after a day without a pump. What do you guys think?

Anybody get their stimulus checks yet? Got mine today. Think I'm gonna go to Mexico to help stimulate the US economy.

The valve that turns when I go from pool to spa work ok when I'm in pool mode, but when I switch to spa it just turns in circles. I had the builder out yesterday and he told me there was water in the valve. How does that happen? Was I negligent or is this just something that's going to happen...

I was reading another forum where a lady was talking about how hard it was to settle on a builder. She's consulted with 6 builders or so. It could be that her concerns are legit, but I know all these PB's here in Houston use the same subs a lot of the time. Unless she's consorting with real...

My pump today was not priming until I pulled the top off and put some water in. The pump is self priming and I've never had this issue in the two years I've had it. What would cause this? I also went to help a contractor friend of mine who told the homeowner he could take care of the pool...

I helped the water get warmer by heating it and going from 70 to 78 degrees and decided to jump in. It was still a little chilly for my tastes but with the temps on the rise I'm sure that won't be a problem much longer. woo-hoo!!

We're in the middle of Crawfish season. I love me some crawfish!!! Boiled some up last weekend.

Just a place to post some funny pics - here are a few of my favs... Removed by SeanB - please keep it family friendly. :wink:

Well I was helping a friend out this week. He has a newer Hayward DE filter. It was filthy so I sprayed it down with a hose and got all the gunk of. The pressure gauge was reading 35-40. After cleaning off the filter (but before adding any DE) it was still reading 35-40. The water flow and...

That marvelous time of the season where you can't keep the yellow film off your car is upon us. I can see the yellow ring around the pool in the morning before the pump turns on. I had a minor mustard algae problem last year and I'm certain this pollen was a major contributing factor. Just an...

My navigator doesn't seem to be moving as swiftly as it used to. This will it's 3rd summer coming up. I added an extra link of hose and the range seemed to get a little better, but it sure does crawl around at a snails pace. I've taken it apart and looked at the internals and everything seems...

If you're sensitive about the size of yours, then don't click the link. :oops: Biggest Pool

How long should you expect to get out of a filter cartridge? When I was cleaning the filter last week end I noticed some of the bands that go around the filter are starting to break. I thoroughly cleaned them and got the PSI to drop 6 pounds.

Hi! My name is Tagprod and it's been a while since my last visit, so I thought I'd reintroduce myself. I'm into swimming pools and saving the rainforest - but mostly swimming pools. How the heck has everyone been? I've been reading the forums - just working a lot and couldn't post.

I've got my blue latex paint for my blue man creation.

Would that be cool or what? Go ahead and submit your entries - I'll put it together.