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Hello, I have a 33" round above ground pool. I have an Intellipump hooked up, but I do have it throttled down quite a bit. I just replaced the XStream filter about two years ago because the locking ring broke before. Well, after about two years this one broke too. question #1, is...

Hello all! I have a pentair solartouch operating my solar heated water. I noticed that water was coming out of the center post of the valve through the actuator as well. https://youtu.be/UElRjv_VvvM I replaced this part and all was fine with the leak. But... With the water that was...

Hello all, I've been a TFP person for many years now. My friend has a swg plaster inground pool that has a TA of 360. On the pools that I have owned I have had to bring my TA down before, and did this with success using the drop (ph) and aerate method. But my levels were never this...

Hello all! I've been a member for a little while, active at times...and then other things came along. I am going to order a new test kit, just getting the whole thing instead of the refills. I was wondering if I still qualify for the Trouble Free Pool supporter discount. Please...

Hello All! I'd like to add a more efficient pump and a controller for my Fafco Solar Heater, but I'm confused about the choices. After we got our previous pool set up just the way we wanted...we sold the house. So, the pool that our house has is a 33' round above ground pool with...

Hello all! I ran through the Aqua-Rite Troubleshooting guide, did the voltage checks (page 9-12)...everything went as discussed in the troubleshooting guide. It advised me to buy a new DSP board. Off to Amazon I go...I just got it today, installed it...and it doesn't work! Same problem...

Hello all! Well, with the help and exposure to TroubleFreePool, the 21' round agp, that we used to own, was great! With our old pool, we ended up going from a solar heater to a heatpump, which worked great. We started off pouring chlorine and added salt for better feel, then went to a full...

Hello all! A simple thank you is in order to TroublFreePool and all of it's members...it really has developed into the authority in pool care that it was always destined to become. Congrats, Dan

Hello All! I just wanted to write down some of my first impressions on the AquaCal HeatWave 100k that I recently hooked up. I have an AGP using 10K of water. I run a cartridge filter, 2 speed pump and have an Aqua-Rite Salt system. It was going to be difficult to run a gas lone to the...

Hello All! I'm changing my ABP over to flexible PVC. I've got 10K round 21' AGP with a Aqua-Rite Chlorine system, and a newly aquired (but used) AquaCal Heat Pump (our family just couldn't swing the cost of a new heater). We also have a 3-way Praher (unionized) 3way valve...but it is...

Hi Sean :) I just noticed that a person can't view anothers signature unless they're logged in. While I could understand that you want to encourage members to register in order to get "perks", there are some mighty informative signatures that are on display to help newbies that they can't...

Hi all :) Here's my pool...

I've got a number of different pics, but I'll try to start with only a few. I'm learning more about what I'm seeing every time I look into the microscope. I'll also attach some of the links that may help. Algae Image Database PalDat pollen images (free registration required) Pollen...

test pic with some new toys...

I'm just a casual rider and just got into the hobby myself. But I thought I'd pass along some decent deals I've found at PerformanceBike.com. If you bike you may find some decent deals there. take care, dan

I've heard the stories before...but now I'm living it :twisted: Talking to their customer service is about as useful as breathing underwater. I have now sent them my payment via USPS in the form of a cashiers check. I sure hope this gets resolved. As soon as it does get resolved I'm...

Hi All, We've recently had a good amount of rain in the last two months (July, August) which totaled 28.35". You could imagine that the pool was overflowing out the skimmer a few times. The whole time I stayed on top of my chlorine levels...but I should have thought to check my CYA, salt...

11.31" to date for the month of August (so far) and more rain coming. Average is 3.82" :shock: UGH! dan

Hi all, So here's the scenario. Someone at work was talking about his pool and pool water and he happened to mention that his Ph will drop over time do to the rain being acidic. I replied that I had heard this before, but don't know if it's true (in theory it sounds good enough). I...

Wanted dead or alive: Yellow "mustard" Algae I'd like to find this no good scoundrel and put him to the test. Is he what he's made of or not. I'd like to find out! :twisted: lol Hi all... If you've got mustard algae or what you believe to be mustard algae I'd love to get a...

First off...if you've got a pool that's cloudy or green proceed to step one. Step 1) - Take a breath and go buy a bottle of patience. Clearing your pool can (and will) take some time. But your pool didn't end up in this condition in just one day, so don't expect it to clear up in a day or one...

well??? dan

Have you got pictures of the algae or staining in your pool water? If you do it would be great if you could post the picture with your post. This will help in two ways... 1) It will help others help you with your algae or staining problem. Providing a picture with a good...

Has anyone else got any experience with these guys? Everything I've read says they're virtually harmless...unless you have the nest on your property. Well...I have the nest! Let me tell you this thing is impressive. It's a hole near a tree in my backyard (next to one of my hostas) and the...

Hi all, I thought I'd move my questions into its own post instead of continuing in the other thread. Every place I've read talks about the Ph bounce associated with low TA and high TA causing resistant changes. Below is a quote out of the CPO instructor manual. I've put...

Hi all. I was looking at the wedding cake II steps and wondered if there is enough circulation going behind the steps to keep algae growth to a minimum. I've read that opinions said the original wedding cake steps didn't have enough circulation for some, but wondered if they have redesigned...

Hi all... I just thought I'd share that pollen is back in the air in my area, upper midwest. It looks like it's coming from the summer weeds. I haven't noticed any deposits in the pool yet. But the pool currently has so much activity in it (either swimming or vacuuming), I really don't...

Hi all, I've got a question regarding some CYA reading in my brother-in-laws pool. He's been having problems in his 21" round above ground pool with algae. He has a DE filter and uses pucks in a floater. I did a complete set of tests using my <1 year old ps234 test kit. Within those...

The color of the linked text shows up as a color very similar to the regular font color. This makes it difficult to recognize when some may have inserted a link in the message. thanks, dan

Hi all, I am getting ready to start building a small "splash deck". The height of the decking will go just under the top rail. my question is... Is there any consideration that I need to make for liner replacement. I hate to build my deck only to find out (eight years later)...