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Hi everyone, I am preparing my pool for the season and have my chemistry all in order, thanks to these forums. Anyhow, I have developed a leak in the plumbing on my pad right near my pump/filter and wanted to ask here before I went sawing off and replacing PVC fittings. Here is a link to a...

Re: Poolvergnuegen: will hoses from a Hayward Navigator work Thank you very much for the tips on the floats. And I do in fact have the leader hose, perhaps even 2 of them from an even older Pool Vac Ultra. Thanks again.

The question in the subject is the main thing. For a little background: it is time to start paying closer attention to the pool again for the year. My Hayward Navigator is in need of numerous parts, so instead of rebuilding I am considering buying a Poolvergnuegen cleaner instead. I may get...

Hi all, The subject says it all really. I am interested in the differences between the two. I have searched here and elsewhere and have not been able to find any real differences. Anyone have any input? Right now I have a pool vac ultra that came with my house and it is not doing well...

OK good, I will do just that after work tonight and keep a close eye on it for the next week or so. The water is still pretty cold (~67 degrees) so I expect it to be pretty stable until things warm up and we start using it again. At this point the water looks remarkably clear, so I suspect I...

OK, after the help I received troubleshooting my pool light, I just replaced 85-90% of my water with our hard southwest tap water. Last fall I posted with very high CYA water left over from the last owner of this house. Here are the current numbers: FC = 0.5 or less CC = 0.5 or less TA = 130...

OK, problem solved, my light is working again. I picked up a multimeter on the way home from work today and ran a continuity test across the fixture\bulb wiring and it was fine. Then I tested for voltage at the junction box and found I had none. This led me to the GFCI outlet below my...

This reflects what I see when I pull out the fixture: the cord and fixture appear to be permanently "sealed" together. As a matter of fact, there doesn't appear to be much to it (the fixture and cord) really, which is what has had me wondering what the problem could be between the junction box...

Excellent. I will pick up a meter on my way home and do these tests. I am fairly certain that there is power at the junction box and switch, but I will verify that with the meter. Thanks again.

There was no water inside the housing, it was bone dry. And to me, the bulb itself looked fine too, although I replaced it anyway just to see. I did buy a new gasket too. Thanks for the information on what to test using the meter. I plan to pick one up on my way home from work and do exactly...

Just to be clear, the troubleshooting steps I listed above I have *already* done. I currently have the pool drained out well below the fixture and am looking for next steps to take while the pool is drained. Thanks again

Can you expand on this? I already changed the bulb. Are you referring to the fixture that the bulb screws into?

Hi everyone, Last time I posted my first numbers and had some crazy high CYA and I am now getting around to draining my pool. Drained about 90% of the water out and figured that this would be a good time to try to fix my non-functioning pool light. It did work for a short time after I bought...

Just to follow up on the filtration process mentioned above. I was told that the process does in fact remove CYA, and for my size pool (<12k gal) that it would be under $300 and take a few days. Then I received the service agreement from them, and in the email I notice that only 50-85% of the...

OK, thanks for all of the advice. Since my last post I have: added acid to bring the PH to a more reasonable 7.5, added 184oz of 6% bleach (and have more on hand), and tested my fill water source for CH (~130). Thanks for the specific dilution instructions also JCJR, I will do that next...

Although I am inexperienced with the TF kit and pools in general, given my research on this great website, I doubt a crisis is imminent. Numbers like this are not out of the question, e.g. this very recent post...

I purchased a house with a pool, and just got moved in. This is the first pool I have owned. Honestly, the water looked great before these tests, crystal clear, no algae or anything, but enough of that. Let's get to the numbers, and it doesn't look good: FC < 0.5 CC = 0 TA = 270 CH >= 600 PH...

I am expecting my first test to show a high CYA because I think they use the chlorine "pucks" (havent picked up the technical name for it yet, trichlor i think? :)) in the floater thing in the pool. Great suggestions on the questions to ask the owner too, thanks!

Hello everyone I am obviously new to the forum, but have been lurking for a couple of weeks now doing a ton of reading and research. Thanks to everyone here for all the great advice! I look forward to maintaining my future pool using the methods described here. I am purchasing a house with a...