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Honestly not sure, when I pulled it out and turned it on, only one of the gears moved, and although it keeps accurate time, it won’t start or shut off. I have to turn on manually. I checked the clips and they’re both in fine condition. Honestly not sure. Was thinking of just replacing whole thing

Need to replace my timer bc the gears in the back aren’t moving. Wondering which intermatic model I need to get. thanks in advance!

"Check system" red light still on, and still says "add salt" (now 107 pounds). But I've had my water tested and everything is in normal range. Not sure what else to do or what the problem could be. Thoughts? Suggestions? TIA

Cleaned the cells, it was very easy to do so. They were very clean, probably didn't need cleaning. I have an Autopilot, only 16 months old.

Thank you for the quick responses. I took a sample to a local pool store to get a reading and everything looks good, all the numbers were fine, my salt was 3100. So I'm going to try cleaning the cells in the SWG and see if that works. First time trying this so wish me luck.

Chemicals were all good Sunday. Salt was approx 3100. Then suddenly yesterday my SWG said to add 147 pounds of salt. I added 80 this morning but it still says to add 107 pounds. Something doesn't seem right, can't see how it goes from fine to completely out of whack. Had some rain, nothing...

Thank you everyone for the help. I actually didn't do anything yet but when I checked today everything seems to be running fine. Light & msg no longer blinking. Chlorine levels appear to be going up. So I'll keep an eye on it. Gonna add bleach anyway to give it a boost. Strange.

This is my first pool opening as last summer my pool installer did everything so everything worked great. This summer not so smooth. My SWG is reading "Error purify off, check flow". I checked the troubleshoot guide and it says to check connections, empty skimmer baskets, etc, and everything...

Yes both skimmers & MD. Tried open ring both, shutting 1, etc. Nothing worked. Stumped. Don't think there's an obstruction

Thank you for the quick response! Yes I shut down the filter before turning the valve and the water is still to almost to top of skimmer, so it's plenty high.

Hi all. First time opening my pool as it was installed last spring. Everything connected easy, had it running, then I drained some water through the "waste" feature of the filter, but when I turned it back to filter, I couldn't get water to come from the pool into the pump/filter. Nothing. Had...

Just noticed this on the SWG...what does it mean? What should I do? TIA!

Ok, bleach has been added, as well as the conditioner. When should I retest again? And Robbie thank you for clarifying about the conditioner not going in the skimmer, I know I read to do that somewhere and that's where I originally put it. Also not sure why my signature is not showing up...

Ok just took my CYA level and that's very low also, I was able to see the black dot when cylinder was completely full. I have my bleach ready to go for the chlorine, should I deal with the CYA level 1st? Any suggestions and help much appreciated!

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes those are the tests. Water looks clear. Will check CYA level tomorrow. So just add generic store brand liquid bleach? In skimmer or throughout pool? How much? Thanks again!

Opened the pool about a month ago but went away for a couple of weeks. I purchased the test kit. Just ran the two chlorine tests...the one in the blue box (Water was colorless) and the one in the "chlorine only" cylinder, did not get a pink color. So I'm assuming I do not have any chlorine in...

Ok thank you. Will try this tomorrow. Thank you for all your help!

Correct vinyl all around. Pretty sure they just shocked the pool, don't think they added anything else.

Thanks for the quick reply! No haven't added anything yet, other than what the pool company might have added on Tuesday when they opened it. Should I add conditioner? If so, how much? And if so, directly to pool or into skimmer? With filter running? Sorry for the very basic questions, but I'm...

Thanks for the reply. The test kit has been ordered, so I'm waiting on that. In the meantime, I did my first test strip test, with not such great results. Both the total chlorine and free chlorine were low, hardness also was low. The other readings were fine. So, I increased the % on the...

Thanking everyone in advance!

Thanks for the quick response! I already have aquacheck 7 test strips. Should I still buy the other test kit? If you say it's a good investment then I'll order it today. Thanks again! JB

Hi all...just installed a pool over the winter and opened it this week. I grew up with a chlorine pool at my parents house, wish I paid more attention to the chemistry of maintaining a pool. I have a SWG and I'm sure I will have a lot of questions as I try to learn the chemistry and all else...