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  1. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    Just an update....plugged my skimmer vac in to get some of the brown whatever out. When I turned of the main drain, I lost prime. Got back on TFP, found a thread with some trouble shooting tips. I checked the pump and basket and found a split in the back of the basket. When I split the case...
  2. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    Weird that I only see it when I run the pump. If I vacuum and shut off the pump, it seems to stay away. I was looking at my filter valve and I can hear a small air leak. It seems to not be from the tank and valve mating surface. It's up higher around the body. 3 psi still on the gauge. Would...
  3. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    some of the brownish stuff Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  4. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

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  5. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    I can run another OCLT. It seems as if the way it's holding the chlorine, it's ok in that regard. It's taken almost 3 weeks after the big infusion to get it down to under 10. But I'm open to suggestions. I'm def learning. I had just found the cleaning the sand filter video. The previous owner...
  6. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    I have the TFP-100. I've been testing twice a day waiting on the chlorine level to go down to test the ph and alk correctly. It was 9 yesterday am, pm and this am. I have a brand new lubed basket oring. That took it from the basket looking like Hurricane Camille to completely calm. Bubbles...
  7. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    FC 9 CC 0 PH 7.5 ALK 110 CYA 50 FC has just came under 10 after about 2 weeks of being really high. I was at 21 with no loss several days. That's about the time my kit came in. It had been a week since any chlorine had been added. There were bubbles and cavitation until I changed out the...
  8. colonelreb65

    Pool Gauge Question...that kept getting bigger

    Another question. I've been using my new tfp100 kit and have my numbers correct. Clear when the pump isn't running. When the pump is running I get a fine brownish almost translucent dust on the bottom. I read about adding DE to filter finer particles. I had to replace our gauge before I tried...
  9. colonelreb65

    New pool and first test kit question

    I had read where the high chlroine would skew the ph results. Do I need to wing it and go ahead and raise the ph some without knowing exactly where I'm at? FC was 21 yesterday and was the same today. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
  10. colonelreb65

    New pool and first test kit question

    Good deal. I'll go that route and definitely on the practice. Good ol' days...Slow Dixie in the Grove and Colonel Reb making his rounds...faint smells of bourbon and expensive perfume wafting through the air...Hotty Toddy Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
  11. colonelreb65

    New pool and first test kit question

    Newbie post. This is the first full year with new house/pool (too us anyway). Found this site and love the info. I received my TFT-100 today. As I was waiting on the kit, a coworker "helped" to clear up my pool from the winter. I believe he "nuked" what he thought was yellow algae. I started the...