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Hi, I can use a little help with figuring my chlorine problem out. When I first opened my pool 5 gallons of liquid chlorine (hypochlorite) was used. When the water cleared I added 24 oz of powdered shock and noted that 2 days later I didn't have a CL reading. I added about 64 oz of shock and...

Ahhh!!! Another pool season starting. The cover is off the pool and the water is circulating. I've noticed that I'm missing a set of tiles just below the coping. Either when the water clears enough or if I could find the spares I will need to replace the tiles. Here's the question: Should I use...

I had a pentair FNS+ 48 gallon filter tank installed at the end of last year. At the end of the season I expect to clean out the grids. Typically, I'll empty all the water from the tank using the drain plug at the bottom of the tank. the drain plug points directly down and when it was installed...

Hi All, I'm confused about pool pump specs and some other stuff. Perhaps someone can help? First Question: I've got a pump motor rated at 1.5HP with an SF of 1.1 which gives it a Total Horse Power of 1.65HP. I'm having a new pump installed which is a 1HP with an SF of 1.65 for a Total Horse...

My calcium hardness is at 240 but I've noticed websites suggesting that CH should be 175 - 225 although TFP is suggesting an ideal range of 350 - 500 which is much higher. Why would there be such a difference, what number should I use (I don't want to exchange water if its too high), and what is...

Hi Everyone, I have a Pentair Mastertemp 400 heater. I'm trying to learn how to close the pool myself so I was wondering if there's anything I need to do to closedown and prepare the heater for winter? Thanks regards, densi

Hi everyone, See attached photo. I'm embarrassed to say that this has been in my pool all summer season. Because its in the deep end where my drains are I figured perhaps if I keep the water balanced all season it would go away on its own but it didn't - now I'm in attack mode. I'm thinking its...

Hi Everyone, I'm a bit puzzled. For years, I've been using the same company to close my pool and they are on the pricey side. I decided to call another company to get pricing on closing my pool. No biggie. It's the usual stuff and I have not hot tubs etc. It's just a basic put the cover on, blow...

Hi, I'm just learning what chemicals to use and the chemical balance of my pool. I've got a question about CH. Using my taylor kit I am at 300 for CH. Should I just go to the pool store and purchase something to raise the CH or is there something else I can use? Thanks, denis

Hi everyone, I've had my pool for almost 20 years and it's only in the past few that I'm learning about the chemistry. I have a 30k gallon, gunnite pool with a DE filter. I'm not sure if I'm correct in what I'm about to say so please correct me if I'm wrong and if I'm right it might just help...

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the polaris 9450. There are two things I've read about it that are starting to trouble me. The first is that the cord does not have swivel so having seen the problems with my aquabot turbo t2 and the cord tangling I don't want to go through that...

Greetings, It seems like it's been about 5 or so years since I've purchased my aquabot turbo t2. Last year the problems began. I had my electrical cord replaced because it was so wound I couldn't run my 'bot' anymore. Well, I got a summer out of it. Now this year it seems that my 'bot' is...

Greetings everyone, I found this forum last year when I was having problems with my pool water. So to all I owe a big thank you. With the help of those in the forums I feel a lot more confident handling water problems. - dpd