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I’ve had a 20x40 inground pool for the last 13 years and have always closed it myself. I blow out the lines with a shop vac. Follow the article that you posted. It’s not a big deal at all.

I was just coming here to post that. Bought 80 gallons of it yesterday!

I got mine on Amazon -- I think $799. I maybe could have got a better deal, but I'm happy nonetheless.

I have a 20x40 IG with an 8 foot deep end. The 4WD does a fine job of making it down to the depths of the deep end and traveling up to the waterline. It does a good job overall in cleaning the pool -- I'm still very happy with it.

Yes - Bring it up to 16 as soon as possible. Are you checking the FC level every hour, and bringing it back to 16 any time it drops below? When it drops less than 16, the algae are multiplying and winning the war.

I'd get the chlorine in the water and then start brushing. Brush often and check your FC level every hour to start with, adding chlorine when necessary to bring it back to shock level.

The ph test won't be correct because of the high FC levels, so don't worry about that for now. You'll need to know your CYA level in order to shock properly. You could take some water to the pool store for testing. Take the results with a grain of salt, and don't buy anything other than...

Shocking the pool means keeping the FC at shock value (16) until the water is clear and you pass the overight chlorine loss test. You should be testing every hour initially until the FC begins to hold, then you can move to every few hours.

It's very possible. Little holes canleak a lot of water, especially if theyare towards the bottom of the pool and the weight of the water is forcing the water out. See if you can patch the hole with a piece of old liner or a kit from the pool store.

The easiest thing to do is to go to http://www.poolcalculator.com. Enter the size of your pool in gallons, your current FC level (0), your target FC level (15) and the percentage strength of your bleach (sounds like 8.25). The website will show the amount of bleach you need to add.

Hi Bulsworth, all you have to do is to pour the liquid chlorine into the pool while standing above the return, while the pool pump is running.

Swimming today would not be safe. The ammonia in your pool is eating up all the chlorine very quickly. There's no chlorine available to attack any bacteria in the water that could make the kiddos sick.

I have the AWD Breeze and it can climb my walls to the waterline, so I'm not sure what they mean by 60%.

I had similar problems with my pool - losing a ton of water every day to a broken line. I knew it was in the return line, so after plugging the returns and hooking up a garden hose to the line and pressurizing the line with the water, I was able to hear where the leak was (where the water was...

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:lol: No, not a hip check. My unit has a handle on the top of it, that's used to push the DE and grime off the fingers inside of the filter. Turn the pump off, give it three or four pumps with the handle, then turn the pump back on. The pressure guage should be lower than it was before the...

The shock level is 16 ppm for a pool with a Cya level of 40, so no, you are not winning the war just yet. You'll need to check your FC level frequently, every hour at first, to ensure your FC stays at or above 16, adding chlorine if it drops below. Your results look like they came from a...

Yes the DE filters do a great job of filtering out the algae and dirt, and as a result, they need to be recharged or backwashed frequently. I can bump my DE filter to move the dirt around and get a few bumps per load of powder. Not sure if your filter works that way as well. Sounds like...

I've always wondered whether this was a viable opton too. Dealing with the pain of putting on and taking off the cover and having to deal withstuff falling in anyways seems to not make it worth it. Has anyone else "gone topless" over the winter in a cold climate? What water temp is too cold...

The shock process will destroy the ammonia. It happens almost immediately after the bleach hits the water. Yes, get your ph right, hang your stabilizer in a sock in front of a return, and then begin the shock process. Get ready to use lots of bleach. When I had this issue two years ago, it...

I'm a former intex pool owner that "graduated" to the big pool when I bought my new house. I just wanted to post to encourage you to follow the advice that the experts here tell you. The process they teach really works, but you have to understand it and follow it. If you are losing chlorine...

Did you try adjusting the intake sleeves, pulling them down so they are closer to the floor? I make sure I do that every time, as they seem to want to get pushed back in.

If I were you, I'd ask the current owner to not attempt to clean up the pool water prior to the sale. Obviously, he doesn't know what he's doing and who knows what he'd throw in there to attempt to get the job done quickly. Follow the advice of the experts here and you'll have it looking good...

Yes. It doesn't square up. I'll try to take video tonight and post it to YouTube, so you can see how it works.

The AWD has no such problems traversing my pool with an 8' deep end. It's able to climb the 45 degree and 90 degree walls without a problem. I don't have any problems with the dirt reentering the pool when i pull it out either. It seems like everything stays within the screen boxes nicely...

Yes to both. Clean as a whistle by the time its done. Cleaning the filters takes two minutes tops.

I stuck with the aquabot, because I liked the T4 model I had used for a few years. I never really considered anything else.

The 4WD comes all the way up to the waterline, but only every fifth pass or so. On most passes once it gets vertical, it reverses direction and heads back the other way.

I got the 4WD version primarily because I was concerned about the xls version getting hung up on my main drain. Maybe an unfounded fear, but I didn't want to take a chance. It moves about at the same speed in the water as my T4 did. At the end of the day, since I typically run the unit...

For what it's worth, I purchased the 4WD version from Amazon about two weeks ago and I love it. I decided to take the plunge after my Aquabot T4 Turbo had the water pump and transformer give out at the same time. :shock: The 4WD Breeze is so much better than the T4. With The T4, I was...