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Called another pool company to come take a look. I just let my pool go to swamp and bought a new pump for a lot more than was necessary. It was a bad switch. The fix would have been less than $5. Live and learn.

This pump had a 2 year/1 year warranty. Unfortunately, it's out of warranty. I found a Hayward on sale on Amazon for $342 with free shipping. I appreciate the suggestion that I replace the motor on the old Hayward. I still have it, but it would have cost me more to replace the motor and have it...

Our previous Hayward pump was struck by lightening a few years ago. We replaced it with a Waterco Supastream 2 years ago. Last year we added a salt water system. Our pump just stopped working in the middle of the night. There was no humming or indication anything was wrong beforehand. After...

Summer is not over for me! First clear and sunny Saturday all season and the pool is looking lovely. I held my breath this morning when I tested the water. FC 11.5 CC 0 CYA 72 PH 7.4 CH 20-30 TA 80 Salt: 4600 with Taylor drop test 3700 with AquaCheck test strips Coffee and then I'm...

Finally I can start swimming! My FC tonight is still high at 15. What is a safe level to swim in? I don't have much debris in the bottom of the pool, but hate to vacuum to waste. Would be it ok to just go through the filter and backwash? I am slow to vacuum.

Now that I have my pool numbers in order, I want to see if I can find a way to get the wrinkles out of my shallow end. We have had lots rains and flooding. The water table is very high in my yard. I got to swim once though :) Next week is rain, rain, and more rain so I might be beating a dead...

Thank you. I appreciate the link and help. I meant that I multiplied it by 0.2. I was thinking of another test that I had to multiply by 10. It's good to be swimming again!

I was going by this guide. pool-school/water_balance_saltwater_generator Maybe I was being a little too "by the book" about my numbers. I'm confused about how to test for free chlorine with Taylor. I did what the instructions said. I filled the tube to 25, put in 2 scoops of powder and...

Thanks! I ordered a Taylor drop kit to verify the salt level. I might have gotten a bad bottle of test strips. What are you using to test? Ok, thanks linen. I won't worry about the calcium or phosphates.

It could be user error. I saw just a faint hit of pink and it took one drop of the reagent to be completely clear. I have been manually adding a little extra chlorine until I got the salt level up. Arrgh, now I am getting a warning from the swg that I have too much salt. They recommend 3500 and...

I swam in my pool for the first time today since installing the swg! It wasn't like I expected, though. My skin feels kind of sticky. Maybe it just takes a little getting used to. FC 5.9 CC 0.2 TA 80 Salt 3600 PH 7.4 CYA - Around 60. Still dissolving in a sock by the return. Calcium 20 I'm...

The swg did not complain, linen. I am just figuring out how to use the timers and such. Seanhan, can I send you the frogs too?

We haven't been able to swim at all this season because of the rain, storms, and flooding. I had a SWG installed in April but it's been impossible to keep anything balanced with all the rain. I've had to do many partial drains. The liner floated in the shallow end and it's wrinkly now but the...

My pool is 20,000 gallons, vinyl, no water features, Hayward super pump, sand filter. It is 88F. I used my Taylor K-2006 for the first time tonight. I love it :) I have been battling what I think is mustard algae, so I shocked it to what the pool calc recommended. If anyone would be inclined to...