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    Silencer Spa blower 1hp 240 volt Is this a good blower?

    Hi, Our blower died last year it is a Polaris Model 1-521-03 240 volt 1.0HP ....I ran across the Silencer spa blower in the same voltage and horse power and it is advertised to be quieter which would be nice. Our spa is inground with our pool, has only 4 jets ....My question was it didn't have...
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    Hello Linda Friesen from Sunny San Diego

    So I received my FAS-DPD chlorine drop test: I did the 25 ml water sample test, it says to use 2 scoops powder and swirl...what if it turns pink with one scoop? use only 1 or use the 2 For these test results I did use 2 as directions said: took 24 drops r-0871 to turn clear so 24 x2 = 48ppm...
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    Linda Friesen from Sunny San Diego

    Dave, Thank you for the info, I will go take pictures and will respond when I get my Fas/dpd test kit and then retest everything. Yes I do have some plaster areas that are chipped, but the yellow or brown areas seems to be more scale like than chips. They are bumps, not like the chips which...
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    Hello Linda Friesen from Sunny San Diego

    Thank you and look forward to all your advice and expertise:D
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    Linda Friesen from Sunny San Diego

    okay, so I have a questions on brushes for a plaster pool. We purchased our home 10 years ago and replaced the filter about 5 years ago with a Pentair quad 100 DE . It works awesome and is really quite easy to clean. Our plaster has some patches that have chipped away (not alot but some) plus...
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    Hello Linda Friesen from Sunny San Diego

    Hello, Just found your site yesterday while researching how to remove yellow algae from your pool. I have recently taken over the pool testing of our pool as my wife seems to be a bit lazy about testing regularly. We had bought a test kit from Leslies and it only had the DPD chlorine test so...