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  1. desmondlewissmith

    iAqualink Question

    My pool heater shows "Remote tstat enabled". I've never looked to see if it said this before, but I think my pool heater may be coming on by itself. So here are my questions: 1. Should the pool heater always say "remote tstat enabled" 2. The pool heater also shows that the Spa is set to 101...
  2. desmondlewissmith

    PH always 80+

    My pool is two years old now. It's a chlorine pool, around 31000 gallons. When it was first installed, I was told the PH would be high for around a year; no problem, I've been adding muriatic acid to lower down closer to 7.4. My question is, why would my PH still be reading high and requiring...
  3. desmondlewissmith

    Calcium Hardness at 400

    I took my readings today and my Calcium Hardness seems concerning. It's been high from day one. The pool is around 2 months old. My current readings: PH 7.4 TA - 80 ppm CH - 400 ppm FC 10 ppm (recently shocked the pool) I've also seen some white along the edges of the water. I used...
  4. desmondlewissmith

    Hello from Allen, Texas

    My wife and I just installed our pool this year, it was finally opened in early September. This is our first time owning a pool that we maintain fully the chemicals. I'm excited to learn all that I can from this site. I was an E major in college and love engineering so I would think the...
  5. desmondlewissmith

    No free chlorine

    OK, so I finally got my K-2000C test kit, super excited. I tested my water for chlorine by getting .25ml water, then adding two even scoops of the DPD powder. My water didn't change to pink. I was concerned I received a bad kit, but I had some LaMotte test strips and gave them a try. They...
  6. desmondlewissmith

    New pool owner

    I'm a month into my pool and I'm not willing to pay $200 monthly to maintain my pool. I've had a few visits to Leslie Pool Supply, and each visit they want to sell me something that costs around $50. In the last three days I've purchased and added 3 bags of shock, 2 big buckets of alkalinity...