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    AquaCal Autopilot 75003 Questions

    New pool as of last year. Not convinced the Autopilot has worked properly ever. A few days ago, I got a warning "Low Amps - Cell?". I checked out the troubleshooting section of the manual and followed suggestions. At that time, the salt content was 3100 ppm, 5 V and 0.5 A. Clearly looked...
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    New pool owner - opinions on Hayward SharkVac XL

    I am a new inground pool owner. I hate the pressure side Polaris cleaner that came with the pool. I previously had an above-ground pool at our prior house and had a Rover. I liked the robot and it cleaned pretty well. I was at our local pool store looking at different models today. They had...
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    TF-100 Test Kit Question

    Pool is currently being built. Fun times! I've seen strong support for the TF-100 test kit on all over the forums. I went out to the site to purchase one for our new pool and I just don't have the knowledge of what I need with my kit (i.e. the optional add-ons). The options are: 1...
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    The One Thing I would not want to do without Thread

    As a prospective new pool owner, it would be interesting to hear from everyone......if there is one thing (equipment, design, whatever...) about your pool that you would not want to do without, what would that one thing be, and why? Thanks for your input!
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    New Build - Central PA (First Time Pool Owner)

    Well, we've finally made the plunge into the pool building process. Looking to build a pool in Central Pennsylvania and have spoken to a number of different PB's. Have a number of quotes and we are trying to lock in what we want. Below is equipment contained one of the quotes that is most...
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    SWCG v. Regular Cholorine System Intitial price difference

    I'm an in-ground pool newbie getting ready to have a pool installed at our home this Spring. We negotiated price, plans, etc prior to finding this forum (its awesome by the way). The system quoted by the PB is for a regular chlorine system with a frog. I've certainly seen the negative...
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    New pool build - SE Pennsylvania - Decking question

    Wife really likes stamped concrete look. Considering stamped concrete that cantilevers over the edge of the pool. Seems too look nice. Any thoughts on how the stamped concrete would hold up if we choose to go with a SWCG? Thanks in advance for educating this pool dummy!
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    New to TFP's...!

    Hello to all. My family is looking to build our first pool and I've been browsing through many of the threads here and look forward to conversing with everyone in the hopes of having a great experience with our new pool. We reside in Pennsylvania.