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Morning everyone I have a Pentair Warrior SE pool cleaner (aka Maytronics 920 aka Prowler 920 aka 'Dory our robot pool cleaner'). She works fine, and has been living a comfortable life in and out of our new pool for the past almost 3 years. The blue power cord is starting to break down in...

Hi TFP team. I'm back after 6 months of construction - tore out the old 1975 concrete behemoth pool, and built the pool & spa of our dreams. We couldn't be happier, other than the long time it took to build :) New pool is approx 25k gallons, plaster, cartridge filters, and my previously used...

Howdy y’all. From my post history you’ll see that I currently have a 1974 plaster pool with a variety of weird issues over the years. Well the spouse and I have decided to go the full Monty and rip it out and build a killer pool that we can use year round. So in the interest of saving a few $...

Howdy all We have a mid 1970’s pool with concrete/aggregate coping which is obviously showing 40+ years of erosion. It’s like 40 grit sandpaper and is constantly ripping up our kids’ skin. We’re going to do a pool renovation in a few years, but in the meantime, what can we do? Is there a...

After months of research, I purchased and installed a Circupool RJ-60 SWG last weekend. I researched and compared pretty much every brand, but Circupool continuously stood out in terms of warranty, chlorine generation, installation ease, and price. There was also no warranty penalty for...

Howdy everyone Starting the process of opening my pool back up as the weather heats up, and decided to convert to SWG. I purchased the Circupool RJ-60 after 6+ months of research, and installed it yesterday. I'll post a separate installation thread for anyone that's curious. But in the...

Came home from a 2 week vacation to a green, cloudy, super hot pool (thanks, Texas). My neighbor put in some bleach for me and 2 packs of CalHypo when he called to say it was cloudy, but otherwise that’s it. Oh and my pool robot has been broken for 5+ weeks - just put the new guy in today. FC...

Howdy I’m deep in the throws of trying to figure out which robot to replace my Doheny Dolphin Discovery. I have a 15’x40’ plaster pool, with my power supply pretty much right in the middle of the 40’ side. The nautilus comes with a 40’ cord, but says “ideal for 33’ pools”. Where does this...

Alright, I've drunk the Kool-aid and I'm ready to get a SWG. Let's review: ~27,000 gallon plaster pool (maybe as high as 30k, maybe as low as 25k. Weird shape and hard to measure). 2 return jets, 1 filter basket inlet. Bottom drain (~9.5 feet) either clogged or shut off. So only moderate...

I think I've finally had enough lugging bleach, staining my clothes, and chasing FC. I'm thinking about a SWG. Here's the problem. I just went and watched a bunch of installation videos - not too bad, pretty straightforward - except the numbnuts who owned the house before us plumbed everything...

Hi all I need to slam to control some yellow algae. With everything going on, bleach is a bit hard to come by. I have a few gallons, but would rather save it for the ‘maintain’ part of the SLAM. Can I bring my pool up to SLAM levels with some run of the mill CayHypo packets without long term...

Welcome back from the winter hibernation, y’all :-) I left my pool mostly unattended all winter. Occasionally would add a few gallons of bleach, and had the robot cleaner going every few days for the most part. Sometime over the winter I think I developed a small hole in one of the DE filter...

Hi all. Reporting in from Houston, TX., safe and sound, thank god. Harvey was a *bleeeeeeeep* but we survived. Small hole in the roof which ruined the ceiling in the guest bathroom, but it's hard to complain about something like that when we see what happened around us. Grand total here...

23k pool, regular testing and balancing using TFP practices. Crystal clear and wonderful! When I add a gallon of bleach in the mornings (to bring FC up from 3 to 7, for example), how long should I wait to swim? I usually pour it onto the stream from the return jet to help dilute it faster...

Pool guy normally comes on Thursday... sent him a text today telling him not to come this week while the official "you're fired" letter goes out in the mail with his final check. Ok, K-2006 arrives via Amazon tomorrow. What do I need to have on hand to be ready to test and treat? My biggest...

Hi everyone First off, thanks for reading and helping me. This forum is amazing, full of a ton of information, and I know I'm just starting to scratch the surface. That said, here's where I stand: We purchased a house about 4 years ago (TX area) with an in ground, approx 35,000 gallon pool...