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I thought I'd come by here and say hello and introduce myself again. Things got busy at work and I barely had time to swim, much less keep up with the forum. I retired at the end of April (after 37 years at the same place) and I've already spent more time in the pool this month than I did all...

I've searched and not finding anything, I'm coming to the experts for advice. We've not closed our pool in the past three years because we really only get below freezing weather about one or two weeks of the year and those days aren't contiguous. However, we fight leaves and debris every year...

We've owned this house 2 1/2 years and haven't touched the hot tub that was here when we bought the house. That's probably because the pool required a lot of repair and we just assumed the hot tub would as well. We're tackling projects since we have to stay home right now, so I decided to see...

This past Saturday, I had an opportunity to compare my friend's pool which is maintained using pool store testing and recommendations vs testing with my TF100 test kit. Our pools are almost identical in shape and size. I suspect ours has a little more volume because our shallow end drops off...

I received the following email today from OBR regarding deployment following landfall of Florence. *Moderators: if this is against the forum rules I will understand if you need to delete this post.* I know there are a number of members along the east coast that might be willing to help if they...

This past week our Jandy PLC1400 Saltwater APURE system began beeping and the "Service" light came on. We followed the manual and have tried to trouble shoot but we're not getting a 3 digit code. The picture attached is what we see. When it beeps it shows 70 and then goes back to 75%. Should...

Last Spring we had the pool at our recently purchased home repaired and relined by a company we researched and thought was reliable and professional. After the repairs and liner was installed and equipment confirmed to be working we never heard from the owner again. He was going to come out...

I realize this isn't a forum issue, but i hope someone can help me. I tested my water today and was going to create a new log and was given the message that I needed to subscribe to premium in order to add data. I thought that renewed recently but thought OK, I'll hit renew my subscription and...

We have now successfully converted our pool to salt water and now I'm playing with the numbers to try to get the right settings on pump & swg. My CYA is low so I have to get that and TA up. Right now my numbers are slightly out of range and I"m working on getting those in line but as of last...

We are converting from liquid chlorine to SWG. The system was installed yesterday (one we bought from someone who was filling in her pool - Jandy PureLink 1400). We're going to get started on Friday after work by broadcasting 600 lbs of salt, brushing the floors regularly and running the pump...

South of Atlanta, GA

This little guy is at the bottom of the pool on the deep end - 8' of water. I'm sharing this photo to thank the mentors of this site because without them my water wouldn't be so clear that I can count his little legs about 10' away (I was standing on the side of the pool - the other spots are...

The pool party was a huge success. We all had so much fun playing in the pool. I tried to get a picture when everyone was in the pool but my camera battery was dead :(. I have a waterproof camera and the kids had a blast trying to get selfies under water but I have some really great shots of...

On Saturday we will have around 50 family members at our house for an annual family cook-out. Probably 15 are under the age of 12. I'm smoking several Boston butts and 10 lbs of chicken leg quarters for pulled pork and chicken sandwiches, a half pan of baked beans and 10 lbs of wings and 6 lbs...

but very happy with the initial launch of my A30i. I'm having my husband's family in on Saturday for our first party at our new house. Approximately 60 people. Probably 25 under the age of 12. The water clean and chemistry balanced. I'm running an OCLT tonight just for giggles but I expect...

I'm sorry for asking this but I'm not sure I know the difference between the Dolphin Premier and the Dolphin S300i (or A30i). Is the Premier series the M series? I can't' find a comparison chart but if this is the case it looks like the only difference is the cycle time (1,2,2.5 vs 2, 2.5,3) and...

We've just returned from our first trip since I got the chemistry of our pool balanced. We left at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday and returned about 8:45 pm tonight. We were gone 3 1/2 days. Before leaving I bumped the FC up to 20 ppm (a little higher than I had intended). My numbers when we got in...

Over the last two weeks my #s are steady with a 2ppm loss/day: FC = 6.0 pH = 7.5 TA = 70 CYA = 50 I ran an overnight test and FC stayed at 6.0. I checked the water that evening and FC was 4.0. I've seen similar loss before so I'm satisfied that I need to add 1/2 gal 10% chlorine/day. I tested...

On May 7th, I started a thread titled "Getting our ducks in a row". The test kit arrived and on May 14th (17 days ago) I ran my first test. The numbers were: FC: 0.0 CC: 0 pH: 6.8 TA: 0 CYA: 0 On May 28th the numbers were: FC: 7.5 CC: 0 pH: 8.2 TA: 70 CYA: 50 May 29th: FC: 7.0 CC: 0 pH...

My test kit arrived on Wednesday but we were going out of town Thursday morning so today has been the first time I've had to test our pool water. As I expected, there isn't much of anything in it. As a reminder, a new liner was installed about a month ago and the pool filled. We've added...

Our story starts with a lady who spent $50K for a pool yet her contractor failed to take into account the terrain and every time it rained mud from a nearby incline would wash into her pool. She decided to have the pool filled in and wanted to sell her SWG and related equipment. She was a...

I posted an introduction in the intro section so I won't go into detail about the woes of buying a house with a pool. In short, the necessary repairs were made and the pool filled. We've been monitoring chlorine but with store bought testing strips only. I've placed my order for a TF-100 Test...

I would like to introduce myself by telling you I know very little, probably next to nothing about pool ownership. My husband knows a little more than I do having grown up around pools. Last November we bought a house with a 37' x 17' vinyl lined pool just south of Atlanta, GA. We have very...