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Were they brushing every day? Have you backflushed/cleaned the filter?

So deep cleaned the filter. Took quite a while to get all the Crud out. I attached a piece of PVC to my hose since the hose get bending. Every time I stuck in gently a cloud of brown sediment came up. The pool store guy said it will never work. Wanted to sell me sand. I left. So now my pool is...

No since I use a calibrated meter :)

Thanks. Doing that. The water is opaque after over 20 minutes. So this is going to take a while

So I added some DE to see if the filter was "filtering". It came right through into the pool. So I decided to clean the sand. I've just start and I found lots of brown fines came up. The sand is total compacted in places. I have cleaned the filter regularly. When the pool place start the pool...

As an ex-bench chemist it cracks me up to watch the way they titrate in stores. They over shoot all the time. I only have them test so I have a written "record" is my installer says something about my problems. My favorite trick is to fill my bottle with distilled water and take it in to the...

Blame the store

So run the filter for the remaining two weeks of the cure and if it does not clear, SLAM?

So let the pH rise, add some calcium and run the filter 24 X 7?

New pebbletec surface at end of week 2 CYA 60 CL=7 CH=200 Alk=60 ph 7.4 Pool has gotten progressively cloudier. Brush twice a day very little dust. Added an ounce of Jacks Magenta every other day Upon start up the shop added a full quart of Jacks blue that immediately turn the water hazy brown...

So now at almost two weeks post fill. Still some slight haze. More patience?

Thanks

Had a new pebbletec surface applied 8 days ago. Start was with Jacks Magic Blue by the pool dealer as recommended by PebbleTec. Just tested this AM. Water is still slightly opalescent. Been brushing twice a day. Very little dust gets kicked up at this point. CYA=60 CL=4 ppm (using liquid...

Getting my pool fully chipped out.

I have a Warrior SI. Leaving for two weeks on vacation. So will the weekly timer run every week if I leave the cleaner in the pool? I never tested it and leaving in a few days. Yes I normally take it out each day. I have a screened in pool so not much but the oak tree pollen gets into the pool...

As an ex-bench chemist I like the drop test. Got a brochure for the waterguru and $75 off. While technology is cool I'm not an early adopter. I did get w Warrior SI pool robot and it rocks. Automated testing will come along but I think it is still iffy. Keep in mind those on TFP vs the majority...

I have a Pentair solar touch and the Intellipro 2 VST pump. I have the RS-485 cable installed. I am a bit confused by how to program the VST to be controlled by the Solar Touch. I thought I had things programmed correctly. But at the end of the day after the end of the schedule the pump does not...

I'm sure some of you saw this. As a computer geek I can see someone now attempting to hack pool automation systems. I'm sure folks aren't always using strong passwords https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/florida-near-miss-cybersecurity-worst-case-scenario-n1257091

It is posted often that despite what pool stores say you don't need to replace sand. Or that there is little research data to support this. I decided to do some research on what municipal water plants do as well as other research on sand filters. In general municipal plants try to avoid the...

Well I do see that something like a Maytronics Solo 10 can save money without all the bells and whistles. But I also have a solar heater and need to run the pump at a given RPM on season to keep the system pressure up. So I'm running the pump anyway. My local dealer carries the Maytronics line.

Live in Florida with enclosed pool. I've had a Navigator Pro for 5 + years. I'm looking for something to replace it. We now have a variable speed pump on our in ground 12,500 gallons. The Navigator works okay but I' done rebuilding it and at low speeds on the pump it has issues. I do skim and...

Well by the afternoon the free chlorine was 6 PPM. This morning the FC was at 5 and the CC was 0.5. As of right now the readings are the same and the water is clear.

I use the TFT100 Kit CYA=70 pH 7.2 TA 80 Ca=400 Cl=0 I thought I had a dirty SWG cell as my Cl was 2 ppm 5 days ago. I cleaned it and the chlorine was down to zero today. The water is a bit opalescent. I add DPD to 10 ml of water and got no color. Went to the pool store to test the cell. It...

It is on the side and on bottom. They are not from leaves or dirt.

TC = 5 FC = 5 CC= 0 pH=7.4 TA = 100 CAlcium Hardness = 500 CYA=60 Salt pool. Resurface about 8 months ago with pebbletec. I have a few spots that wen rubbed with Vit C tablets go away. They seem to reappear every few weeks. My water is very low in metals and iron. Looking for ideas as to the...

In the Tampa area. Only got Cat 1 winds and such. Pool relatively clear but now power for three days. Now that power is back pool chem is relatively stable and normal. Nothing out of the normal range. Pool water is a bit less than totally clear. Just had a variable speed Sta-Rite Intellipro 2...

So I've pondered this since getting our pool resurfaced. Had a new skimmer put in and they company put a new main drain cover on that is complaint with current code. The skimmer has a single pipe. My question is should the main drain (at the bottom) pull a vacuum at all? Or is it there to...