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Hello, I bought a Aquabot Rapids 2500 from refurbpoolbots the end of March. Recently have been having an issue: When I start it up, it runs for about 3-4 minutes and then stops. The controller light starts blinking. I disconnect it and press the button again to restart it - it again runs for...

Got a pressure side cleaner - Pentair Racer LS when we built the pool (approx 4 years back) - does not work any more. Any suggestions on a reliable pool cleaner? Also if I do get a robot what do I do to the outlet that feeds the Pentair Racer LS (I assume the booster pump will also not be used...

Hello, The auto fill valve is on the outside wall of my son's bedroom. This morning my wife asked me to investigate a pinging or like a small leaking sound - it is coming from the flexible pipe attached to the auto fill valve (pic attached) - any idea what it can be? It is continuous and sounds...

Have been having a hard time getting LC in the Austin area? Is there a shortage? Called several Home Depots and Leslies...none of them have any in stock...anyone else have any luck?

So family and I are going on vacation next week and since we will be away, I decided to get a pool company for 1 month to take care of pool while gone. I use the TFP way, since the pool was built - but last few weeks I have been unable to find Liquid Chlorine in the Austin area. My CYA is around...

hello... Following are my readings: FC - 6 CC- 1 ph - 7.5 TA - 70 cya - 45 Do I need to SLAM to reduce CC (usually my CC is 0.5.....all of a sudden the past month or so - jumped to 1) Have brushed - dont see any sign of any algae

I have been trying to reorder stuff and have been unable to get on the website for a few days now.....anyone else facing an issue - am I doing anything wrong? https://tftestkits.net/

Started SLAM yesterday morning (have been seeing that the pool has been losing a lot of chlorine past few days - so decided to SLAM)...Texas has been hot (upper 90's) plus the pool has no cover or shade - direct sun exposure (and the sun has been shining bright) Before SLAM: cya - 30 ph - 7.2 ta...

Hello - can people chime in when should a pool be drained: - High CH - how high should the CH be for the pool to be drained - High CYA - how high should the CYA be for the pool to be drained Also what is the right procedure to drain and refill a pool? (is it by using a sump pump drain...

Hello, These are my readings from last evening - before adding Liquid Chlorine: FC - 2.5 (added LC to bring it to 5 - which I normally maintain) CC- 0.5 pH - 8.0 (I need to add MA - I seem to have to add MA every week at least once to bring it down) TA - 80 CH - 550 My fill water CH (tested...

Hello, Following are my readings: FC - 5 ppm pH - 8.2 cya - 30 TA - 70 every week I add acid to bring pH down to 7.2 (use pool math) - by the end of the week the pH again drifts back up to 8.2 - what am I doing wrong - how do I get it to stabilize? PS: we have been getting blazing hot sun the...

My pool builder showed up last week to look at the pool (pool finished in Oct 2018) - he said pool looked good but also made a comment that it looked cloudy - asked me my readings (am using TFP method and self maintaining the pool) which were: FC: 4.5 ppm CC: 0 cya: 30 TA: 80 pH: 7.8 He told...

Hello all, So finally I had my pool school done yesterday (done by a pool maintenance contractor that the PB sources out to) - at the end I asked him to take readings - (initially at startup stage he had dumped a lid full of cya in the skimmer) - I told him my cya readings was way below 20...

Have a new pool - this morning pH showed 8.0 - pool math told me to add 5.3 oz muriatic acid (bought from Home Depot - 31.45%) to bring it do 7.2 - I added it in the morning and brushed the pool - just now - checked readings again - pH was 7.8....am I doing something wrong?

Hello - we are currently constructing a pool - while talking with my PB today he mentioned in passing that he was installing an Easy Touch 4 and that it was an L - I got into an argument with him telling him that he should have been clear when giving me the quote that he should have mentioned...

Hello all - Greetings - below is the pool that we are going to construct: Materials Selection Included in Price of Contract. (Allowances include applicable local taxes) Selection Location Material Notes/Allowances Tile Pool Trim Tile MASNL1131/Delorian Underpinning Exposed concrete Walls...

Hello all - Greetings from Austin, TX - we just signed a contract to build a pool (wife and kids have been on me for the last 5 years) - after signing the contract found out about this website and wished I had gone one here and asked questions before deciding on signing the contract with the...