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I contacted a Home Depot and Lowes store in San Diego CA by phone yesterday, and spoke with the managers on shift. Home Depot and Lowes are both stocking chlorine in a similar manner. When stock runs out, they then reorder, and approx 1-1/2 weeks later they receive their resupply. This...

I have this control panel. It works just fine with my two speed pump. As you have stated, when the clock timer energizes the two speed circuit board, the dip switches control how long the high speed relay is powered before switching to the low speed relay. 0 will run hi for 2 minutes for...

Thanks! I do have those technical components on hand. And, in the event you have not patented this yet, your secret is safe with me. I immediately recognized the pot for ballast technique. I think man discovered that use shortly after he invented the pot and filled it with dirt. I...

I like that submersible pump idea. 8-12 hrs for a .5 pH increase isn't too bad, if the required pump power consumption isn't too high. It's a simple no fuss pH adjustment. I still have my submersible out from draining the pool. Mine is 1/8HP 120v, 1268GPH. That level of flow through your...

Thanks for the info. I am only a few days new to being hands on with pool balancing (scary), but I had not found any other practical way to address the higher TA, than the way you suggested. I have an attached spa that waterfalls into the pool, if I let it. The 4 or 5 jets do some very...

Ugh! I know, I know. That darn sock. I had one and for one fleeting moment, I knew to use it but then forgot. The 2nd time I added the CYA (the day after), I did use that sock. I was much calmer then. I overthought the whole drain refill and chem balance process, and it was the...

Thanks MkNauss. I very much appreciate your assistance. There were a dozen path I was considering taking and none were anywhere near as streamline as yours. Not sure, but somewhere in the process I may have accepted an incorrect value from a previous test run in the "Pool Math" and I would...

Got it! Will do. Thanks much. You're officially on the X-Mas mailing list.

I've finally got it clear in my head that, to begin, I need to first drop the pH to 7.0-7.1 (Mur Acid), to address the TA properly. Then I can go through all the levels and adjust; pH first, then CH, CYA, and finally FC. The CYA being granular, must I wait for 24 hrs+/- to proceed with any...

Hello, I just finished two 45% pool drains and refills. Est 32k-34K gallon free form pool. I could use some of the great TFP wisdom in getting the chem back to where it should be. These are the chems I have on hand: 4 Gals 10% Sodium Hypochlorate, 2 gallons 31.45% Muriatic Acid, 5 Lbs...

Thanks. Home Depot in southern cal here has full strength HDX store brand Muriatic and Chlorine Liquid. The Sodium Carb and Cyanuric are "Pool Time" brand granules and powder. I grabbed some 20 Mule Team Borax and some Arm & Hammer baking soda for good measure, so whatever trouble presents...

The bad news is that the Reverse Osmosis trailer couldn't be brought down my steep 750 foot winding canyon driveway to my home on the slope. So, plan "B" went into effect immediately. Water Softener water into the spa and over flowing into the pool and a submersible pump on the opposite 8 foot...

Thanks everyone for the input. I have the Taylor K2006 FAS DPD kit with the small .75 oz bottles. Since I will now be testing for real and not for practice, I have begun to order the "C" size refills for the chems that are getting low as well as some less frequently used ones that are just...

The water slide is just piped to the house water supply and a manual valve. It serves as a second but slower refill as well. I'm considering tying the refill piping to the home water softener. Not a big deal to do. The pool was never drained in its 20 years of existence, as far as I know...

This is just a practice drill, for what's to come. Reverse Osmosis trailer will be coming over on Saturday. Maybe 3 days later after the recycle and refill of lost water, I'll have one hand on the panic button, the colorful Taylor K2006 Fas-DPD kit opened up, and the other hand punching the...

Low speed usually has a start winding and or capacitor that drops out once the motor is spinning. Newer motors can have a centrifugal switch that does the same. Mine has a micro switch and a centrifugal disc that causes the start winding to drop out once a certain rpm is achieved, and then the...