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Several days ago, my pump's motor just decided to stop working. No humming or buzzing or overheating. It just quit. And then, as I was researching replacement motors, it fired back up again (I'd left it on the timer), sounded fine, wasn't getting hot, and it ran for a few days. Then it quit...

I have a Hayward pump, but my basket lid looks different from yours. It has two protruding ridges running across the top, so there's something to grab ahold of to shove. Early on, I had problems getting the lid off. I used rubber mallets, also a pipe wrench fitted across those two ridges (gently...

I have some more info to report on this pump mystery. Yesterday morning, the pump started up normally -- when the timer triggered it to "on." It ran all day and lasted until it shut off. This had me stumped, so I was looking forward to this morning to see if it would repeat this behavior and it...

I know it was 0.75, based on the literature I've found on the pump. My question was would it hurt anything to run a more powerful motor. Yeah, checking the line voltage is something that occurred to me after I posted the above note. I sure hope that isn't the problem. The motor is about 60 feet...

Well, yesterday morning I was wondering why the pump hadn't kicked on, come to find out it should have. The timer tripped. I checked the breaker box and no breakers have tripped. This motor is not that old -- maybe 2 or 3 years. Which has me wondering -- what is the likelihood that maybe a wear...

Just a quick follow up. I finally broke down and RTFM'd. I saw a note in it, mentioning wear on the shoes -- what I was calling the feet. The manuals sez the shoes should be replaced when they wear down to about 1/4" thick. Well, my machine's shoes' thickness isn't that thin, but close. So I...

For the past several weeks my little Pool Vac XL has been zipping along the bottom and sides of my pool, getting the job done with few issues. About the only time it would stop would be if it sucked up too many leaves or sticks which ended up jamming the impeller. But once I cleared the jams, it...

Mine is not a salt water pool. Maddie, I know all that stuff. I was merely asking if you run the pump to circulate the chlorine. Seems to me you'd have to for at least a few hours. Those numbers from a few days ago must have just been a strange little anomaly. Today's numbers were back within...

CYA is 40. Maddie, just to make sure I'm following your recommendations, namely "take it up to 10 tonight (test to confirm)" I'm assuming here that if I add the additional bleach to bring it up to 10 ppm tonight that I should also run the pump to make sure the bleach has been well circulated...

Folks, I've been testing my pool's FC and CC numbers every morning and adding chlorinating liquid as required. I've been shooting for a 7ppm balance and typically with my pool I'm having to add anywhere from 40 oz to 64 oz of bleach a day. The actual numbers I'm seeing are usually around 3.5 to...

Eek, what a horror story! I'm kinda new here, too. These folks helped me rescue my pool that looked a lot worse than yours. Picture pea green soup, and you'll be close. Fortunately, I didn't have a clueless contractor to pick up after -- just a pool service that had been abusing our pool for the...

Well, it's been several days since I've posted a comment here. Haven't really needed to. I've settled into a routine now of testing the pool water every morning after I've made my first cup of coffee. I just have a seat in the backyard with my trusty TF-100 kit and test the FCs and CCs every...

Jimen, I'm still kinda new here too, so consider my comment to be about equal parts question, but from what I understand, CYA isn't used to control the pH. It's used to keep the chlorine from being burned up too rapidly by sunlight. One of the problems inherent with CYA is it doesn't go away...

The last couple of boxes I bought were from a Home Depot location that had been out of stock when I bought my first couple of boxes. So I'm sure this batch they have should be reasonably fresh. Those boxes aren't quite up to the task, though, so it isn't unusual at all to see a bunch of loose...

At last, the pool survived the OCLT test. Whew! I'm gonna do a complete test later today, once the sun is up further, so I can do a good CYA test. I'm thinking that number is going to determine where exactly I want to keep my CL level at.

Water clarity is excellent, so I tried an OCLT last night. Not even close. I had to SLAM 1.5 gallons of bleach this morning. I'm gonna try again tonight. The water is so clear, I might as well.

I'm still SLAMming the pool. Water clarity is excellent. But chlorine is still being consumed. I think I'm gonna try an OCLT tonight, see how things fare. It seems about due now.

Somebody gave a heads-up here a while back on the 3 1-gal packs of 10% chlorine at Home Depot for $9.99. I've been buying these.

Yeah, pool chemicals and extremely overpriced (to me, at any rate) pool sweeper machines. I must admit, though, when my pump burned out a motor last year, Leslie's price on a new motor was competitive at least.

Last night, when I tested the pool, the water was much clearer. This morning, the same. It's almost back to normal. But the SLAM must go on. Last night, those little algae buggers were busy getting murdered by all the chlorine I've been dumping in the pool. So much so that I had to dump another...

Interesting. This morning, the water was cloudier than it was yesterday, but the FCs were 20 ppm (my target number), and CCs were 0.5 ppm. So I didn't add any chlorine. It's just now noon, and the water is much less cloudy. That's a nice quick change. I cleaned the filter just to be on the...

Thanks for the response, Ezun. I feel I'm getting a handle on the pool chem basics now. Some of it is bringing back memories of my college chem classes lo these many years ago. Especially the testing. I enjoyed titration back in those days. And getting to titrate every day or sometimes more...

Marty, I thought I'd give it one more day, see if the slight cloudiness improved. It didn't. During the past 24 hours, we've had overcast and rainy skies, so chlorine burn-off from the sun should have been minimal. Yet this morning's numbers showed there's little green beasties growing in the...

Well, I decided to give the first-thing-in-the-morning plan a try this morning, and things went smoothly. After doing my regular pool maintenance I tested the water and things are looking up, I think. I just tested for FCs, CCs, and pH this morning. I just noticed that it's been a week since my...

Hey Ezun, I appreciate all perspectives. I like the puppy analogy and I can see the truth factor in it. I do need to get into a routine in terms of when I do the water testing. Probably early morning will be best for me. After I make my first cup of coffee and let the dog out to do his business...

Thanks for the feedback, Dave. I just finished pulling maintenance on the pool. Scrubbed down the sides, cleaned the filter, tested the water, and added chems. Interesting thing, when I cleaned the filter, unlike when I cleaned it a week ago, where the dirt coming out of it was green colored...

No, the water is still crystal clear -- looks the same as it did in the above photos. It's because of the water's clarity that I've been hesitant to start another SLAM. But if that's what it's gonna take to get the CCs back down, I guess I don't have much choice. And I'm gonna have to go down to...

Tested the pool this morning. Chlorine numbers have moved slightly, indicating I've probably got some algae growing somewhere. FCs dropped to 4.5 and CCs went up to 1.0. So, I did as Casey recommended, bumped the "required" level of FCs up to 10 and Pool Math app showed I should dump 1 gallon...

OK, I like your idea. I will put it into action tomorrow.

Thanks for that info, Casey -- and you almost answered a question I was about to ask. Namely, with my CYA at 50, what do you guys recommend the stable FC level to be? I have it set at 6 in my PoolMath app, but I suspect that's too low and it should be closer to 8. (The app recommends a range of...