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    15 gal drum

    Best and cheapest place to get a 15 gal drum
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    Walmart bleach

    I went to Walmart and got bleach to start a slam. The great value brand was 7.5 percent. It s $3.68 for a gallon. I got 22. I do have 15 gallons of 12.5 percent come get but won’t be here till Friday. The only come to my town on fridays. Here are some pics of the stuff I got yesterday.
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    What salt gen do I need

    I have an above ground pool that’s 33 foot. About 28000 gallons of water. Give or take I am think about installing a salt gen when I replace the pump ( not working I have the pump). What size gen do I need and will a in ground gen work. I don’t have much money so please be nice. Lol...
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    Vacation

    Going on vacation for 7 days I will bring my pool up to slam levels the night befor I leave and put 3 or 4 pucks in a floater. But do I need to run the pump while I’m gone. Don’t really like to run it when I’m not here but I will if I need to
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    Tf-100 test tubes

    I’ve had my test kit for a year now and my test tubes started to look bad so before I ordered new ones I decided to try and clean them. Rubbing alcohol works great now that I don’t have to order test tubes I’m going to go see what else they have that I need Lol love my tf test kit
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    Rash from a friends pool

    My two great nieces went to there aunts house to swim. They came home with a rash. My niece didn’t think much of it but when they went back the youngest one said as soon as she got in it felt like something was stinging or burning her. She got out and won’t go back in. I don’t blame her well...
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    How many amps do I need

    I am running new service to my pool. I have a single speed pump runs off of 110. Would like to maybe go to a 220 pump someday. Maybe an injection pump or SWG at some point a few lights (2 or 3 ) on my deck and maybe a light in my pool. What would you do
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    How far from my pool can I have my filter

    I have a thread where I asked about run a new power supply line to my pool ( how to run a new line 320 feet. Lots of money) but if I move my pump and filter ( going to replume any way. ) how for is to raw away. I have what I think is a 1hp single speed denamo pump With 1 1/2 pluming I don’t...
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    Moving electric supply line

    First let me say I don’t post much but I read everyday and have learned a lot. Thanks to everyone Now we are selling our house to be moved so the pool service that I have now is going away we are moving into my mother in laws house that is about 75 yards from the one we live in now. We just...
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    Pool pump

    I’m reading and hearing that by 2021 all pool pumps have to be VS pumps. I have a Single Speer pump on my above ground pool. Does this mean I need to be thinking about changing mine or dose that just mean on new pool installs after 2021? Thanks
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    What’s up with Walmart

    I went to my local Walmart yesterday in hopes of ordering there store brand cleaning bleach by the case because they never have more then two or three gallons on the shelf at a time. They said they can’t keep it on the shelf and they don’t have the pool bleach ether. But they told me they...
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    Rope lights around an above ground pool

    I want to put some kind of water proof lights around the lip of our above ground pool so we can use it a night Can anyone tell me what kind is the best or safest and how to tell how many I would need or how long the strand needs to be. I have someone who can install them just need to know...
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    Hayward SP1023 return fitting

    I have to replace my return fitting on my above ground pool. I got the new one and was looking at. Can some one please tell me where the cork gasket goes. I know that one rubber one goes on the in side of the pool and one on the outside but does the cork gasket go on the outside and does it go...
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    Leaks

    I had a new liner installed last year and have had leaks around the return ever since. Just drip every now and then. And the flex pipe going from my pump to my filter is getting old and no matter how many or what kind of clamps I use this pipe leaks around the fittings. So I think it time to...
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    Decisions decisions

    I have been looking and reading everything I could find on robotic pool cleaners. And I have decided on the aquabot pool rover jr or the dolphin E10. Can’t make up my mind The rover jr. is under $300 new the E10 is about 450 new or 400 rebuild. So not a lot of difference in then money...
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    Speedster

    I had to order some things for tftestkits last week and I have been hearing the Taylor speedster of course I said was not paying that much for one. Well I broke down and got one. Should have bought this when I got tf-100 test kit. Make testing so much easier and I may make my test more...
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    What pool cleaner

    I have owned a pool for years but just now learning the easy way to take care of one like BBB. Well now I think it’s time for a new cleaner. I have a Polaris 65 that’s never really worked right the hose gets tangled up most of the time and only cleans part of the pool so I have to vacuum the...
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    WiFi control

    I have a single speed pump that 10 years old that I want to be able to turn on and off by WiFi if I need to and I would like for it to be on a timer as well Basically I would to be able to look at my phone and a able to tell of it is running or if for some reason there is problem. This would...
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    Shout out to TF-100 test kits

    Mods if this is not in the right place. I just wanted to say thanks TF test kits. I needed order some testing supplies and forgot my password. I emailed them Sunday thinking I who’d hear back from them sometime this week. But Rebecca emailed me back Sunday afternoon and worked with me and until...
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    Solar cover

    What is a good solar cover. I have a 33 foot round above ground pool. I’ve been looking and can’t decide witch one to get. Any recommendations?
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    Thinking about replacing old pump

    I have an old sand dollar sand filter and Pentair pump on my pool. (Not sure what size ) it seems to be doing fine but it’s old and runs 24/7 I’m thinking about going to a two speed or a vs What brand would you recamend. I think I want to stay with a sand filter.
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    What is ScreenLogic?

    Screen logic what is it and what does it do. Had a pool for years. But new to all the technology that can go with them
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    I am having trouble with my pool cleaner

    I have a Polarius65 pool cleaner that I have had since I got my pool 10 years ago but I have never used it much because when I do it just goes around on circles until it gets rapped up in the hose and can’t move. I’ve untangle it and it would just do the same thing all over again. So I’m...