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I installed mine myself last year. Circupool RJ60. It was simple. And I didn't refill. Just added salt - but make sure you get a Taylor test kit - the strips were way off and I ended up over-salting and having to do a part drain.

Another super smooth opening thanks to TFP! Ready to swim April 5 last year too...

I didn’t keep up with stabilizer late season as the FC was fine and had the auto cover on all the time. Now time to close and cya level is not detectable. Free chlorine is 16. Should I add stabilizer prior to closing or just close after doing a pseudo slam and add stabilizer when I open? Temp...

Excellent. Thanks for that. Do you think there is a way to "hack" the receiver unit to a manual timer? I agree. I've advised anyone installing a pool to take a pass. But since the valve is in place figured might try to use it.

I have zero experience with this so excuse the ignorance. But if the smartmiser unit has the transformer is there a way to manually control it?

When our pool was installed in 2016 it had a toilet lever auto filler. Three months after moving in there was a leak under the concrete in the filler pipe so the pool installer replaced it with a smartmiser wireless system (SmartMiser). It never really worked - probably because theres a...

OMG! Funny because its so true. I have some extra time right now due to COVID. I'm going to start "Mark's Pool Service". I'm going to charge a one time $265 fee. It includes a tft test kit ($165) and a TFP Gold membership ($100).

I just converted and love it. I also had my pool dialed in last season with liquid chlorine. Then I went on vacation for 3 weeks and had to re-SLAM and drop my CYA by draining since I was relying on pucks. Bonus is that the end users - my wife and fours kids swim more because they like the...

I had the similar heating issue last year. Wiring harness had several shorts where rodents had chewed insulation. Replaced harness and put rodent guards on. We also opened early. Lower temps in some ways makes the slam easier since nothing grows very fast. Good luck!

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Wanted to report my success with “Leak B Gone”. Essentially little snap on pvc collars that repair bad joints. For background, I changed from a single speed to variable speed pump. I have 2 inch plumbing. Had a slow drip joint at a coupler. I know it will have to be redone eventually but was...

Good point. I didn’t realize the salt content of the bleach. Last year the pool was drained and refilled for some plaster work. Rechlorinated with liquid chlorine and maintained with pucks.

Last season i used tablets. The pool was opened a few weeks ago using liquid chlorine SLAM.

Still trying to figure out how it happened. My pool is 25,515 gallons. I added 714 lbs salt with the assumption that my baseline was 200. Actually chose 200 so I wouldn't overshoot. According to poolmath, in order to get to 4800 with 714lbs my baseline would have had to have been 1450 which...

Adding salt to the wound, huh?...just kidding. Couldn't help the dad joke. I actually did add it in halves using the Aquacheck strips. They are 1000 PPM off the Taylor kit using the same water sample. Ive seen other posts where they are right on. Lesson for me is to wait for the right stuff...

So rather than patiently wait for my Taylor Salt test to show up I decided to add salt using test strips. My initial test was 1.3 - so less than 300 per the chart. I added 17 40Lb bags in two parts. 24 hours after the last add the strips showed 3750 so I fired up the RJ60. Salt was mixed...

FC creeping up 8->11.I turned off the RJ60 for now. Its crazy cold outside, the automatic pool cover is on, and and no one will be in the pool for a week. I'll check it daily.

Got my VSP and RJ60+ ready to go. Salinity is in range. Pool is heated to 80. Issue is that in true South Dakota fashion, we have a band of cold temps coming through with some snow. Given my current CYA/FC 80/8 I was thinking of running at 30% for now until things warm up and we actually use...

Thanks for catching that. I'll get it turned when the pump is running.

Ok. So the cell is in and the SWG control panel mounted. New pump and electrical Friday. No leaks thankfully.

Intelliflo 011028

Here's what my local store has.

It's 2" but pump didn't come with unions.

Pump arrived today but no unions. Is this something I can get from the hardware store or do I need to order online?

Switching out my single speed for a VS. Can anyone tell from the picture whether I can just reuse my old fittings? The new pump is an Intelliflo 011028. The old pump is a Challenger 1 HP. Don’t have the new pump in hand yet.