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I guess it had to happen eventually... it seems like Hayward T-15 is dying. Unit states "Low Salt", but when checked via 1766 testing shows 4600ppm. Shame on me for just adding bags of salt without recognizing a problem immediately. I replaced my cartridges (unrelated, it was time after 5yrs)...

I know many will disagree with my approach. I will be the first to say it's not for everyone. But there is nothing like the almost immediate satisfaction of having calcium disappear before your very eyes. It still takes a while, but I bought three batteries so I can get more done at once. I use...

Hi Everyone! It's been a while since I've been on but want to float this out there.... had pool built about 4 years ago... now it seems like the right half of spa is collecting more calcium than the rest of it. I've always thought there was an internal "problem" between the tile, grout and...

Hi Everyone... well I've had my pool for a few years now and I am planning my "first" real plumbing tweak. For spa bypass valve (pictured with red arrow) I want to remove manual ball valve and replace with Jandy two way valve and Hayward actuator (as other 3-way valves pictured).... is there an...

I didn't see a post about this recently but wondering what everybody is doing when they can't get muriatic acid? I've been told told two major plants shut down, and the ones that are open are short handed and alternating between chlorine and acid production. In the absence of muriatic acid, is...

With the nice weather in SoCal been getting ready to enjoy the pool. I noticed a few things.. the aggregate from garage shingles is ending up on the Baja... and it appears to be binding pretty well to PebbleFina. Plaster is almost 2 years old. Probably because no flow over baja. I had the return...

I have never had this problem before. Purchased basic softener salt from Home Depot no additives. I got lazy and dumped salt and brushed... but didn’t brush out until completely dissolved. The next morning I noticed a yellowish stain and remains of salt in same area. PebbleFina plaster. Any help...

...turned fill valve. Forgot to set a reminder. Went out early this morning to see that my deck drains work great :LOL:... but while driving around for work today I got to thinking.... I may have done myself a favor... you see my CH was previously 775 or so... and I had been putting off the...

I finally put the pool cover on... since this is my first real transition from summer to fall I want to be sure I’m not missing something... I’m eventually going to drain to bring down my CH, but I’d like to get a few more weekends out of it before I do. I found that I can put my suction side...

I keep this in a dark room not above 85 degrees. It hasn’t even expired yet. Why does this happen?

I’m trending toward 800 now... but of course mid summer. My water is pretty clear and everything else seems to be in relative order. CSI looks good. Can I wait until I hit 1000 or should I do a water exchange when I pass 800? Enjoying the pool more than ever and don’t really want the extra work...

I ordered this from Margaret @ Marina and I could not be happier. Ordered it on 7/1 and got it 7/5. Put it in the pool this morning and it did it's thing. The WiFi connectivity is much better than Bluetooth as far as connection flexibility. I find manual drive works best when you are on the same...

I just purchased an M600 from Marina. I am so excited to see how much better my pool is going to look. And I can get rid of the suction side Navigator. I will post a review here once I get it going!

My spa used to "blow air" when the pool filter was running. It was pretty and I really wish it did it now that it's summer! I have one pump and can only run spa or pool, they cannot run together. Once I started using spa diverter valve to stop spa spillover while running at low pump speed, it...

I was reading a thread yesterday and it got me thinking..... For a few weeks now I've been running 1200rpm 24/7 except for 1.5hrs each day at 3450rpm. At 1200rpm my filter gauge is a whopping 3psi. I believe minimum for Hayward C4030 is 18. If I have to run at a minimum of 18 that will put the...

Pool has a spa spillover which runs great when pool filter is operated over roughly 2000 RPM. I've been thinking that if I could get that spillover to stop, it will keep pH from rising so quickly and I won't have many deposits on stone, etc. Is there an easy way to do this? ...Besides running...

When I took over my pool I changed my cycle to 12hrs on high speed... then I saw my electric bill.... so probably a week ago I changed cycle to 8hrs weekdays high and 10hrs weekends high. My pump has 4 speeds, and I'm not taking advantage of it at all. This morning I went out to skim since I...

Was going to hold off for a bit on the drain to lower CH, but over the last two weeks my CH is just about 450 now. I know many people wait longer to do a partial drain.... but I'm wondering what causes CH to rise in the first place.... besides adding calcium or salt to the pool. Today I'm going...

It's been about 2 weeks since I started working my pool. I don't want to chase a number but CH seems to be creeping upwards... so I want to deal with that. I purchased a 1/2HP submersible pump and a quality flow meter +/- 1%. Been reading up on water exchange and thinking about giving it a shot...

My pool is 6 months old. I'm sure the pool guy I had previously *may* have had something to do with this buildup, as I wasn't doing anything myself. But now that I'm in charge I'm hoping to fix things like this (pictured).... is there any reliable way to eliminate calcium deposits on stone and...

Thought I would do an additional test this morning while trying to deal with other things..... my pool is ballpark 6 months old. The pool guy (who I fired last week) has been adding liquid chlorine and acid as appropriate (I can only hope), although this is a saltwater pool with SWG. I use this...

New guy here, learning as I go... I am working on getting my new saltwater pool in line. Last week CYA was zero, now I'm up to 60 with more to go. Trying to drop FC to 6 or so from current 10. I read up on the SWG directive, I decided to drop down to 20% to see if I could achieve the desired...

Well, new salt pool owner here. Have a pool guy. Have my own Taylor K-2006 test kit, trying to get comfortable testing while the pool guy is still around. Have a pool supply store that is eager to sell me everything, in fact (after doing some reading on this fine site) realized that they sold me...

Well, new pool owner here. Have a pool guy. Have my own Taylor K-2006 test kit, trying to get comfortable testing while the pool guy is still around. Have a pool supply store that is eager to sell me everything haha. My pool is less than a year old. I have noticed several small "stains" 1/4" or...