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It wasn't a replacement cell, it was the initial install of the salt generator system

My husband's friend came over last night and he helped me clean the cell. It didn't look bad. After turning it back on, the Cell light was still blinking. So he did some quick Google-ing and said we could try adding salt. Salt was at 3000, so we added 3 bags. It brought the salt to where it...

How long should the cell last? We installed ours in May 2022, and today it is blinking green. Checked my calcium hardness and it's at 80. PH is high at 8.0 and alkalinity is also high at 110. CYA is at 40. Salt is at 3000, but I figure I need to get the other stuff balanced and the cell fixed...

Ok great, thank you!!

Hi all, We opened our pool two days ago, much later than we usually open it and it was pretty swampy. We're making great progress and SLAMing is going well. When we opened, PH was 7.0 (possibly lower, test doesn't go below 7.0) and TA was 70. Been trying to get the PH up and it's now at 7.4...

We don't usually add any weekly. We keep an eye on the level of course, but with rain, we usually never have to add any ourselves except after we open it.

Thank you! The pool was installed in 1997, is it likely they'd be from settling after 25 years? Or also could be just after 25 years the equipment is starting to breakdown? I'm assuming it's a big to do to completely replace it?

My husband noticed these cracks along the housing for the skimmer basket. Two questions, he noticed the water level a little low and is wondering if it could be from these cracks? And 2nd, short of draining some water, he has some under water epoxy and was contemplating trying that to at least...

Yes, it's for sure sodium carbonate. So I should be good with just that and not also adding sodium bicarbonate too to raise the TA?

Hi all! We recently installed a SWG system for our pool, and we just opened the pool today. I know we need to balance everything first and then add some liquid chlorine before we add the salt and get the SWG going. At opening these were my levels: FC- 0 PH- 6.8 TA- 40 CYA- 30 I have sodium...

That is great! I will definitely reach out to Add-On Pools! Leslie's didn't have any when my husband went this past weekend.

There used to be an Ocean State Job Lots 10 min from us and that's where we were getting our chlorine for the past 2 years, but they closed that store this past winter and there aren't any other close ones unfortunately.

We just opened our pool yesterday and have been unable to find liquid chlorine anywhere. No pool stores or hardware stores or even grocery stores have it and I am checking every day online. Being in NJ, who knows how long it will take for things to get back to normal regarding liquid chlorine...

Perfect, thank you!!!

Thanks! One last question, on the SLAM page, it says to test not more than once per hour, but at least twice a day. What is ideal? And how long after adding the liquid chlorine should I test again? Thanks again, this site has been a lifesaver for us and has made maintaining our pool a breeze.

I used about 36 oz of sodium carbonate and about 70 oz of sodium bicarbonate. Water is a little cloudy, but my husband has been vacuuming and stirring up all the Crud. I do have the liquid chlorine (it's all we use) and was going to wait until the PH and TA came up. My main question is...

Hello TFP! So we opened our pool ourselves for the first time today, in the past we have used a company to do it since we didn't know anything as first time pool owners. We are entering our 4th summer with the pool. It has a vinyl lining. I tested the water after we opened it and it was as...