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    Black algae?

    I have had a very strange problem the last couple of week. I was going away for a couple of days and put two of the Duration plastic coated capsules in the skimmer to hold the pool while away. When I came back the capsules and the skimmer basket had a black deposit on them. There was also...
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    Permatex

    I think it was Permatex #2 and I did pul the MSDS but that only refers to actually ingesting or contact with the substance. I also can't imagine a small amount of substance being a problem, but like I said in my other reply, I'm a little obsessive compulsive and tend to exaggerate problems...
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    Permatex

    Thanks, I pretty much assumed that but being a little obsessive compulsive, I thought I would put the question out there. Bill
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    Permatex

    I had a leak where the pipe comes out of the pump to go to the filter. I tried teflon tape it still leaked. Spoke to guy at pool store who suggested using Permatex with teflon tape. Still leaked. Had pool company comeout to fix it and the first time they tried, it still leaked. I belive they...
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    Opened green - pump not working

    Thanks for the replies. Turned out the pool store turned the pump around same day. Unfortunately i won't bea ble to re-install until Monday night. Bill
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    Opened green - pump not working

    I opened on Friday to a green swamp and to complicate matters the pump would not start. It just hums and then trips the breaker, pool store suggested changing capacitor, did not help. Had to pull pump and bring in for service. With the holiday, it will probably be several days before I get the...