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Would an electrician of some sort be who to contact if needed? Or a pool service company? Handyman? We've mostly figured out how to do things ourselves so I'm not always sure where to turn for this sort of thing. Thanks.

Thanks I have a passing acquaintance with wiring - white, black and green or bare I've seen in wires in electrical outlet wiring. Are the wires in pump cord likely to be similarly colored? And the pump says it's 115 volts. I suppose I could take apart the plug on my current pump and see how...

Hi - I have an aboveground pool that may soon need a new pump, as current one is getting old and kinda loud. I'm trying to get ahead of understanding what I'll need to do in case it fails mid-season (or doesn't work when I start opening up next month 🙄) So, I have a hayward powerflo matrix 1...

So "ignore the floater" means my CH is the 175 ppm. Thank you!

Hi! I got the TF-100 test kit and tried it out last night. When doing the CH test, it says to add drops until it turns from red to blue. Well, blue showed up at 7 drops (175 ppm), but it was blue liquid with little pink/red dots floating around in it (see pic). It was 4 more drops to get the...

I finally had time last night to get familiar with the new test kit. When I got home, initial OTO chlorine test showed practically no chlorine. So I dosed with chlorine, then spent some time vacuuming some little gunk piles from the bottom and doing my best to brush the walls. I find it very...

Happily, the pool water cleared up by yesterday morning and all the remaining gunk settled on the sides and bottom. I did a very poor brush and clean yesterday evening and this morning it's even better! Attached is a picture of the skanky stuff clinging to the bottom and sides before I brushed...

Thanks for the recommendation. I have, in fact, already read most of the basics info. :)

So glad I found this forum and instructions for biguanide to chlorine conversion. I think all I did last summer was pour (expensive) oxidizer in my pool! I just opened the pool this past weekend - connected the plumbing, topped off the water level,removed the cover and started circulating...

Hi all! About 12 years ago we got an aboveground pool secondhand from a friend who was moving and was advised to remove the pool to improve their property value. So we schlepped all the bits and pieces from their place to ours and re-assembled. At the time, I never would have thought to buy a...