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The cyclone blower is great. Pays for itself in no time and has allowed me to help others close their pool as well.

I just wanted to update for anyone who is following. Two o-rings needed to be replaced. One in the bottom drain on the cartridge filter and the other from pump to filter connection. He still has an issue with the bottom pool drains but will look at that later. At least now the pump is running...

The skimmer works but never gets enough water to fill the pump near the top. It's like it looses suction.

I'm helping a friend with his pool that he is having issues with. When the pump is priming there is never enough suction/flow. He has a skimmer, three return jets, and two floor drains. The skimmer and drains each have a valve. If he opens the valve for the floor drain he loses flow almost...

Starting 4th season with TFP method. Pool still as clear as my first pic in 2020 at the start of the thread. Thanks to all for the support and motivation. I don't even know what algae looks like in my pool. Keep up the good work all.

It looks like it snaps on but I haven't installed it yet. I got it off of Amazon. The one for my skimmer is: SP1084FGR

I ordered a replacement but will install it next season. I do have what looks like fading around the pool but just at the water line. I have a SWG installed but don't use it. I manually dose liquid chlorine and muriatic acid. Nothing in the skimmer other than CYA. I will try to get a pic but it...

Cover the top when not in use to save cleanup time. Mostly its just adding chlorine which is a few mins a day even if you aren't testing daily.

This is the second season using my pool.

My grey skimmer faceplate has a white band within the water level band. Is this normal? I use liquid chlorine and add at the return side with the jet faced upwards to agitate the water as I pour.

Dang thats expensive in Canada....

I've had the PB close my pool the last couple of seasons mostly because I don't own a compressor. I lower the water levels, spray off the filters, and adjust my chemistry. The only thing they do is blow out the lines and put the cover on. I'm looking to do the whole thing myself this winter as...

Do you have a solar cover? I live north of you and can get about 85-86F with it. There are a lot of threads on winterizing the pool and a Youtube video below. I prep my chemistry for the temperature drop and then cover for the winter. The later you close the less chance for algae in the spring...

@rosey19 , Is a partial drain and refill an option? Your high CYA is handcuffing you. Keep in mind that a loss of about 2-3 ppm per day of free chlorine is about normal with just the sun alone and can be higher in other regions. Bather load will increase usage. As others have mentioned, its...

Ducks are what convinced me to put on a solar cover...duck poop is the worst.

Thanks. I'll have to look more closely at what can be done. I have a bunch of Raspberry Pis laying around for Retro Pi, PiHole, etc. The electronics of it all is a little daunting to be honest.

I definitely think there would be interest in automation products. I would settle for a dosing system for chlorine and MA that includes a flow sensor for those of us that dont have controllers. As for testing, that would be awesome if it worked or got close enough. I think though we may not be...

I have a gap in mine but can't say if this is normal as I never looked before. I noticed my ultra fine filter not cleaning as well this season as well. I switched to the original filter which seemed much better. I've deep cleaned my ultra fine filters but haven't swapped them back in yet.

Just an update....I didn't start the SLAM because it was cold as heck yesterday. We had snow coming down! I kept FC up around 8ppm and ran the pump/filter 24/7. I cleaned out the skimmer sock three times and the amount of pollen is much less. Pool is looking better. I think there is still a bit...

It's a gray, rainy day today. My results from last night until this morning. 19:30 FC 8.0 23:09 FC 7.0 08:00 FC 4.5 CC 0.5 I just added more LC which should bring it closer to FC 8. I'm still a little perplexed on how it would go from crystal clear for almost two weeks and then get cloudy...

Thanks. I've bumped it to 7.5. I'll do the OCLT but figured I would be losing some chlorine as there is a lot of junk falling into the pool.

The pool water has been super clean until the last couple of days. We've been getting a lot of pollen/seeds/junk plus a bit of rain in the last couple of days. My skimmer sock was completely full to the point of affecting the water flow. Usually I just spray them off but the last couple of days...

SLAM level for 50 CYA is 20 ppm FC. Regular maintenance is 6-8 ppm FC. What is your CC testing at? How are you dosing chlorine?

I'm at 54F currently. Last year was my first year maintaining the pool and I kept CYA around 30. I manually dose liquid chlorine twice a day so it wasn't an issue last year following TFP standards. I've added enough CYA to increase by 20 ppm. With last seasons dilution of a partial drain over...