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So, I've decided to do a drain or maybe partial drain and refill and have a couple of questions about water chemistry after the refill. I've been having high CH for close to 3 years now and would like to bring it down plus with all the rain we've had my pool has taken on a dull haziness. I've...

Going into our 3rd year with our pool and this is the first time I've encountered hazy dull water. We've had a lot of rain here in central California this year so wondering if that is contributing to my issue. However, I think my numbers aren't that far off from where they typically have been...

So, back in late Oct. our large Jandy watercolors LED pool light died. Contacted builder and verified it was still under warranty. They contacted Jandy for the warranty claim and a Jandy authorized repair. A Finally, a repair person contacted me on Dec. 3. He said he should have some lights...

Went to use our pool lights last night and one of my 2 Jandy Watercolors LED lights is not working correctly. Wrong color, missing color, white isn't working, and also appears to be dimmer than the other light. This pool is less than 2 years old as is the light. They advertise something like...

Went out today to buy some acid at our local Ace where I’ve always been able to get it and nada. Both Ace’s I went to were out of Transchem acid. They said they are having a hard time getting their shipment of acid. One of the stores had Acid Magic as a replacement for the Transchem...

I’m watching the neighbors house and dog for a week and thought I’d test their pool chemistry just to see where it is. It’s an older pool non-SWCG pool and they use a pool service to maintain it. I’ve been taking care of our own SWCG pool for about a year and half and so far so good. Anyways...

Have a little ove one year old pool with jandy aqualink equipment. I’m having an issue with the freeze protection process. The pumps will come on even when the air temp is above the temperature set for freeze protection. For instance, this morning the air temp on the jandy hand held device was...

First full winter with our pool just want to verify my process. The water temp is around 48 so the SWCG is off. At the moment my CYA is 60 (it’s come down from the 70 it was in summer when the SWCG was running) so should I keep my FC at the 7-9 target range for a non-SWCG pool as opposed to the...

Awhile ago I ordered some replacement solutions from Tftestkits and one in particular has me puzzled. It’s the R-0012 for the CH. With the original solution that came with my TF-100 I was getting a reading of around 525. Now when using the new solution it’s coming in around 800. Any thoughts...

Will be turning off my SWCG here in the next month. As far as CYA and FC levels do I then treat it as a non- SWCG pool? I will be exchanging some water at that time to bring my CH down which I think will impact my CYA, salt, etc. So, if it does bring them down and assuming the CYA is then more...

Any tips on cleaning the Jandy Aquapure 1400 cell? After removing it from the plumbing I’m guessing I need to also remove both the cap on the side with flat grey cable along with the black plug with the round black cable. Do I just set it in a 5 gal bucket with a mixture of 1 part acid to 4 of...

New to all this and have a question regarding my FC level. I’ve been running our SWG at 20% with a pump run time of 6 hrs keeps my FC around 5. CYA is 70. The grandkids came over along with us using the pool and my FC dropped down to 4. Is it ok to add some chlorine bring my FC back up to my...

Hi, Looking for some advice on starting up my SWG for the first time. This is a new pool completed on Dec. 19. Water temps are now consistently above 65 degrees and when the sun is out and the solar running will get up above 70. To date, I've been using 10% liquid chlorine but would like to...

We decided to let the Pb do an acid bath to resolve an issue we were having with our quartz plaster pool. So far the treatment has had a positive effect however since the acid bath a few weeks ago the CH has risen from around 250 to a stable 650. My total alkalinity has stabilized at around 80...

One month after our new pool was done and I’m disappointed with how the plaster turned out and I’m not sure what to do. The plaster is Aruba sky quartz. There is all this white stuff as you can see in the pictures. I brushed it 2-3 times a day as instructed. My water chemistry is all good per...

One month into our new pool and as of today here are my numbers. How am I doing? Anything to be aware of? I've been adding chlorine as needed to keep the FC in the 4-5 range. Water looks great. Should I add a little muriatic acid to bring the PH down to say 7.6 which would bring the TA down...

Our new plaster pool is 3 weeks old. I have a question about the cya level prior to the SWG going online and then once it does go online. I know the recommended levels for non- SWG and SWG pools . As of today my cya level is 40. FC is 3. Next week the Pb is going to bring the SWG online. So...

Hi. Our pool was completed and filled on Dec 19. It’s 9400 gallon quartz plaster IG pool. It has a SWG but that isn’t running for a couple more weeks. This past Monday the Pb came by and added a gal of muriactice acid to bring ph down, 1/2 gal of Instant Conditioner along with a bag of Super...

Our new pool was just brought online and the water feature pump they installed is a Jandy stealth shot .75 e-plus. That pump is obnoxiously loud. Is that typical of these pumps? Its loud enough that it drowns out the noise made by my sheer descents. I’m going to discuss this with my builder but...

Once the rain finally stops they will be plastering our pool. Question came up if we want to acid wash or not. We are going with a quartz finish (Aruba sky). I was told that not acid washing will provide a smoother finish which we are looking for. Also, it appears there are a couple ways of...

Well, we settled on a builder and design so this will be the official thread for our pool build. The two builders we were down to each had designs we liked, had good reputations in the area but we opted for the builder we choose based on liking this design a little better. The other factors were...

Working with two different pool builders on a new IG pool. Both designs are similar in size about 30x 13, 3.5 to 6’ deep. Anyway one builder is designing it with a Jandy ePump 2.7. The other is using the VS PumpHP 2.7. We are going with automation. The first is using the Aqualink PDA. The other...

We received the design rendering from the first company and I'm seeking input from all the creative people out there. We have one more company we're dealing with and should have their design this week. In this design the pool will be about 13' at it's widest point by 30' at it's longest...

So, we met with the first of 4 builders regarding construction of an IG pool. He came over and looked over the yard (which will require some demo which we would have done be someone else) noted what would have to come out, electrical run, etc. We the. Went inside to discuss our ideas on what...

We are starting the process of looking to have a new IG pool installed. The pool will be primarily used by my wife and me and occasionally our 2 grandkids ages 5 and 10. We are in central California so warm summers. The dimensions that will fit in our rectangle-shaped backyard will be about...