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    Pentair IC40 at 100% Output

    Moved from here. Sorry for the thread revival, but want to clarify on Super Chlorination vs 100% output. Are you guys saying that they're the same-same? Meaning that running the IC-40 at 100% wears it out faster? I understand the lifetime hours of usage, but does 100% setting heat up the cell...
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    pH balancing in winter (low temperature)

    I have a new pool, completed in August. The current water temperature is now starting to warm a bit but is still in the (high) 40s. It has gotten as low as the high 30s this winter here in Las Vegas. The pool is a salt water pool and I occasionally use the spa portion of the pool. This allows...
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    New home construction ... considerations for adding pool

    My wife and I will be building a new home this winter and I wanted to check in here for recommendations to make it easier when we have our pool built. We live in Las Vegas and the last two homes we've lived in have had pools already built, so I will definitely be putting in a pool and spa...
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    Kreepy Krauly Kruiser

    I just bought one at NPS Pool & Spa Supply for $199 + tax; came to $215. About the same as the cheapest online price but they offer free lifetime labor (not that it's hard to replace anything on it). I decided to go with this pool cleaner because I can leave it in my pool 24/7, I can have it...
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    Terrible pool design for circulating water - ideas?

    We bought the house late last year and didn't bother opening the pool before winter. I just noticed that there are only two return jets in our entire (14x29) pool and one of the return jets is underneath the water feature (waterfall) where most of the filtered water is returned to the pool...
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    How I lowered my CH in an area with very hard water

    I just moved to Las Vegas last fall and we bought a house with a pool. Since it was the end of the season, I just threw the cover on it and cleaned it on occasion, running the filter about an hour a day and adding a bit of chemicals. Fast forward to this last week. I bought a new pool cover...
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    Pool/spa cleaning equip recommendations - brush/vacuum/hoses

    I've got a 14.5' x 28' pool with an attached 5' x 5' spa. I'm looking at various cleaning tools to get. I'm not quite ready for an automatic pool cleaner (kreepy krauler, barracuda, hayward, etc) due to the separate spa. Since I'll have to get manual cleaning equipment for the spa, I want to...
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    Newbie; will probably need to drain pool soon; suggestions?

    I’ve been lurking here since last fall, picking up great advice and have finally registered. This is our first pool; we started renting this house last October. The owner is supposed to pay for all pool maintenance but I was told recently by the pool cleaner that the owner was pushing back...