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I bit the bullet on switching to salt after 3 years of liquid chlorine. Paid the $20 to upgrade from RJ45+ to RJ60+ at discountsaltpool.com. I am going to install this week. Question- is there an upside / downside on 110 vs 220? Either is doable for me. 1 more conductor to run for 220, but I...

Other than supply chain headaches (weeks where Home Depot had no liquid chlorine, and a recent shortage of HCL), and one small scare with gentle algae growth and non-zero combined chlorine for a few days, my pool is behaving remarkably well. However I have concluded that I need to add roughly 2...

Hi, I have a 2.5HP Pentair WF30 pump. It seems to need the run capacitor changed every 18 months. Is this normal? The first time around 3 years ago, I had the pool service guy replace it (I didn't know enough to check it before calling him). When it failed in June 19, I bought a replacement...

I switched to the TFP recommended method last summer and I am happy to say that I have been completely algae free with very clear water ever since then. Definitely worth the effort of two partial drainings and then a 10 day SLAM cycle to get everything under control. I do have one concern...

Where do folks in the Austin area get their Chlorine from? Seems like there are a lot of locations mentioned elsewhere in the US, but other than Home Depot (~$8 for 3 gal), Lowes (more expensive) and the grocery store for household bleach, I haven't found anywhere else that sells larger...

Unfortunately I only stumbled across these forums a few weeks back. We inherited our pool when we purchased our house in July 2015. It was originally built with a SWG, but the previous owners had converted to chlorine tabs due to the limestone surround being eaten by the salt. We had a few...