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My AquaPure has pretty much stopped generating chlorine and I was hoping to get ideas for items to check. The system is original to the pool when I had it built, which was 3 years ago. The "CELL ON" light rarely comes on, and it only stays lit for a few seconds when it does. I confirmed no...

I have a 3 year old Penntair Warrior SE that isn’t working properly. It turns on but it spends most of the time pumping water through the top of the cleaner and doesn’t move very much. In other words, it mostly just sits in one place and pumps water to the surface. I’ve cleaned the impeller...

Please feel free to tell me if this is a bad idea. I have a 25K gallon pool along with a 166K BTU heat pump. The heat pump is pretty slow to heat up the water, by design, and there are times when I’d like to speed up the process. My house has two 40 gallon gas water heaters, around 35K BTU...

We just got back from an almost two week vacation, and the SWCG did its job. Other than some debris in the bottom of the pool, because our robot was out of action (now fixed) and the pH being a little high, pool water was in good shape. A relative was nice enough to drop by twice while we were...

I have a Jandy Aquapure 1400 SWCG for my 2 month old pool, and it hasn’t been working properly. When I set the % salt generation, it constantly flips back and forth from that % to zero %, every few seconds and beeping each time. I have the Taylor salt test kit, which shows 3200 ppm. Jandy...

My pool is around 6 weeks old, and my pool builder asked me to periodically have my water tested by Leslies. I'm guessing this is in case I have warranty issues. I've been following the recommended methods here, including using a TF100 test kit and Taylor salt test kit. Just like I read about...

My new plaster pool is past the 30 day curing period, so I added salt to 3200 ppm using the Taylor salt test kit, and then turned on my Jandy Aquapure SWCG. The issue I'm having is that the salt generation keeps turning off and on every few seconds. It will oscillate between 70% (where I set...

My new pool is just about ready for salt and to turn on the SWCG. Pebbletec says this process needed to wait until the pool was 28 days old, and I’m just about there. I have been using a tablet feeder with trichlor since the pool was new. It’s plumbed to be right after the SWCG cell. There...

My two week old pool HAD crystal clear water until a thunderstorm tonight rolled through. It fill the pool to the top and the pump now won’t turn on. I tried resetting the breakers at the equipment pad, and everything works except the pump. The iAqualink is online and everything else works...

Is there a way to calculate how much electricity is used by a heat pump? I have a 126K BTU heat pump on my new pool and I’d like to get some idea for how much it’s going to cost me to run it. The model is an Aquacal Heatwave Superquiet SQ166R. The max BTU is 126K, and the only electric stat I...

My pool has been up and running for a little over a week. We had a decent rain last night, 1/2 inch. Today, I have water continuously draining out through the overflow. It's a pretty slow trickle, but it's continuous. I checked the autofill and it's definitely not running. Is it possible for...

My new pool has been up and running for a week now. The PB installed return jets that can be rotated, but they all point around 30 degrees away from the walls. I have a very long narrow pool designed for lap swimming, so I'd like to find a nozzle that points almost parallel to the wall so that...

How do folks handle discrepancies between the recommended levels here on TFP and what the plaster company says? For Pebbletec, most of their recommended numbers align with TFP numbers, except for FC and CH. For a saltwater pool, Pebbletec recommends 1-3 ppm for FC and 150-250 for CH. TFP...

Our new 25K gallon gunite pool is filled with water and startup was yesterday. See my build thread in my signature if you‘re curious. I have an inline chlorinator in addition to a SWG. With a Pebblesheen surface, I can’t add salt for 30 days, so I’m going to rely on tablets / liquid chlorine...

I have the TF100 kit and just tested the water in my new 25K gallon pool. Using the dropper test, I get 3 ppm of free chlorine. However, when I use the K1000 kit, I get 0.5 total chlorine. I thought that the TC should be higher than FC?

My new pool just had plaster installed today (Pebble Sheen). Acid wash is scheduled for tomorrow morning, and then we start filling with water. The fill should finish by Saturday morning, but my pool startup isn’t scheduled until Monday. Should I brush my pool on Saturday and Sunday, or wait...

My pool is under construction and *fingers crossed* looks like it should be done in less than a month - My Pool Construction Thread It's a 24K gallon salt water pool that also has an inline chlorinator, heat pump with chiller, variable speed pump, and three waterfalls. I've tested my tap water...

Resurrecting an old thread: I just tested my gym’s indoor pool water with my new TF-100 kit. I have to preface by saying this is my first time ever testing pool water, but I think I did everything correctly. pH: 7.5 using the Taylor visual test. 7.43 using a digital pH meter. Salt using test...

Wife and I are almost ready to pull the trigger on our first ever pool. We have a bit of a unique requirement in that we're both swimmers, as in we typically swim at least 10K yards per week at our gym's indoor pool, which is 25 yards. Because we have a decently wide back yard, an absolute...

First post ever on the forum. I'm at the beginning stages of getting a pool and had our first builder come over yesterday. We don't have a bid yet, but it was a lot of information to process. One thing I'm trying to figure out is how to keep the pool clean. The builder said in floor jets are...