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    Intex Delux Pool Skimmer

    How strong is your pump?
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    Heating a pool with no sun and no budget

    Take this with a grain of salt, like my tiny pool. But I just started running 2 of the intex solar mats this week. They're pretty small but on Tuesday where we had full sun and only a high of 80F, the mats got the water temp up from 72 to 82 in about 8 hours. I bet if you went with one of the...
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    10x30 above ground oval pool

    I'm assuming you mean 10'x30' not 10' x 30" Easy set type pool?
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    Pool start-up without chemicals for a few days?

    Well I'm an engineer so I tend to go a little overkill. I'd rather pay a little extra, have exactly the right tools, and know the numbers are in the right range. Either way, I figure 1,000 gallons is still a lot of water and I'm not going to be dumping it more than once or twice a summer (if...
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    Pool start-up without chemicals for a few days?

    If I am using the PoolMath app correctly, it's calling for 6.2oz of 6% bleach right now for an FC of 3. Sound right?
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    Pool start-up without chemicals for a few days?

    Hello everyone! My wife and I picked up probably the smallest pool you could, an Intex 10' x 30" with the pump, so we could have some fun quarantined in our backyard this summer with our new baby. I've been reading through the ABCs and about the 5 or 6 critical tests, what they measure, proper...