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One expects a certain amount of trials and maintenance when owning a pool, and to a certain extent....I've done alright with my 7.5 year old backyard in ground masterpiece.... But, the mysteries of keep chlorine at reasonable levels during summer months here in San Diego are a constant chore...

Hello, Our pool was built ~3yrs ago and the builders comprehensive warranty for any issues is about to run out. Over the last six months we noticed a rust stain developing on a deep end wall nearest to a backyard hill. We've worried for awhile that there might be a water seepage issue with...

SWG installed in late January of 2012 for 24K gallon pool. In use with intellichem system. - Pump on 12hrs/day, Intellichem active 11hrs/day, SWG running at 100% for about 30 minutes out of every hour on average (much less in winter, much more in summer) - Have had SWG issues in past but always...

Calcium in our pool reached our high threshold point earlier this month and we had reverse osmosis service performed to bring it down. And, yes, it brought nearly everything else down as well. PH dropped to 6.8, TA dropped from 120->50, Borates went to almost zero, salt to 800, CYA to under...

Been awhile since I've last had to post, however the next pool season is almost here and our pool's CH has just crossed 500....and I checked the weather for this weekend, looks like almost two days straight of rain....and it's already started. Can I just open the auto cover and let new rain...

This week I had to switch the pool loadcenter/power to service briefly in order to restart the pump after finding that the kids had clogged the skimmer and the pump was sucking in air. After fixing things, restarting, and putting the system back into 'auto' mode -- everything seemed to startup...

All, Just finishing my first season with a new pool, and had another 'cya disappeared' episode. Spent most of the week rebalancing. This is now the third time I've had to reset cya levels. Dec 2011 - Pool Filled Jan 2012 - Set pool to 30-40 CYA April 2012 - All CYA seemed to have gone, added...

Spoke to the pool cover company -- they said their standard cleaning process is to combine dawn dish soap + hot water in a 5 gallon bucket, clean the cover with that, dry....and then apply an UV protectent to the top surface of the cover (however, the person I spoke to didn't know the brand or...

When vacuuming pool two weeks ago, found dozens of tiny metal shavings within bag (almost like tiny strands of solder). Interviewed kids...could not find source. Wife found more the next weekend. I finally inspected all around the pool and found one part of the auto cover rails that looked...

CH Test started at around 190 when pool was first filled in December, rose to ~280 within the first 60 days due to the plaster curing, and has mostly stayed between 270-320 from Feb - May. I saw some calcium scale building up on the SWG last month and lowered ph to counteract(-CSI). This...

In San Diego -- We have at least 3 water parks nearby that I know of: lego land, one run by knotts, and a community one within driving distance. My wife added the lego land water park admission to our annual passes and I took my first real full visit to the water park area today.... Maybe, I'm...

Taken w/ mobile phone - love the impact of borates on water appearance.

For pools that just need TA substantially reduced once/season, and w/o any other obvious/good sources of surface water airation, would an aerator/air pump generally designed for ponds work? I'm looking at the "Danner 04560 Pond Aeration Pump with Diffuser, 3600 Cubic Inch/Minute" on Amazon...

<6 month old pool, started up with TA ~120, brought it down to 80..then added borates and finalized cya, TA rose to 140....have been dropping ph and using acid for last 2 months (gone through at least 5 gallons of acid in that period), tested yesterday and TA was 170. Note that our pool has...

First season, we had some issues with cya disappearing from pool earlier which made it hard to get a good estimate of what the SWG runtime should be as our pool water heated up from 55 degrees to now where it peaks at ~89 degrees for 6hrs each afternoon before falling back to 84 degrees...

So, on friday, I took the plunge and finally got around to cleaning out the quad de 100 for my 4 month old pool. For the last week, the water had looked dirtier than normal, very small stuff on the top of the water(pollen?), and I knew chlorine/cya/chems was in good shape....besides, getting...

~4 month old pool, tested cya in january and it was >30, tested this morning after noticing FC levels being quit volatile for the last few weeks and swg running far too much, CYA seems to be <10 although exact level is hard to tell since it is so low. Not sure how we could have lost so much cya...

When solar and heat pump are connected via serial cables to com ports on intellitouch controller, the two entries "solar" and "heatpumpcom" show up in intellitouch. Configuring solar works properly - just enable solar, have all other solar values off, and set the temp thresholds. Go into...

So, our brand new pool with cover + solar + heat pump has been running for about 6 weeks now and we're located in San Diego with relatively mild weather and good sunlight all year long but slightly expensive electric....initial design assumes a mid Feb - late Nov swimming season...I've been...

I created a new topic separate from intellichem for this question because I wanted to get a clear answer and because the question might relate to other equipment: The intellichem controls both acid and swg runs. By default, it will allow acid to be mixed while the SWG is running...it also...

So, I pretty much have a general understanding of all the equipment for my new pool except for the intellitouch panel. There is a jagged mess of cables inside with ports galore. Indeed, the builder and subs have had issues keeping it all straight and I've started to ask them to label all the...

Was out to the pool this afternoon and noticed that the water level was higher than it should by at least an inch, opened up the deck cover for the autofill and heard a hiss...noticed a tiny stream of water going out of it...so culprit found, but I'm confused since the autofill is supposed to be...

Our pool builder included the barracuda mx8 with our new pebble sheen pool. I like the mx8 and have used it three times now and have concerns that at corners and other awkward spots that the plastic on the front or side of it is pushing at just the right angle against the floor of the pool to...

I didn't get much help from the tech from the solar company that came out to ensure our 550 ft of heliocool solar panels was up and running (11 x 50ft panels, elevated 23-28 ft from the pump - the panels are spread across multiple roof sections). I have 3" main plumbing plus I think 2 or 2.5"...

I couldn't find an exact match for the chem targets in pool school and/or reference posts for our situation: - salt water pool - ORP managed w/ muriatic acid pump - Covered 90% of the time - Outdoor - Pebble Sheen Plaster - Area with likely high CH and possible need for occasional R/O service -...

My initial pool build design called for an intellichem w/ muriatic acid. The intellichem was just recently released and I haven't heard many reviews about it....PB is slated to order it rather soon. Better to skip it? Also, found the following quote in the intellichem manual: "Plaster pools...

So, our pool builder is getting close to finishing our new pool and we've selected and happy with our choices for the tile and decking (sealed stamped concrete w/ anti-slip additive). We're just not sure about the coping. The pool is rectangular 34x16. Pool builders initial coping...

Our new pool under construction has an auto fill system. However, the local water co receives most of its water from canals/etc that cross great distances and pick up calcium and other minerals along the way. End result is that the default hardness of any water entering the pool would be...

We're in the process of pool building, and expect to bring it online roughly on Nov 1st. My builder has told me we'll need to keep the salt system offline for the first few weeks. I've also heard that we may need to keep the heater(s) off initially. The pool also has an auto muriatic acid ph...

Just got the call from our pool builder, Sundancer Pools in San Diego, that our permit has been approved and that excavators can be out here on Wednesday, August 31st. Estimated completion date -- sometime in November, hopefully in the first half. I'll post pictures/etc and all details as...