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    Black Stains After Shocking Before Closing

    Hi, I am prepping my pool for closure and shocked yesterday. Shortly after, these black stains appeared. It’s been over 24 hours and they are still there. I recall this happened, not as badly, last time I had to use shock at opening but it went away within a day. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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    Corroded Heater - Looking for Advice

    Hi, I'm located in MA, near the ocean, and my heater looks like it's a major fire hazard. I have this model: P-M406A-EN-C https://www.poolsupplyunlimited.com/pool/raypak-009219-pool-heater/86509p1 There are a few issues that I can see: 1) The copper gas pipe is corroding. I don’t think it’s...
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    Help Draining to Waste

    Hello! I have a Sta-Rite System 3 filter and an unground saltwater pool. It’s time for me to close it up but I need to vacuum out a lot of leaves and debris. I’d like to drain to waste, but have never done this before. I have a couple questions : 1) I removed the filters and hooked up a garden...
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    Hayward Aqua Rite Just Smoldered & Fried

    Hello! I was just cleaning my pool and went to check the SWG and saw the power off and smoke coming from it, yikes! My salt level is much too high currently (about 5000 ppm). Could that have anything to do with it? Anyway, I've had a lot of issues over the years w/ my Hayward (2 PCB...
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    Raising CYA lowered my chlorine level

    Hello! Trying to see if this is normal. I have a salt water pool and had 0 CYA and 3 FC. I just spent a small fortune on conditioner at Leslie’s and got my CYA to the proper level last night. But now my FC is around 0.5. Is this to be expected? The other variable is I’m not 100% sure if my SWG...
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    Can’t calibrate Hayward Aqua Rite

    Hello! My aqua rite hasn’t been working for a while (old cell) so I got a new one and am unable to calibrate the salt level. It errors with high salt/check cell and shows 4500 but it’s actually at 2700. I have found info online for calibrating but it doesn’t work. I go from off to auto (clicks...