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    Lost 900ppm salt and 25ppm CYA in a little over a month of heavy swimming

    I'm nearly certain I don't have a leak and I didn't backwash during this time... so I am chalking it up to splash out and heavy use, but wanted to see what you guys thought. July 4th my CYA was at 70 and salt was 3800. It's a brand new pool and that was my baseline to have it ready for swimming...
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    Chlorine generation (SWG) and flow: increased flow for a day and my FC shot up

    I run my VSP 12 hours a day, at 1800rpm, from 8am to 8pm. I just fired it up on July 5th, the day after all my salt, so I've been tracking my levels pretty carefully since then. It's been holding pretty steady for several days and went up yesterday, and I'm trying to figure out why. Here is my...
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    Intellicenter + Intelliflo3. Everything works, but I don't believe it's wired correctly

    I went to connect my IC40 SWG today and was confused when I saw the wiring from the PB/electrician. It took me awhile to figure everything out and for the most part it seems to make sense except for how the Intelliflo3 pump is wired to the relay. I attached an image showing the wiring of the...
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    Low CH in new plaster pool, should I wait it out or increase now?

    I have a new construction in ground concrete pool, plastered with NPT minipebble on May 13th. I've brought CYA and chlorine up slowly and I've been brushing consistently (still seeing plaster dust however) and my latests tests are as follows: CYA: 40 TA: 70 FC: .5-1.5 pH: 7.2-7.5 CH: 100-150...
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    Pool equipment question. Intelliflo3 for spa? Superflo for pool?

    So after many delays we are finally plumbing up the pool! The plumber is lining up the equipment and I noticed we have an Intelliflo3 and a Superflo VST. The plumber plans to use the Superflo for the main filtration and use the Intelliflo for the spa jets. I know the Intelliflo is the more...
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    Glass mosaic tile for spa dam - no bullnose. Bad idea?

    Hi folks, I am about 9 months into my pool build/landscape remodel (lots of unforeseen delays) and we are finally chugging along. Pool is fairly simple - a rectangular pool with a large spa taking up one entire end. From about a week ago: For tile, we chose a 6x12 porcelain for the main...
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    Auxiliary pump for spa necessary?

    I am about to kick off a new pool build and I'm wondering if I need the auxiliary pump. It's only about $2,000 but the builder tells me there's already going to be 6 jets in the spa using just the main VSP - and I don't need my spa bubbling like a cauldron. 12 jets seems like overkill. Any...