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Free to a good home - one FP-series replacement tube. I used a Stenner for my sulphur system in the house for a while before converting to an Ozone system. I know some here use a Stenner for chlorine dosing, etc. If you can use it, let me know and I'll send it your way.

I closed the pool yesterday, as water temps had drifted to the mid 50s consistently. I ran it up to SLAM level, let it circulate for 30 minutes or so and blew everything out. I’m now remembering that it is recommended to let the level drift down for a few days. Should I open the cover...

I have a friend who has asked for help converting their pool to TFP. He has a single speed pump and has been using pucks. Simple rectangle pool with no complications. I suggested that he convert to a VSP and at the same time install a SWCG. I have a full Intellicenter setup, but I don't...

Picked up this CYA from Amazon, and it reads 98% CYA Hydrate and 2% "inert ingredients". Is that normal, or should I send it back?

We are in our third season with our pool, and I recently noticed some wrinkles forming on one side of the pool where the skimmers are located (see photo). They are "squishy" when you push on them. We do have a high water table in the area where the pool is located, but I have a well point that...

Hi everyone. Getting ready to leave for a couple of weeks and I've finally got this pool where I want it - with the exception of TA. It's pretty much never been under 100 since shortly after it was filled 2.5 years back. It finally hit me that I should test the fill water TA after looking at...

Hi all, My neighbor @shanemiles has a ~25k gallon above ground pool that they've been struggling to keep clear. They were threatening to tear it down - a tragedy! I talked him into ordering a test kit as well as a SWG, and wanted to introduce him here so that some of you awesome folks could...

I committed the cardinal sin and didn't test for a few days....and I think perhaps something must have been lurking, as I opened the cover to cloudy water. No visible algae, and 0 chlorine. I don't think it was that way for more than a couple of days, but ugh. I started a SLAM and thought it...

My Mastertemp 400HD is in its 3rd season. At the beginning of last season, it started throwing HLS errors and cycling every 15 minutes or so. Pentair can't get anyone to actually respond to a service call in my area, so I'm stuck replacing parts on my own as they play part replacement bingo ...

Hi all, We're headed into our third season with the pool, and I'd like to soak the filters in TSP before we fire things up in April. I cleaned them good when I closed, but they still have a fair bit of staining, etc. We have super hard water here with iron, and I also had to SLAM the pool...

Hi all, I have a Stenner E20PHG 71S7 peristaltic pump with a 15-gallon tank that was in use inside for about a year as part of a hydrogen peroxide dosing system to remove iron from well water. I ended up switching to an ozonation system which was worked much better for that purpose, and now...

When closing the pool today, I found this strange, rust-colored goo in the filter around the stainless internal band. Anyone seen anything like this? It was like a paste.

I'm closing today and my TA and CSI are slightly out of range. TA is 100 and CSI is -.68. Is that okay witha vinyl pool or ahold I wait and try to adjust those? Since my FC level is higher than 10, I used the dilution method that @JoyfulNoise suggested a while back when i asked and it is just...

I have a side panel from my MasterTemp 400 that I'd be happy to give to someone if they can use it. It is a bit dusty from storage but is brand new. My heater is indoors so I had to buy the fresh air intake which comes with a different side panel, so this imone was not needed. I hate to throw it...

I had my eye off the pool for the last week and the SWCG was busy doing its job under the cover.....and I went from FC of 9 to 20 in the last 9 days since I tested. I know better - I just kept "tomorrowing" my way to over a week of not testing with temps dropping and the autocover on to boot...

I've got a Regency ceiling fan that needs the run capacitor replaced. Unfortunately, the capacitor is a part of the wireless receiver assembly, which is $50. I hate to throw out a perfectly good assembly just to replace the capacitor. So far, I've been unable to find the same replacement...

I've been going back and forth with Pentair for six weeks now trying to get someone to actually show up to do some warranty repairs on my Intellicenter and MasterTemp. After assigning the cases to two companies who refuse to even acknowledge me, they've finally agreed to send me the parts to...

Howdy folks! My TA has always run on the high side but never out of range. After a recent SLAM to get rid of some black gunk that was accumulating in the skimmers, it is 100-110. Should I keep adding acid to lower the pH and aerate to get it down, or will it drift down on its own?

Thought I'd post this in case it helps someone in the future. Since opening the pool this spring, I've been battling the mysterious black sticky greasy residue at the water line in my skimmers that appears to be plaguing some others here from time to time. Of course when it showed up, the...

Oh, what can it hurt? That was the thought when I built the pool. I noticed the rings tarnishing and pulled them tonight to check them out and found this mess. Guess I answered my own question. An hour of scrubbing later, I've got the niches and lights cleaned up and put back together. I only...

So I needed a 6x6" piece of 1/2" plate steel to make a tool to degree the camshaft in the Triumph GT-6 my sons and I are restoring. Called the neighbor and sure enough - he had one. It was just attached to a generator sled he pulled out of a local factory when it shut down 20 years back because...

Evening, TFP World! We have an autocover that stays closed except when the pool is in use or needs to be left open to breath. Today, it was a beautiful day, so I left it open most of the day. I did not appreciate how much Crud was coming off the trees, and allowed both skimmer baskets to get...

Morning, guys and gals of TFP! When I had the back yard torn up last summer to install the pool, I trenched and laid a conduit to the back part of the property with the intent of having power there for maintenance needs as well as an eventual landscape lighting transformer to light some of the...

Morning! First swim is today - finally! I had to heat the pool a fair bit, and it got me to wondering - is there a way to track how many hours the heater runs? I have both an IntelliCenter and NodeJS Pool Controller running.

Howdy! First time opening the pool, and my CSI is reporting out of range at -.82 (logs linked here). Everything else is absolutely perfect. Crystal clear and ready to go in 90 minutes - amazing! Should I be concerned about the CSI or is that normal because temp is 45? Thanks in advance for...

Our pool build was finalized last year, which included a CoverStar cover with a WiFi Touch Pad. We had lots of problems with connectivity, false over-current messages every time the cover was opened or closed, etc. and CoverStar Central graciously offered to replace our Touch Pad with the new...

Morning folks! I’ve noticed that each time we lose power, which happens every 3-4 weeks around here, the pool circuit reverts to off on the IntelliCenter. This results in the pump not running until I notice or remember to go check it. Is there a way to change the default to “prior state”? I’ve...

Has anyone seen this?!? Seems like a brilliant solution to underground plumbing failures that would not require cutting up decking, etc. Basically, it’s simply an epoxy sleeve that is inserted and cures into a new surface on the interior of the pipe. The application in the video is sewer line...

HI everyone, Our build (link in sig) finished up in May of this year. Yesterday, I noticed that in about a 2x2' area under where the auto cover docks (circled in pic) is feeling almost like there is grit or sand underneath the liner every inch or so. It starts above the water line at the...

Came home to a perfectly balanced pool. Just opened the cover, tested, and hopped in. You guys rock.