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The cell recommends 3600 so I'm spot on based on my own testing. I figure I'm probably good for the season, maybe needing 1 more bag later on if we have a wet Spring/Summer.

I spent this past weekend managing the chemistry of our pool which we had opened for us on Thursday afternoon. We had more debris than we would have liked on the bottom from closing too late last autumn with falling leaves. A lot of pine needles worked their way under the cover over the winter...

Greetings all. This is season 3 of our pool which we just opened last Thursday. So far I've managed the chemistry pretty well and am close to having all levels where we want them. The one thing I have not done well over the last 2 seasons was to track my SWG output setting to define an accurate...

We did something similar last year when opening the pool. At the end of the 2022 season (our first with this pool) it dawned on us that the installers positioned the filter drain so that it was pointed at the heater. On top of it being terribly awkward to access we figured that it probably...

In another SWG related thread I saw a note indicating a particular brand of SWG should be run at the lower range of the recommended salt level... Is there a reference guide here somewhere that goes into recommendations for various SWGs? For my case specifically, what is the optimal salt level...

Installing the pool was my wife's project paid for by her, and she insists on having the pool opened and closed by a local service. My job is to keep it clean and balanced. Opening looks like it would be a good deal less complicated than closing so MAYBE I'll be able to take that on eventually...

Thanks Pat. Yeah, I guess I'm being impatient! I've restocked my test kit and stocking up on Salt, Calcium Chloride, MA and CYA is next. I have a few pounds of dry shock leftover from last year so I'll use that up before I buy any more bleach (or Cal-Hypo). With CYA at zero I'm not concerned...

Greetings all! Our pool is scheduled for opening on 5/2 and I'm looking for advice on what I should and should not do to treat the water between now and then. At closing we drained to below the inflows and with rain and snow melt (mostly rain) this winter I have had to drain 2x to keep the...

Ooops...posted before my comments... Thank you all for the suggestions. So I CAN close off all my intakes...I just need to remember to re-point the valves for the skimmers before proceeding, and of course opening them all up before turning on the pump. I think if I get a spare basket that will...

What tricks do you folks use when you need to clean the pump strainer basket? I just checked mine and it was riddled with pine needles throughout. By the time I had it clean enough to put back in place much of the water had drained from the filter and it took a repeated , extended effort to...

This is the first year opening our pool so we had a pool company do the honors...I hope to take on that responsibility going forward (wife permitting). Other than high TA we're off to a good start at getting the water chemistry balance where it should be. My question is if it is safe for me to...

Mendon MA: It was a rainy winter here...after draining to below the return lines at closing I found the water level nearing the top of the water line tiles back in early Feb. and had to drain again to avoid potential freeze damage. I probably did that a little more aggressively than necessary...

It has been almost 2 weeks since pool opening so it is time for an update. The pool company finished up 2 Fridays ago (14th), adding only shock chlorine so we left the pump running while we were away for the weekend. There was of course some debris but at 52-55 degrees the water was pretty clear...

That was my plan...but my wife rescheduled the 5/1 opening for tomorrow, and now I can't take the time to watch and learn. I also don't have the equipment needed to force air into the system at closing to blow out the remaining water before plugging the returns and the skimmers....is that still...

Thx for that...this is one reason I'm not overstocking on the chemicals. I estimate that between what we drained at the end of last season and what I drained in February to keep the water below the tile line the pool probably only has about 2/3 (best case) of previously treated water...which is...

This will be the first year we open our pool, and the wife insists on having that done by a pool company. I'm hoping that will change, going forward but it was her money that paid for the pool, so... We have a safety cover that will come off for the season on Friday when the pool is opened. I...

We had 2 120 gallon propane tanks installed for our (new this year) pool and a backup generator. How fast does the heater (Pentair Mastertemp 400) burn through that? We didn't use the heater all that much this past season and when we tried to run it for one last swim the heater would turn on...

Got it....makes sense.Thank you!

This is my first season with a new gunite pool. We're still waiting on the new/custom Loop Lock cover which is to be installed Nov 7. With formal closing by a local pool company the following day. How do people deal with Automation for the off season, specifically for a Screenlogic user? Do...

My reply was not meant to come across as hostile or defensive. I was just pointing out what others have noted earlier in this discussion...that chlorine poisoning headlines don't tell the whole story. Your original post might well have been rewritten to say "TFP maintains that its practices and...

I did a google search for the phrase "chlorine poisoning from pool child." In one case a child opened a box of chlorine tabs out of curiosity and inhaled. In 2 others there was either a system failure or accidental release of excessive chlorine, for example: Only one example I read went...

I am glad to report that my schedules are back in order...the "reset" switch step is what I had been missing as best I can tell. Thank you Jim & Marty for your help and for your patience.

I used a pocket knife (small/short blade) to scrape and grind it in its container as needed.