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    Free Chlorine testing loss of faith

    Opened my pool last monday with lots of leaves in the bottom, scooped them out and got the pool going, color is good but water has been cloudy since than, I can barely see the bottom in the shallow end. I doubt it is algae as the water is at 54'F and none when I closed, most probably leftovers...
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    Iron staining and 0 PPM when water tested.

    Good Day everyone, Iron staining has showed up in my fiberglass pool in the last few weeks, confirmed with a vitamin C pill, rubbed on the stains and was erased, threw the pill in the bottom of the pool and made a nice long line where it moved due to the water flow. I have read up on AA...
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    PH drop elm tree petals

    Since the beginning of the season parameters have been good, Ph slowly creeping up, until middle of last week where is started going down, and then dropped on the weekend from 7.5 to 7.1, Aerating will bring it back up, but than drops afterwards, up to 7.6 and then fell back to 7.2, today got it...
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    AQR100 Generating chlorine light

    Started up my pool this week, and noticed that if I put the setting of the Hayward AQR100 SWG to a low value the generating chlorine is on steady, if I bring up the setting to 4 or higher the LED will flash, the manual does not differentiate steady vs flashing generating chlorine LED light. Any...
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    Risk of damage caused by freezing over the winter

    After seeing all the posts about different ways of closing the pool and freezeproofing all the lines, here in Canada ground freezes solid and deep and I question myself what is the true risk of damage to the pool plumbing/skimmer what if I did the bare minimum such as opening removing drains...
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    Brilliant Wonders 1.5 LED removal

    Good Day all. My fiberglass pool has a Brilliant Wonders 1.5 LED light installed that I want to remove for the winter, it is at approximately 30 inches below the water level, so draining down to that level is far from being practical. So my main question is: is there an issue remove it under...
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    Initial testing results and progress

    So Finally Got my TF100 kit and PH meter, and below are my first readings and second readings after adding MA and Stabilizer. Looking for opinions/recommendations on the values and if to aim for the Ideal values of pool math or deviate within the recommended range especially with the season at...
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    Hayward HP50 Heatpump operation

    Does anyone have the details for the settings on this unit, you have the choice, Smart Mode or Silent Mode, and unfortunately the manual does not describe the exact detail of what each setting does. Does anyone have this info?
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    CYA addition effect on Total chorine reading

    Good Day All, Yesterday added about a 1/2 cup of stabilizer to the pool with the sock method in the skimmer basket to creep it up into the ideal range, this evening it is all dissolved, so decided to do a test with a test strip (Aquacheck 7), total chlorine comes out at 10 and free chlorine is...
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    AQR100 Chlorine output

    Good Day Everyone, Looking for the 24 hour Chlorine output for this unit, so I can properly set up the Pool Math App. I searched the web with no luck and might be difficult to get due to the adjustable output settings. or is there a was to calculate it? Thank-you