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Hi Pool Gurus, I am in year 3 of pool ownership. I have learned so much from this forum and I thank all of you for making me a more confident and knowledgable pool owner. I have learned how to maintain, open and close my pool from all of you generous individuals. Many thanks. Last season when...

I was hoping for advice/ comment on the phenomena of the chlorine generator telling you it needs more salt to generate chlorine but your drop test says you are within range. (My salt drop test is one year old). As an example my chlorine gen. Kept calling for salt so I added enough to make that...

Lights wont turn on. LED lights controls by Pentair. No issues last year just wont come on when you hit the button. Lights show on in app and on control unit. In the photo you see I have breakers on. The pool has a circuit at the main and the circuits on the control box. I appreciate any...

Hello pool gurus. I did a search on the site but didn't see this exact issue with these systems. My issue is that at some point last year the valve that controls the water feature shows as on when its off and off when it is on. The valve works as it is supposed to, and there is flow to the...

I did search for this specifically on here but I was hoping for some more recommendation. Also has anyone used this pump before for the pressure side pool cleaner pump? It's a fibropool 1 hp model. Thanks..

Hello pool gurus. I have a leaking Polaris PB4SQ. My entire system is less than two years old. This pump is the auxiliary pump for the pool sweep. My question is ..... can I open this thing up and fix why its leaking fairly easily? ( I am pretty handy) Or, is this a straight up warranty...

I opened my pool myself this year for the first time. second season for pool. The PB closed the pool last year. here are the sequence of events. I added 150 lbs of salt upon opening. I used a test strip three days later and it said 2000 ish. The Iclor said very low salt. I put the numbers...

I have tried to troubleshoot this myself and I have searched the internet and the archives here. I know i probably wont give you all the info you need so my apologies in advance. I am in my second year of pool maintenance. First year opening the pool myself. It went pretty well at first...

Hi. So I finally have all my numbers in the correct TFP range as a first time pool owner. Thank you to everyone. I am still getting the swcg dialed in for low bathing load and heavy bathing load. is it ok to be at the top end of the range ? Last weekend we had the biggest bathing load we've had...

Ok so Thanks to everyone who helped me get started. I have a pretty good handle on my numbers. FC - 6.5 pH - 7.6 TA - 100 CH - 425 CYA - 70 Salt 3650 Temp around 80 most of the time. I am still struggling to get the TA to 90. I have lowered pH with HCL and Aerated several times. Now that I am...

Hi esteemed pool gurus. I received my TF-100 and I Have some numbers. Short back story. New pool finished in November then closed. PB opened and handed me chemicals and gave me the "dump it in when I told ya" routine. I found you guys and now I want I to be a TFP desciple. FC- 1.5 CC- 0.5 Ph-...

Thanks for welcoming me into the forum. I have been reading some of the already posted stuff but I want to start off on the right foot. The pool was built in early October of 2020 and basically closed after completion. The pool builder opened us up on Saturday. I am getting the feeling that what...

Sold the boat and put in a pool. So.... I am totally new to the care and upkeep. Trying to learn as much as I can because the Family has deemed me head cabana boy and pool guy/water magician.