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    Timer connection

    Purchased an Intermatic mechnical timer P104) to operate my pump and salt generator which are wired together to the same circuit breaker. Electrician has wires for both running into one junction box and then one wire running from there to the breaker panel. Need some help or direction in...
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    New Taylor K 2006/CYA test

    Temp at cya test was 78, goes down to about 71 by the am
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    Disappearing Water Trick

    Thank You very much. Did this last year without much success for some reason or another. Bucket floats or doesn't seem to be affected the same way by the sun etc. but will try again after the rain.
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    New Taylor K 2006/CYA test

    Added 5 days ago, granular in a nylon stocking put in the skimmer. All dissolved on Sunday.
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    Disappearing Water Trick

    Does anyone have some theories or suggestions for me???
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    New Taylor K 2006/CYA test

    Yeah well I recently added about 1/2kg of stabilizer to a 58000 litre pool so I would think there should be some or can it dissappear??
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    New Taylor K 2006/CYA test

    Got a Taylor K2006 test kit. Having trouble with CYA test. Pool store says cya level is good but the taylor test doesn't seem to read any, water won't go cloudy at all. What might be the trouble?? Other test results follow fc - 3.5 cc - 0 TA - 90 ph - 7.5 calcium - 250
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    Disappearing Water Trick

    My Location is Southwestern Ontario, Canada, I guess I forgot tat important detail. Not really that arid extra dry, but still wondering, where does my water go??
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    Disappearing Water Trick

    Where does my water go, Afica or Mexico?? Pool is IG steel wall, vinyl lined 2 years old. About 60,000 litres, 16' x 32' straight back kidney about 5' deep. One skimmer, main drain, side suction and two returns. Cartridge filter and salt. I have full sun on my pool from 10:00am until 8:30...
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    Hydrostatic relief valve

    I recently posted a blurb about a in ground pool leak on april 29. I have a main drain in the pool and wasa wondering if there is a possibility that the drain has a hydrostatic relief valve that may have failed or somehow let the water escape from my pool over the winter. What can anyone tell...
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    Inground pool leak??

    Well Hello Toronto! I believe I closed the pool properly. Main drain line is full of air and valve closed. Are you suggesting that the drain has it's own leak in the plumbing line or just seeping through the floor??? Still not sure where the water went??
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    Inground pool leak??

    Thanks for your help. The pool cover is only 2 years old, i guess there could be a hole in it. Wondering thought about other possibilities about the water loss. I'm sure it could be a number of things however should I just fill er up and check my water level through the season as pool mom...
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    Inground pool leak??

    I have an inground steel wall, vinyl lined pool 16' x 32' straight back kidney shape. I live in London, Ontario. Closed the pool in the fall, lowered water to just below return lines, blown and plugged. Now Draining water off of lock in winter cover and noticing water level to be about 6-8"...
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    "Floating Liner"????

    Yeah, no water when digging, dry as a bone. We have hhad quite of bit of rain lately however, but the property slopes away pretty good and I receive no runoff from other neighbours. Still not quite sure what's the problem
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    "Floating Liner"????

    Yeah, the liner does feel pretty squishy or spongy and i don't recall it being that far off the sides or bottom at the beginning of the season (not sure though). It appears to be further away in some spots more than others. It really isn't all that tight in the problem areas. Will certainly...
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    "Floating Liner"????

    Thanks fro your input. I have 1 16' x 32' steel wall, vinyl lined pool that slopes from 3' deep to about 5' deep. Approx. 15000 galllons. I live in London, Ontario, Canada. Pool was built last July, 2007. Original liner leaked so it was replaced late in the season. The new one seems to...
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    "Floating Liner"????

    Not sure where to post this question, however. My vinyl liner in my inground pool has quite a bit of air space or maybe water behind it mostly around curve where steel wall meets the sloping part of the concrete bottom. There also seems to be a few other areas where the liner is not tight ot...
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    Superchlorinating with SWG

    I have an aquarite SWG with a pentair clean and clear plus cartridge filter for my 50,000 litre inground pool. After i run a superchlorination function i see fine white particles in the bottom of the pool around the seams and pooling up in other areas of the pool bottom. What and why is this...
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    Cartridge filter blowing cloudy/dusty water when vacuuming

    I have an inground pool approx. 14000 gallons I think. Pump and filter only been running about 2 weeks. Pentair cartridge clean and clear filter and seem to be blowing cloudy/dusty water when I vacuum pool. Any thoughts. It was clean 2 weeks ago and fairly clean water to start with.
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    Heat pump

    Looking to add a heat pump to my in ground pool. I currently run my pump between 12-14 hours per day. My question being, when the heat pump is set up to produce a certain temp and I turn off my pump and filter system will I then need to reset the heat pump with proper settings etc. or will it...
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    Draining winter cover

    I live in Ontario, Canada and close my pool for the winter, drained below returns etc. and covered with lock in pool cover. Ihave started to drain the huge amount of water from the top oif the cover, however it seems that the level of the pool water seems to be dropping also. Anyway I can...