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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

    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

    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??

    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"????

    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...