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Yes, yes and YES! You will need to drain most of the water (and refill) to get the CYA to acceptable levels. Just depending on where you are and what type of pool you have be carefull with how low you drain the pool.

I don't have a liner pool, but it took about 15 minutes (of guidance towards the correct spot) for my pooch to learn where to get out at. All my dog had been in prior to my home purchase were ponds where she could walk out anywhere she pleased. A few short sessions and your dog should learn...

I have searched and searched on here but can't find much of anything useful. My pool has a flat roofed screen enclosure, What effect does that have on chlorine use versus a pool with no screen? Or on any other chemicals in the water. I'm just a curious feller...

Re: 30 min. of hose flush and still nasty water (sand filter I changed the sand. It took 275lbs of sand... so it looks like I know which filter I have, TR-60. While draining the sand out, it was non stop chunks of some rather large matter (maybe lint?) floating on top of the sand. The pressure...

Re: 30 min. of hose flush and still nasty water (sand filter Rodger that.

Re: 30 min. of hose flush and still nasty water (sand filter Actually the filter is Pre Dec. 1, 1991. According to the manual and threads on the cap. So the sand may be over 20 years old... Water is clear and balanced.

Re: 30 min. of hose flush and still nasty water (sand filter The previous owners had the house for 12 years and I highly doubt they did much of any maintenance on the pool other than dump 4+ gallons of bleach in a week... and make sure the auto feeder was full of tablets running WFO. I would...

I'm resurecting the green, neglected pool at my new house. I have gotten the water cleaned up, all chemicals adjusted and just replaced the noisy leaking pump with a 1hp two speed Whisperflo. The pressure at the sand filter was 19psi (with new pressure gauge) even after backwashing. The...

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A question in addition to this... Instead of just a regular garden hose stuck into the the sand to flush debri out, how would turning the multi-valve to backwash then capping off the backwash exit tube to let more water flow out the top than the average garden hose can supply work?

My keen eye sight was able to let be distinguish down to the ten thousandths. Just kidding :) Ok I will continue to do the drain/fill cycles. Thanks!

Sorry, my CYA number was doubled from the physical test. The test with half and half was just under 50, or over depending on how you think of it... about 48.9736ppm :wink: The only thing I have no idea about is the salt content. Maybe I will have the pool store test that next time in so I can...

Made progress today! I went in and checked out the spots. Pretty sure it's not BA. I scrubbed with a wire brush and nothing happened. Looks like the marks are under the sand/stone/plaster/what ever the top surface is... One spot down at the drain looks like it was a nail that completely rusted...

No I haven't. Just read through the additional instructions about testing the water and that was one recommendation I saw. I have DI water at work that I'm going to use to dillute any test I need to.

A quick update: I was running some errands today and decided to take some water to another pool store to see how their tests compared to Pinch A Pennys'. WOW what a difference... Their results: FC 5 TC 5 pH 7.2 TA 70 Tot...

I drained another foot or so of water and refilled. FC is down to 31 CC 3 pH is still 7.0 The TA and CH are redonculously high. My test showed TA over 400 and CH over 700. CYA dropped to 100 I will take a sample to the pool store and see what their tests show monday...

Ok I have the new pump on it's way. $430 shipped. I'm just going the DPDT switch method for now. I drained about a foot and a half of water yesterday and refilled. Tested the water today, maybe I'm a complete Noob but I got some off the wall tests! FC 35 CC 4 TC 39 pH 7.0 TA I stopped testing...

I just talked to the power co. 8.5¢kwh under 1000kwh and 10.5¢ over 1k kwh Deuce speed it is.

I would like to have it about as fool proof as possible. I'm not sure what the electric bill would be... I have yet to get my first bill.

Alright, after looking into motors online and local... If I were to go with 2 speed super flow and a new timer, I would be between $600 and $700 either local or online. I can get the Intelliflo VS for about $900 local and not need a new timer... Would the 2-300 dollar difference not be worth it...

Heres the on/off version of the T106R http://www.amazon.com/Intermatic-T10604 ... B0039Q7NYI I think I would rather have the digital for a few bucks more and stay away from multiple boxes. It looks like increasing the salt just makes the CSI worse. :cry:

So this timer would work? http://www.a1poolparts.com/-strse-1283/ ... Detail.bok JB, we do have some numbers different. The FC is much higher than the 9 that is on print out. 9 is the highest they can enter into the computer system. They said it was above 15... which it was also above 15 last...

Thanks! Just played around with the calculator, took me a minute to figure out how it all worked. 103 / 82 oz of baking soda. I'm currently in the "plaster damage likely" zone. With you saying 40oz, is that because it's easier to add more and more difficult to reverse too much? I'm going to...

The PS was saying that the low TA could damage the plaster. Also the "ideal level" on the water test print out is 7.4-7.6 for pH and 80-120ppm for TA. My water is low in both areas, so if I were to increase the TA, and you say that would/could increase the pH, would that be a bad thing/wrong...

Plumbing is 1.5" I haven't gotten the tool or found something to take the cap off the sand filter yet. The pumps' noise doubled today after an hour of running and I'm kind of embarrassed to run the pump for too long. The search is on for a new pump. The guy at the PS tried to talk me into a...

I had just finished reading "that" post when I saw you replied to this. I'm going to at least pull the cap and inspect the sand and go from there. The current pump is 230v. I meant to check the plumbing size before I left today but forgot.

[attachment=0:28bftz5v]pool 1.JPG[/attachment:28bftz5v] [attachment=1:28bftz5v]pool 4.JPG[/attachment:28bftz5v] The pump is leaking from just about everwhere possible on the positive pressure side. I don't think she will last much longer.