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So why do you guys recommend an ideal range of 70-80 for CYA, when anything over 50 greatly reduces the sanitizing ability of FAC and therefore requires greater amounts of chlorine, thus making the SWG work longer and therefore harder??

Thechemistrystore.com is a fabulous site. They sell many different chemicals. I buy phosphates from them for the dishwasher. They also have alum (pool floc) priced at 12.99 for a 9 pound pail. FWIW, alum will also lower copper levels for those of you that are troubled by it. Sent from my...

I order direct from Taylor's site. I buy their 2 oz. bottle of CYA reagent. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Last year I purchased and ran the LQ all summer. I also ran borates for the first time and had no white sediment whatsoever in my LQ. This year I see Wal Mart has slashed the price of the Intex SWG to $139! I can't buy liquid chlorine for anywhere near that price! So I'm going back to the Intex...

Well when I first got the Intex SWG, I also had a 15' Intex pool... The one with legs, not the inflatable ring. Seems like I was running cya about 40 and running SWG about 4 or 5 hours a day. It lasted the whole summer and I had to clean white growths off the cell about every 4-5 days. I always...

I see the newer Intex units are also utilizing a copper ion cell. What are the ramifications of that? I can only assume it's for algae control, which a properly chlorinated pool wouldn't suffer from anyway. But won't those copper ions build up and accumulate to levels where greenish...

I am using the Liquidator this year, but considering going back to SWG for next season. My question pertains to Borax. As LQ users know, the tank tends to collect precipitate flakes of whitish "salts." This year I decided to add 50 ppm borates to my pool in the form of Borax, buffered with...

What would be an accurate comparison is a test with your phone app and then an immediate test with Taylor reagents from the same bottle of pool water. Just saying.. . Sent from my MB886 using Tapatalk 2

Another thought comes to mind......my pool is uncovered and out in open sun. Despite having CYA of 40, it would seem to me that an open pool would use more chlorine than a covered one.... Am I correct? Sent from my MB886 using Tapatalk 2

Lesson learned.... Test it every day lol Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

In fact my chlorine level dropped off to nothing for a couple of days and I did see slight green. I superclhorinated to 30 ppm one eve and shut off the LQ. The next eve I was down to 8 ppm and started the LQ back up, setting the flow ball to just a titch over 2. That was last eve. Tonight, I'm...

My CYQ is 40 and I'm targeting 2-4 ppm Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Got my LQ at the beginning of the season and am finding that I need to add a gallon of 12.5% bleach every 2-3 days. At $3.99 a gallon, this translates to a 16 week seasonal cost in excess of $200 for chlorine. Does this seem high for a 13,500 gallon AGP? I gave up on the intex SWG due to the...

Replacing my AGP widemouth skimmer and the screw holes on the new one are not in the same places as the old one. All the screws are on the same planes, just spaced differently. So I'll have to make some new holes. I want to avoid sharp metal shavings getting into the pool for obvious reasons...

Not possible, given that the cutting out of the liner is the last step of the install. As I see it, having the one side of the butterfly between the liner and wall is excellent insurance against water getting between them. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

I did the same just now in a new install at my brothers. A hayward wide mouth skimmer came with what's called a butterfly gasket. It fits the steel wall cutout so there's a layer of rubber on the outside and a layer on the inside BETWEEN the liner and the pool wall. The plastic inner frame then...

Correct... That is my pool in the avatar. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Looking for thoughts on using just the bare rubber gaskets vs coating them with silicone grease. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

My bad.... I only looked at your formula and read it that he lost 10.5 and ended up with 8, if which, then my calculations would've been correct. I understand now. And yes. A swim is in order :p Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Hmmmm. Applying that same method, 10 - 2.0 = 8 ; 8 / 10 = 80% loss? Can't be. And in your above example, 6 is more than half of 10.5, so therefore your loss is over 50%. It should be: (10. 5 / 18.5) * 100 = 56.76% loss for his night reading and, (6 / 10.5) * 100 = 57.14% loss for his day...

I have a 24' x 52" round AGP that is about 7 years old. It was made by the now extinct Jacuzzi. The skimmer body is cracked. It is a widemouth. I borrowed a Hayward frame (the part you see inside the pool) and held it up to the Jacuzzi one. The center cutout of the Hayward frame is just a little...

Just curious..... This post is a new one on me... I must ask if this malady has also been experienced by people that don't live where termites are a problem? Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Hi all. I have a 24' x 52 AGP. It was actually a Jacuzzi brand, which is of course now defunct. The wide mouth skimmer is cracked, not leaking *yet* but I'd like to replace it. If I drain the water to just below the skimmer, will the liner stay in place for me when I remove the screws? Also...

I have to wonder... Suppose I have a 3200 ppm salt concentration in a non-SWG pool. Would this mean I could employ the lower FAC levels of the SWG pool shown in the FAC/CYA chart? It is my understanding that the reason that salt pools need less chlorine is because the types of algae that are...

Wow. I have run my pump noon to midnite for years. My thought was that it's getting chlorine during the heat of the day, and then during the first few hours of darkness. The hard part is dialing in the LQ to hold steady FAC readings from day to day Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Awesome. So the pool stores just wanna make $$. This Site is freaking amazing! I love it, and just referred my brother to it, as he is setting up a new AGP. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

Currently my 1.5 HP Hayward single speed pump and 175 lb. sandfilter run 12 hours a day for my 13,500 gallon AGP. I am using the LQ as well. Does anyone have research on this to show what the best pump times are to maximize efficiency of the LQ, well consuming the least amount of chlorine...

Up until this season, I always had a SWG. I loved the side benefit of the way the salt made the water feel. This year I am using the LQ. I also for the first time ever added borates to 50 ppm. It seems to be effectively preventing the white stuff in my LQ. But the water doesn't feel as nice on...

Has anyone on here tried the 3/8 translucent milky colored semi rigid tubing? It's like PEX consistency instead of rubbery like the vinyl stock hose. I know the vinyl still needs to be run for the tank connections, but I was thinking for everything else where I'm using SpeedFit. Sent from my...

I am on my 3rd season with my Hayward Dreamlike 175 lb sand filter. The pool stores say sand has to be replaced every 3-5 years. I think they just wanna sell sand. They say that the particles on new silica sand are square, like tiny cubes. Apparently these corners are what catches a lot of the...