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    Low Salt in water after winter

    Moved from here. Same issue here - just opened and my salt reading on the SWG was VERY low - like 1700. Every year I usually have to put in about 160 pounds or so, but this seems kind of strange. Is it conceivable that the pool could lose that much salt content over the winter? I assume I'll...
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    Heat Siphon won't start

    Just opened the pool last week, got the water balanced, turned on my SWG, and then went to turn on my Heat Siphon heat pump and it wouldn't start. I got it last year and it worked great all last summer. I called the company and the woman told me it's most likely either electrical connection or...
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    Proper water level?

    We've had a lot of rain lately - a few inches - and it's raining now. I usually keep the water level about an inch below the top of the skimmer (I think I read that somewhere), but when my pump kicks on in about two hours, the water level will be over the top of the skimmer because of the rain...
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    Shocking frequency

    This may seem like a fairly simple question, but I couldn't find an answer on any of the forums. I'm using my SWG and holding the FC around 4 without any real trouble. My CC has been less than 0.5 and typically measures 0. My pool is clear with no algae at all, and has been that way for at...
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    New SWG and pH is on the rise

    I converted from Baquacil to BBB this year and my pH held at 7.5 for about two weeks after the conversion. Three weeks ago, I added the Aqua Rite SWG, and it's working beautifully, but my pH is somewhere near 7.8. My TA has been at 120 since the conversion as well. Is it time to add muriatic...
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    Philadelphia conversion - not nearly as bad as I had feared!

    So, I bought a house 11/06 with a pool, and the former owner had been using Baquacil for all 8 years since the pool was built. I tried it for one summer (last summer) and couldn't keep up with the algae growth. It seemed I needed to vaccum twice a week and backflush the filter every few days...