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1. after a light burned out, it was only then that i saw that there was NOT enough cable to lift the light up out the pool. make sure you don't get hosed on this one by the builder. 2. get a large shallow end. i knew enough to do that after seeing the mistake friends made. think in terms of a...

i use this: TFTestkits.net (R-7065 CYA Standard Solution) to help develop a gut feel for what it means for the black dot to "disappear".

Careful here. A few years ago we had so much rain that i was concerned about overflowing and was siphoning water our. The ground became so saturated from the rain that it pushed the liner out. Pool guy says I would have been better off keeping water level very high in the pool to prevent this...

Fill pool with water ! This happened to me. Lots of rain and i was siphoning to keep water from overflowing pool. But, according to pool guy, if i had kept water in pool very high, then that would have helped push BACK against the ground water. Correction: I dont know whether to add the water...

Well, not what i wanted to hear; but that's why I asked. Thanks everyone.

A friend will be closing her pool soon (we're up in NJ). Sounds like she has been battling algae with help (i.e. harm) from local pool store. Is it worth getting under control now; or will the cold NJ winter kill off the algae so we can worry about getting her BBBed in the spring ? Thanks ! - len

Thanks Tom. It mysteriously began working again when i tried it later that day.

OK, thanks for reply Gary.

I hope somebody can help. I can tell power gets to my aquabot turbo (because i see the push of water out of its top), and then WITHIN A SECOND i hear a click in the control box, and it stops. I can repeat this over and over. Thanks in Advance, Max

thanks for the replies everyone. i'm out to paddle in some chlorine !

the pool was partially opened on friday; but when they went to start the pump it seized. it will hopefully be replaced tuesday. should i be putting liquid chlorine into the pool ? or just let it go until the pump is installed and then shock it ? (i'm in north jersey: forecast is 40s-60s/low...

i use the pucks to bring my CYA back up every year. make sure you watch the pH, it will really drop !

i'm afraid i dont have the courage to try that solution. thanks for the reply. - lindaspoolboy

due to water pushing up at the liner from irene, the liner was pushed out. once the water drained away, the major bubbles we pulled out (!) but at the low end of the pool i've been left with wrinkles. is there anything i can do to remove these wrinkles ? pic attached with sample wrinkle...

i have the same problem and just spoke with my pool guy. he says there's nothing they can do about the ripples in the liner even after all the water has receded. is that true ?! - lindaspoolboy

oops, forgot to mention... using those pucks really drives down your ph. so on top of everything else, i was constantly throwing in tons of ph up.

to me, the BBB isn't about the money. its really about understanding your water and controlling it yourself. before BBB i was taking water samples to the pool store. despite keeping chlorine at "pool store" recommended levels, i was getting unending algae outbreaks. i was buying huge amounts of...

thanks. - lindaspoolboy

i have a hayward wet-niche (e39338, T-547254) with what i assume is a burned out light. there are 10 screws holding the entire unit, and then 2 screws holding an inner unit. i unscrewed the inner unit, and thought it would just pull right out, electric line trailing behind. but i cant get it...

thanks for the reply. the belts sure look like they're correct (thats why i included the photo) the motor is engaged. the center sprocket is turning

after replacing the drive belts on my aquabot, it wont move at all. (actually, it will crawl on the wall a little, but once it hits the bottom, it cant move) it seems that the brand new belts are not tight enough ?? could the cause be stretched drive tracks ? (they haven't been replaced in a...

a buddy of mine was told this method to lower CYA from a pool store guy. he says he tried it and it worked. i'm wondering what the experts here think. - lindaspoolboy

are the pistons on the aquabot turbo rc supposed to move only via the remote control ? i do not see them moving and i could have sworn that i used to. thanks in advance chopper