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With the pool surrounded by trees and our young kids I am happy to have the auto-cover. I hardly use up any FC. Dumb question here, but should I open the cover for a bit even on days when not in use? I notice the potent chlorine smell upon opening and then smell nothing after a few minutes...

I have found every word printed on this great site about Borates and searched information elsewhere, but still can't get myself to pull the trigger and add them. Do we know they are safe?

Regarding Intellichlor IC40: How much chlorine will this produce? Specifically, any rough math to equate chlorine production time to FC rise. I can set this IC40 to any percentage of pump run time, so I can then figure how many minutes/hours the SWG is producing. So, it makes a certain volume...

Found in a post that CYA should be measured at room temp or higher. My water is 42 degrees upon opening. CYA measure artificially high or low that cold? How about testing FC/CC/pH/TA, etc. at this temp? Reliable? Thanks!!

Water and backfill today, BUT they trucked in too little water. Filled few inches short of skimmer so will not have pump/filter on over weekend until water topped off in 3 days(Monday). Water looks great right now. Builder said it could "sit there a week like that without getting cloudy". I...

Hole to be dug and pool in the ground by Friday. Likely full of water by this time next week. Been reading a lot about pool water care thanks to TFP. Question: Only pool store in town is suggesting that dry acid would not be a problem with a SWG, and they have never heard this could be a...