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In Oklahoma, Atwoods sells something called "Online Pool Shock" which is 10% Sodium Hypochlorite for $1.99 a gallon this time of year. GREAT value for SLAM'ing your pool!

Rose this thread from the dead. The 360 and 380 are very simple machines. They use water jets point UP from the bottom of the cleaner. This creates a suction effect. If you run the cleaner and pull it from the water, you should see those 3 jets spraying up the center. If they are not, then the...

I used Clorox for my swg conversion last month- I got large pale-yellow stains. Purchased at Sam's Club in OKC in May. My liner is so patched and old, not sure I'm worried about it at this point. I got ~14 patches which I believe is from the kids playing with a diving brick used for lifeguard...

Took a little longer than planned due to a noob PVC issue, but it's all hooked up and running. Very easy install! I haven't done any measurements yet, but it's definitely running. I'll try to throw up some measurements once I get them.

This weekend I am installing a new CircuPool RJ45. I have read through the documentation, and I believe I have a solid plan. Here is a picture of my setup: The documentation shows the flow switch before and after the cell, the requirement being 12" run prior to the switch. So I think this is...

So...with my having done nothing at all...it's working again. Apparently I had left it turned on (with the timer off) and it ran over night. So...other than divine intervention...what could that mean? It wasn't hot the other day when I saw it wasn't working, so... Intermittent electrical issue...

Our Polaris 380 is called the river rat...I guess because we get a lot of debris in our pool since it's under so many trees, and the tail.

As documented here, my main pump died, so I replaced it with a dual-speed. The Polaris 380 seemed to be working ok with the main pump on low speed, so I left it that way for the past few days. I checked it this morning, and the pool was extra dirty (we have tons of trees, and it's that time of...

I got the Pentair Superflo 1hp dual speed. None of the shops in Oklahoma City carried it, and wanted outrageous prices to order it. The lowest was ~$700, the highest was here in Shawnee at $1080. I laughed at that one, literally, because I believe that is higher than retail and I told him so. He...

So, thanks to these awesome forums, I managed to wire in and plumb my new pump and it is working great. I took the opportunity to move the pump to remove the immediate 90 degree elbow into the suction side, which necessitated a longer electrical conduit, but I think it's worth it. I believe...

I discovered my pump was not running (as well as timer) and found the circuit had tripped. When I flipped the breaker back and manually turned on the timer, the circuit immediately tripped. I removed the pump motor cover and disconnected the power leads, reset the breaker, manually turned on the...

Ok, I was wondering if that was it. The filter was so clogged that I was getting VERY little filtering last year. I had no idea what a clean bed of sand would really do, so I was wondering of that was what it was. I am currently SLAMing, it's already grey instead of green :)

So I got industrious and decided to remove some extra PVC after my pool heater was removed from the system last year. I removed about 8 feet total (1.5" pipe) that at about 4' had a double 90 degree elbow where it used to go into and out of the heater. This was my first foray into PVC, as I paid...

Solid suggestions, thanks! So far we have added 16 lbs baking soda and he insisted on some copper-based algaecide. We will test Ta and ph again in an hour.

Here are the specifics: gunite 40,000 gal pool, currently using pucks. The pool went green on him so he asked me for help. I brought my tf100 test kit over and measured...wait for it... Fc 0 Ta 10 Ch 320 Ph <6.8 Cya 50 I then tested with his Clorox 6 way strips and got: Th 500 Tc 0 Fc 1 Ph...

I just wanted to update...my pool is back to it's sparkly self! The SLAM did, indeed, take forever. I did ultimately floc it, shortly after my last post. I got scared when it hadn't even begun to settle by morning. I left it as is for an extra DAY (so about 32 hours of settling) and sure enough...

If I sweep, I do stir up some stuff, but can't seem to rake it, since I can't really see what is happening. Does that make sense? I didn't make that very clear. The Polaris is doing ok, but it's sick. I replaced the feeder tubes and did the body rebuild, but now the belt is slipping bad...

I started SLAM'ing about 2 weeks ago. Starting out, the pool was a pond- don't ask. (broken pump at closing time and no cover- boy was this a learning experience) It has/had tons of debris in the bottom, including Pecan flowers, leaves, tadpoles etc. I made sure my CYA was good (30), got...

Ok. Filter backwashed, rinsed and set to recirculate. Currently at 18 FC, so added another 60oz of 8.25% bleach and will test again in an hour. Then I should be at 20 and will scrub walls and such. I guess I knew the answer, I was just shortcutting and not doing what I should. So tell...

Derp. Yes, FC dropped to zero at one point.

Here are my numbers: FC 6 CC 0 CYA 40-50 TA 110 CH 200 pH 7.5 Vinyl pool, tests done with TF-50 test kit, Hasa Liquidator, sand filter. I have a feeling my sin is allowing the Luiquidator to empty and NOT slamming. Wife has been complaining about cloudiness quite a bit of the summer, but...

Thanks for the advice! I think I will forego any repair at all, and see how quickly it warms up. The wife is interested in trying a solar blanket, although really the problem with our pool is just the amount of tree coverage. It always stays fairly cool (even in Oklahoma!) due to the large...

This winter, I decided to not close my pool. Everything was going swimmingly until I heard the sounds of air coming out the pool returns last Thursday. I went out to look, and sure enough, water was gushing out the side of my pool heater. Boo! Luckily, we had a warm front this weekend. I...

Re: New pool owner- help with equipment configuration/hardne Ok, so I have followed recommendations and here are my new numbers: FC: 1 CC: 1 TA: 90 CH: 500 CYA: 40 PH: 7.5 After the advice, I purchased an 8gal Liquidator w/ 3/8" upgrade, shocked the pool with Dichlor (to raise CYA as well)...

Re: New pool owner- help with equipment configuration/hardne That chlorine must be seriously bad. I added 3 gallons of bleach and tested 30 minutes later, and barely got a FC of 2. Added another 2 gallons and barely 5, 2 hours later. I just added 2 more gallons and I'll test again in about...

Re: New pool owner- help with equipment configuration/hardne Ok, so I ordered the TF100 test kit and have my new numbers. I also updated my signature with the pump specs! FC - 0.5 CC or TC - 1 pH - 7.5 TA - 130 CH - 600!!! (city water tested 220 CH) CYA - 40 The water looks dull and cloudy...

AquaChek 7 way test strip results (this is what my local pool store used, so I bought a 25 pack end of last year) FC - 0 CC or TC - 10 pH - 7.2-7.8 TA - 180 CH - 500 CYA - don't recall I bought the pool, er house, last October. It is a 20x40 "play pool", roughly 5' deep at the ends and about...