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The only pool cleaner I've been satisfied with is the Polaris 280

If the 3 criteria are Repeat steps 3 and 4 as frequently as practical, but not more than once per hour, and not less than twice a day, until: 1 - CC is 0.5 or lower; 2 - An overnight FC loss test shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less; 3 - And the water is clear. Yes, shocked for ~10-14 days...

I had something very similar. I had to buy a new lid for the pump, a strainer gasket did not work. Bought a new lid (more expensive than I thought) for that pump, bought some pool lube, changed lid, lubed up the lid, restarted pump and all problems went away.......no 'water splash' from the...

Ok, so bleach should be ok based on date, still going through a lot of chlorine. I 'super-chlorinated' a couple weeks ago to kill some black algae. Haven't seen any new blooms, still scrubbing a few spots where the black is in the plaster (ie, the plaster is somewhat porous, black is below the...

Code on last 2 bottles used this weekend - 2 different boxes of 4 bottles of 'shock' in each - code 1 - 13 120 08:04 B2 TX-01 - code 2 - 13 144 22:12 B2 TX-01

I added 2 lbs of Cal Hypo last night, results tonight (Taylor 2006) FC - 6 ph - 7.4 CYA - 45-50 Alk - 90 Ca - 300 I buy the shock, I double checked, it is $4/gal at pool store, sold at 10% 'pool shock'. They go through a pallet a week it looks like, there does not appear to be a date on the...

I live in Houston, TX. So its getting hot out ~95 F this week. Pool - plaster lined, 18,000 gals, use ~3/week I'm using the BBB method (well, no Borate yet). I use a Taylor 2006 test kit. CYA ~45-50 I'm using 10% bleach, ~$3 gallon. I'm going through a gallon every 1-2 days. That seems...

So with a 4-6 target of FC, keep it at 8-12? No issues with swimming in those levels? If I do my borate additions on Friday, would that help at all (or just help protect against formation of new algae)

I have not heard the 20% comment before. IE, the pool after a backwash is ~10 psi. It is at about 12 psi (so 20% above original). On the 'dial' the number is ~20 psi, ie, ~10 psi higher than the original. You know on the filter, there are the 2 needles, separated by ~10 psi.

I have black Algae, day 2 of super-chlor shocking. Quick history: - Had pool water tested at store at first, thought they were doing an ok job. Became member on forum. - Found some algae in pool, SWG had crapped out, green algae formed. Shocked pool, got rid of green algae - decided to...

As far as I can tell, there is no 'power' button on the attached. Looks like hardwire. Remove the control wire in the junction box outside?

I have a rock feature on my pool. It appears the salt in my salt water pool is causing the rock to degrade quicker than normal - I found a pool guy I trust in the Houston area and he said this is pretty common on SW pools he has seen in the area. I tried a rock sealer, but it didn't do too...

I should have said, steel wire brush scrubbing. Is it ok to always use the wire brush for the pool? Don't see the purpose of the Nylon brush. It is a gunnite/plaster pool in Houston, TX

I bought a new house. This is in Houston TX. It is starting to be pool weather, 90 F here today and pool temp of 82 F. Here is a pic of the pool Upon closer inspection of the pool now that we have moved in, there are stains on the bottom of the pool. Any idea what type of stains these...

Do not feel slimy. I did try the chlorine tablet yesterday, no change to the spots today.

Is this black algae, or could these small black dots be from a bad chemical addition? You can see the size of a jet in the picture for reference. They are really small black dots. I'm new to the forum, I'll be doing a couple other posts about pool chemistry. Here is a pic of the pool...

Ok, that worked, thank you PS0303. I'm posting the sequence I performed for anyone else doing a similar project - Replaced 3 of the control boards in Hayward H400 (IDL2) heater - Wired - blue/white in top spot (labeled pool) on card - orange/white in the 24 V middle spot on card...

Hello, my pool heater fried - burnt resistors on the control boards. After finding out that there are differences between a H400, and the H400 IDL2 control boards, I have my heater working (mostly). I've replaced the display, the display board, and the control board in the unit. The heater...