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    Air Issues with spa

    I'm still having issues with the spa. The blower is too powerful at 1/2 HP. It blows water over the edge and out of the spa. The distance from spa to air pipe is short enough that I should not need a blower. When the valves are in spa only operation and I turn on the blower than shut it off...
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    Free Chlorine loss vs UV index

    has anyone investigated the relationship of FC loss to the UV index? I was calculating the balance point for my SWG based on 60% loss due to UV and I wondered if the relationship is linear to the UV index. My pool should be stable at 5ppm with the cell set to 63% with a 10 hour pump time if...
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    New SWG Install

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    6ppm consumption or bad bleach?

    My pool has been consuming around 6ppm bleach for the past month. Every day I've been feeding it 128oz of 10%. That's ~6.1ppm per poolcalculator. Today I noticed what might have been algae on the light. I scrubbed it down and removed the light. Nothing behind the light. I decided to SLAM...
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    Shipped

    My SWG finally shipped :whoot: How will I live without empty bleach bottles everywhere? :roll:
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    Staining from Trichlor puck?

    I have several stains in the bottom of my pool. All of them start at about 3" round and have a comet like tail heading toward the main drain. This is obviously where someone in the past has tossed trichlor pucks directly into the pool. What kind of stain would this be? I would expect to see...
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    Dialing back a Spa Blower

    The blower on my spa is too powerful causing water to spill out over the top. It's the smallest one (1hp) that I could find. Could I plumb in a T with a valve an regulate the airflow this way? Essentially spilling out a portion of the unwanted air?
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    Small Spots of Algae

    First post but I've learned a lot from this board. Today I noticed a small spot of algae and need to start the shock process. Since I know I'll be asked .... FC 6.81 TC 6.91 PH 7.6 TA 97 CH 166 *was next on the list to deal with CYA 45 I have a very high exposure to UV and normally use a LOT...