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Well, we got 3 inches of rain in under an hour last night. My crystal clear pool now looks like this from runoff from the yard. What's the best way to deal with this? Keep the pump running 24/7 and the chlorine levels at shock levels or drain and refill?

When I look at the SLAM calculators on the website and mobile app I don't see an option to select "chlorinating liquid". I'm having a harder and harder time finding just regular ole bleach locally....seems like everything is either the "no splash formula" or the "disinfecting bleach". If I use...

Hi All...hope everyone is great and can help guide me in the right direction. I recently upgraded my old 1.5Hp single-speed system with a new Pentair Superflow VS. The install went as well as can be expected considering I've never done it before. I fired up the pump and watched in...

My water is still clear (at the moment)....but over the past week or so I've noticed my chlorine levels drop from 8ppm to around 1ppm last night. I don't see any error lights on the IC40....everything is green and looks normal. I put it in boost mode and let it run overnight and my chlorine...

We had over 8" of rain in a few hours the weekend of 6/8. It turned my lovely crystal clear pool into this: My treatment plan was to run the pool pump 24x7, and dump about 10 gallons of bleach into the pool to kill everything. My FC levels are slowly coming down and the water is clearing up...

I've read through Pool School and I must be missing something. I found the Chlorine/CYA chart. So I know what my FC currently is, I know what my CYA is, and I know what shock level I'm trying to get to (in this case around 28 according to the chart). What I can't find is a chart that tells me...

We just had the worst rain event of my life here in Memphis. They're estimating that the metro area got anywhere from 8" - 11" over a 4 hour period last night. It's tough to say for sure because most people's rain gauges overflowed :). Anyways, my pool was nice and blue yesterday, now it...

OK, so I need some help. I took my light fixture out of the side of the pool and it's full of water...so that's obviously a problem. Also, my GFI on the side of the house that the light terminates at is flashing, which says that means it needs to be replaced. What would you do? 1. Try to dry...

I've troubleshot my pool light and I'm certain I need a new fixture. I'm fairly handy around the house. I've replaced pool and booster pumps, changed the sand in my filter, and fixed my pentair power center that powers my Intellichlor by replacing a PC board (even though my local pool store...

So...went outside yesterday and noticed my pump wasn't running. It's a Marathon RB134 (catalog number) pump. When it switches on the shaft actually spins for a few seconds (i can see it turn by taking the access panel off the back) and the motor hums really loud, then it stops. I can move the...

Upon opening our pool last weekend I noticed that our polaris booster pump will hum for a few seconds when I turn it on but won't start. I replaced the capacitor already as it seemed like that was a common thing to break that is relatively easy/cheap to fix. Are there any other easy things to...

First spring as a pool owner. We didn't close our pool over the winter as we live in the South with usually mild winters. My water is emerald green (kinda pretty really) so I'm assuming I need to SLAM. I've read through the SLAM instructions and Pool School but I've got a couple questions. I...

So we're recovering from our harsh (for Memphis) winter and I wanted to start getting the pool in shape. I needed to replace my pressure gauge on the filter (broke over the winter) as well as the O-ring around the lid to the filter as it was slowly leaking. I knew you had to release the...

So here's my quandry...I'm in Tennessee...we're at 8 degrees right now on Monday night. I cleaned out my skimmers this weekend in preparation for the freeze this weekend since I knew I would have to keep the pump running. Baseline pressure is 10psi on a normal day. I just went outside to...

I'm sorry for all the bonehead questions...bought a house with a pool this summer so this will be my first winter having to deal with one. I have a salt-water pool that i'm choosing to leave open. I live in a southern state and the advice from friends and co-workers is to leave...

OK...just bought a house in July and it came with an in-ground, 22,000 gallon salt water pool with an Intellichlor SWG. The pool was basically trouble-free all summer. Had to add Muriatic acid a couple of times to lower the pH...but other than that it's been pretty easy. Last night the red...