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That kit costs over $800 !! We're just trying to replace a small plastic keypad gizmo. There has to be a workaround ! If there isn't one, instead of spending that much on an old pump, I'll just buy a new model at Amazon for $1150. It's bigger/better too !!

MANY thanks to Retro Recipes for his YouTube video making perfectly clear HowTo do this job - even the redneck solution to the security Torx screwheads. Marvelous! That set of tips is right on the shelf at Harbor Freight, for next trip! Should have mentioned: No power-off helped, regardless...

Well, this one is about driving me nuts. Plenty of the issue showing up in online flow, but no verifiable fix other than to completely take aprt, clean contacts, and hope for the best. Sounds like an all-day project without any certainty this backlight constant-on issue ever got resolved...

My CH is way too high (600+), so I'm considering a flocculating agent. Pool has a cartridge filter. There doesn't seem to be any commentary around this. We are in Las Vegas and our water is very hard. Should I be concerned this agent will permanently clog the filter matrix? Is it true that...

I suspect what you've got is a 90-deg ell right out the bottom of the skimmer. When you pull on the hose, it kinks right there, it's a sharp 90. The kink is wider than the bore of the pipe, so you're locked in. Do you have any idea how much hose might be down the pipe? If it's just a foot or...

Hello Tom, this is Brian, I am in Las Vegas too. Did you get your issue resolved? I have Ultraflex II and am having a similar issue, and think I am closing in on the solution. Feedback from your experience might shed more light on my issue. I think the rapid-blink results from there being too...

This could be something so simple as a broken wire. Has continuity been checked from end-to-end on all eight conductors? I always start with the simplest things first. Test transformer output with voltmeter. This kind of thing. Many times I've had good luck simply jumping a sensor with a test...

end of SLAM Thanks for followup, y-not. Yup, you betcha we left the pool toys, poles, brushes, etc. in the pool during the process.. the whole time too. Toys are cheap and hose is old so we don't care if there's a bit of... er... 'degradation'? :evil: As for OCLT, I did evening test...

test results, end of SLAM I don't know how to interpret behavior of FAS-DPD test. This morning saw same behavior as many times before. Got nice bright pink color after R-0870, then at 79 drops R-0871 color had gone to very thin pink. At 81 drops barely any color, not really even pink... more...

end of SLAM Yes, I'm fairly certain all criteria as of tomorrow morn. Although not in a tidy straight line. More like a drunk-walk. :cheers: Will test again this evening for that result, then compare. Isn't 20 gals Chlorine over span of 4 days enough?

End of SLAM Okay gentlemen, I am at the end of the Slam process and now wonder how long it will take for the Cl level to come down enough for swimming again. This pool has 5 large jets, would it help 'blow off' the high level of chlorine by running the jets? Otherwise, if I have to wait for...

SLAM reply: Thanks for following, Tech.Guy. Current CYA=80. Yes, I overshot with FC=52, but am still losing fast, and must.alg target=44. I anticipate FC=40-ish by nightfall. I'm still awaiting response from community about softened water. I think this is a worthy thread to follow, for...

couple questions for Chem.Geek Very pleased to observe you're following (even if only at a distance). :oops: Q1: I see you have a variable pump. Did you trace power useage before going to variable? I'm not convinced the savings will be so extreme as sellers allege. Q2: My well water...

SLAM progress Numbers I am seeing are really extreme. Water significantly more clear but still a trace of cloud. Most must.alg suppressed but boyoboy, that stuff sure is tenacious in corners, I'm having to go after it with wire brush. To recap: Started SLAM with 6 gal Cl., two days ago. Test...

SLAM in process Many thanks to Guy and Tony for following up. Very reassuring to be flying in formation. Finally got FC up to 45. Took an additional 6 gals.. 14 so far. Some organics in the water too, plus the algae. Filter pressure rose really quickly too, probably all that dead algae...

quick question for community My OCLT lost about 4., current level around 17. Should I keep pushing the SLAM by adding more chlorine this morning, or wait until dark of this evening?

FC test - FAS-DPD Well, the second scoop of R-0870 sure answered that issue. But this leaves me wondering what those chunks of white swirling around the bottom are? I had presumed it was the same reagent which simply didn't get into solution. Is it an 'bulker' to thin the concentration...

SLAM in process First job yesterday was to get pH in line, then in evening I added 6 gallons liquid chlorine. Filter pump running 24x7. FC only got up to 19. So I added the last two gallons left. Two hours later FC only up to 21. Test this morning shows FC back down to 12. So, it's off to...

the yarn spins longer Thanks to Chem.Geek, for another deeply thoughtful response of unassailable logic. And here I was about to dose the pool anyway with EDTA. Maybe I'll just sprinkle it on my hotdogs so they'll keep for a whole year. Anther factoid popped up in a water test by Leslie shop...

next question for Chem.geek Pool store (NPS) sold me big bottle 'Coral Seas' "Yellow Out", before I got involved with TFP. Now they won't take it back - said Homeland Security issue on chemicals, period. Oh well. Label describes it as "Disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid...

Other questions - comments Had an interesting experience at Leslie's yesterday. Salesgirl, mid-20's, given just enough training to make herself dangerous. Babbling nonsense, believed the louder and faster she talked, the less wrong she would become. Wanted to sell me a major dose of Dichlor...

In a jam -- Pool calculator tells me I should replace 1/3 to 1/2 of my water, to get CYA down. My neighbors will lynch me if I try to refill from our community well. The only other pool owner has bought water delivered in a truck, costing almost $200 for each load of 5000 gals. So this gets...

My pool has a SWG, but it has always been disconnected and I don't know if it works. Am I going to reduce my chemical hauling and handling enough to make reviving the SWG worthwhile? I've heard they are troublesome and expensive, and the pool will need about 200 lbs of salt**. I also looked at...

back to basics Yup, guess I do need to read Pools School again. Am using pucks simply for convenience, and because that's what the guy before was using -- and he employed a service co. too. Do I understand CYA is not a consumable?... it will not degrade over time? If it does under sun, then...

test results - attn: chem geek Okay, I got my TF-100 kit, and tested pool water this morning. I knew pH was getting high so I added a gallon of 2x muriatic yesterday. Here are results: Cl = 2 pH = 7.2 Free chlor (FADS-DPD) = 2.5 CC = 0.5 TC = 3 TA = 140 CH = 380 (-ish) CYA = 80 I presume the...

TF-100 test kit just ordered, results coming soon. Bought from 'poolsupplyworld.com' same price $68 but only $8 shipping. "tftestkits.net" showed over $20 shipping, which I thought was excessive. Maybe they ought to revisit their pricing web-routine to reflect what it will actually cost...

Still learning more and more, thanks to Chem.Geek. My pool does have the SWG but had fallen into disuse by time I bought house. No salt in pool either, that we can tell. TDS meter would show that, right? Yes, simple conductivity tester, showing only 800ppm. No carbonate flakes either...

West coast Boric Acid supplier I'm pleased so many noticed the post. Perhaps we should populate it around TFP into other threads too, since so few of us are tracking in this one. Grade?: Dunno for sure, but at this price and quantity is surely must be 'technical'. Meaning, I presume...

Western supplier of Boric Acid - AT LAST!! 55-lb bag = $58.95. Shipping to Las Vegas 89149 = $18 Your mileage may vary :wink: Del Amo Chemicals 535 W. 152nd St. Gardena, CA 90248 310-532-9214 Ask for Mary Jane (seriously, that's her name). Write this down guys, somewhere you can't lose...