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    Pressure Change on Sand Filter

    G'Day All, At the beginning of this season, I upgraded from a small cartridge filter system to a 22" sand filter. Installation went great, and my pool season was the easiest in memory. Upon initial start-up and through the season, the pressure guage showed 15lb, and rose slowly through the...
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    Thermostat problems..........

    G'Day All, I need some help diagnosing a problem, please. We have a Tiger River (Hot Springs) spa, older model. It is not big, but does great for its size for us. We are having temp problems, though. One Day, I will go out to check things, and the temp will be at 101 deg (my wife likes it...
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    Pool Fire??? Ash in the pool ......

    G'Day All, Well, this last week has been one of testing the patience and fortitude. Last Monday afternoon, a huge windstorm came through the area, and, with gusts between 40 and 70mph, there naturally was a huge fire. It burned about half of my in-laws 25k acre cattle ranch, as well as 20k...
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    Help with filter size.......

    G'Day All, I need help with sizing a sand filter. Money is an issue, so I would like to get the smallest filter (price) and yet provide adequate filtering for the pool. I have a good pump, but don't know the flow. The pool store says they need to know the flow before they can recommend a...
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    A Late Bloomer ----------

    G'Day All, I will try to keep to the short version of this story, but understand that with 7 kids (5 at home), stories never seem to be short ------ We live here in Eastern Washington State on an 800 acre wheat/horse ranch. We also live about 7 miles from one of the largest man-made...