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    Arm & Hammer Baking Soda

    Where can I purchase the Arm & Hammer Baking Soda? I use to be able to purchase a 13 pound bag pretty easy. Seems like stores don't carry that anymore. Should I use Calcium Hardness Increaser from Lowe's?
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    New pool pump help!!!!

    I just purchased a new Pentair Superflo 1HP Dual Speed pump. Thanks to someone's suggestion in this forum! The good news, I installed the pump and it works great. You can hardly hear it. I'm having trouble with the Dual speed toggle switch. I'm obviously not putting the wires in the right place...
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    New Pentair Pump wiring. Please help

    I need some help pleeeeeease. I just purchased a new Pentair Superflo 1HP Dual Speed pump. Thanks to someone's suggestion in this forum! The good news, I installed the pump and it works great. You can hardly hear it. I'm having trouble with the Dual speed toggle switch. I'm obviously not putting...
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    Need new pump

    I need help!!! I have an inground pool and need a new pump. I found one on amazon but it ships in a month. That is way too long. I'm looking for a 1hp 2 speed pump. This is the one that I found on amazon Amazon.com : Pentair 340042 SuperFlo High Performance Energy Efficient Two Speed Pool Pump...
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    Maintaining a hot tub the same as a pool?

    I'm new to owning a hot tub. I do have a pool and this is my second year using the BBB method. It's been fantastic! Is maintaining the hot tub chemistry the same as a pool? How often should I run the jets? Any feedback would be much appreciated.
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    Hot tub pump 1 troubleshoot

    I have a Sundance Spa Oltima 2004. I just bought a house with this hot tub. The display shows a "FLO" error on the screen and the hot tub is taking days to heat up. It's now at 95, but it took 2 days just to get to that. Pump 1 has two speeds. It only works on high speed. On low speed, it just...
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    newbie needing help

    FC - free chlorine 1 ppm CC = Combined Chloramines 0 TC= total chlorine 1 PH 8.2 TA - Total alkalinty 70 CH - calcium hardness 125 ppm CYA - cyanuric acid...aka stabilizer/conditioner 50 I tested my pool about 3 weeks ago and the CYA was 150 or more. I drained the pool about half way and it was...
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    Reading the calculator

    My pool is cloudy. I don't even know where to start. It looks like i have no chlorine. What do I need to do with the readings below? FC - free chlorine 0 ppm CC = Combined Chloramines 0 TC= total chlorine 0 PH 7.2 TA - Total alkalinty 110 CH - calcium hardness 150 ppm CYA - 100
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    New to pools and lost on what chemicals to add

    I need soooo much help. I just purchased a home with a pool. I've never owned a pool. I just ordered my test kit TF100. My chlorine level seems really high and my CYA does as well. I'm a little worried at this point. What do I do? Here are my test results. FC - free chlorine 8.5 ppm CC =...