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My pump is a Pentair 3HP Challenger Pump. It's been ran 24/7 for about 2 years. While I was away, someone went to refill the feeder tabs and noticed the pump looked to be overheating. They turned off the pump, but also left the feeder cap off for a day or two. When I went back, I tried turning...

My pool and spa water containers are separate. My heater only heats my spa

I think my CYA is either at or around 10. It was about 400 before. My tub is also concrete, do you think the ahh-some cleaner will still work as well? It's just so strange I can never keep my bromine levels above 2. And just scary that I can't figure out why I'm itching so much. It gets so bad...

I switched recently from chlorine to bromine due to consistently high CYA. My CL level can't get above a 2 at night on full settings and 0 during the day. But more importantly, is it heard of for people to be itchy from the spa when using bromine? I don't remember having this issue before with...

Thanks, yeah I actually used both these guides and a few others. I know them by heart now trying to get things to work. If I use my 3" Trichlor tablets instead of Bromine in my feeder, or maybe put them in my skimmers since my pumps are on 24/7, do you think that would help increase BR/CL...

Hi guys, I've tried and tried on my own, but I think it's time to ask for advice. I can't seem to keep my bromine levels up. I use bromine tablets 1" (Bromochloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin|65% bromine, 29% chlorine) in a in-line feeder by Pentair. I have the settings for bromine set on max (5) and...

Hi, scourged the net to find that and a few others. That's how I came up with my potential 'oxidizers'. Just wanted to see which one was recommended best without jacking any of my balanced levels too much (tried a bit of calcium but raided my pH from 7 to 10)

I have Sodium Persulfate, Calcium Hypochlorite Mixture, Trichlor 3" tablets, Bromine 1" Tablets, I established a bromine reserve by using 4lbs of sodium bromide in my 8000 Gallon Hot Tub (Havent turned on heat until everythings balanced). Can I crush the bromine or trichlor tablets and use...

Will do! I used muraitic acid to lower the PH initially. But I read that you shouldn't combine sodium hydrochlorite and muraitic. How long should I wait to try to drop the PH using muraitic after recently pouring the sodium? I poured the sodium when bromine levels dropped to 1 to increase it...

I drained my 7500Gallon spa, filled it back up, and got my levels to [7.2 PH, 60 Hardness, 120 Alk, 0 FC, 0 CYA] I'm going to use bromine instead of chlorine. So I poured 30Oz of Sodium Bromide to make the reserve, then poured 2lbs of MPS. I waited an hour. BR/FC raised to 6. I had wanted to...

swim spa? Lol, I always thought of it as a really long hot tub. It's 4.5ft high and just.. long. These same methods should still work even though I want to switch from chlorine to bromine tablets to maintain in the future correct?

Holy, you are amazing! I've asked around town and online for a while and no one could figure it out. That leads me down the right path now. I'll try to get better pictures tomorrow. (Currently waiting for it to fill back up after a total drain CYA fix)

My CYA levels were around 4/500 after years of bad managing the chemistry. I just drained about 95% of my pool (just enough to keep the pumps going), and is currently filling back up. Can someone give a brief summary on how to SLAM? I read the guide here, but just wanted to confirm I'm doing...

Hi guys. Our hot tub lights slowly stopped working after a while. After turning them on, they flickered and turned off until eventually they only sometimes power on. I can't figure out what model they are to look up documentation. I have a few questions. Can anyone identify these lights...

Ok. that Jandy valve that was in my picture, I moved it from 45 degrees to almost fully closed (Off side that was at 45 before is pointing towards the out of the heater. Barely fully turned. Didn't want to turn all the way). The pressure on my filter PSI went from 22 to 28 and my heater has...

I took your advice and I replaced the tension wire. That fixed my short! But I am still getting a high limit 2 error. I also opened up the room so that it stays cool just in case heat and humidity was the issue. Also, my unit doesn't fire instantly up. It sparks and then lights itself randomly...

Yeah, I think something may be up as well. After fixing the wire with a temporary measure, it started right up instantly. Then it reached about 80 degrees and the LCD started getting hard to read. Once it reached 90 degrees, it shut off and said Hi Limit 2. I turned it off for an hour or so...

Thank you!!!! That was it. It works now, but I noticed that I can't read the LCD display when its on. Something to do with moisture/heat? Is this common/okay to leave? When it turns off for a while, it works fine. But when its back on/hot in the room, it can't be read.

Thank you for your thoughts! Ours is a natural gas line. Both valves are cuttently open to the heater. I think I smell a faint gas when I get close to the honeywell, but am not sure. There wouldn't be a way to hear it after closing and opening the gas valve right? And there IS a small hole in...

I have a quick question. We bought a raypak 407a a few years ago, and it's been great! But we haven't been able to get it to start. I think it might be a simple fix, but am unsure of who to ask as there aren't any service techs near us. When we start the heater, it says 'Spark', then...

Hi. I have a 21 person hot tub, not located near any grass, that is always green. The staff in charge of keepign the pool and tub maintained says the Ph levels and chemicals are all fine. But isn't the same blue color we once had when it professionally installed last year. It's located on a...

I have a Raypak 407A Heater controlling a rooftop pool and a really large hottub. I was curious if to there was anything I could buy to remotely access our heater controls from elsewhere. The pool and hottub are located on our roof and I'm usually on the ground level when it needs to be turned...