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    Help with Cloudy Pool please.

    I have an above ground 10,000 gal vinyl pool in CT which I opened 3 weeks ago. I shocked it with bleach and algae stuff and it went orderly from green to grey within the 1st week and I would have though on the way to clear. After the 2nd week, I ran test and added 2 lbs. of borax to raise the...
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    Did the triclor tabs bleach my blue vinyl liner white?!

    I had a late opening for my 21' pool. Filled the new liner with hose water and much to my surprise, my 1 hp Hayward pump wasn't working so I orderer a new one over the internet. Seeing as it was 90 degrees and a few days before I could get one at a reasonable price, I put a bunch of triclor...
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    Oh no, I have a leak!

    I was looking at my pool at it looked suspiciously low with the water at the return vale level. I then turned off the pump ans walk arournd the circumference of the 21' above ground pool and saw water gushing out under the sidewall. What now? I was aggressively brushing the pool and must have...
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    Pump is tripping circuit breaker?

    It has been raining in CT for the last 8 days and when I plugged my Haywood pump in the electrical socket, it would immediately trip the circuit breaker. This has happened in the past and then it would eventually work the day after the rains would stop. Is this caused by the pump getting water...
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    Removing the cover, arrrrghhhhh!

    It is nearly impossible to remove the mesh cover from my 21' above ground pool without spilling the debris on top of the cover into the pool. It is so heavy, we had 6 guys and it still spilled into the pool. How do people manage?