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Mods - if this post is not ok, please feel free to remove..... We are getting ready to move house and I'm clearing out my garage. I have a 30 gallon Stenner tank that instead of throwing out, I’m offering for free thinking someone on here might be able to use. I also have some random other...

Hi all - last few weeks I've been having problems with the Pool math app not recognizing my subscription. I renewed back in July for another year, but the app tells me there is no valid subscription (but still lets me log my results after I click through the various dialogue boxes). In the...

Realized while researching skimmer baskets that my pool doesn't have the float valves installed in the skimmers (Sta-Rite U3). I have two skimmers, one at the shallow end that appears to be connected to the suction line only (other port looks capped), and one at the deep end that's connected to...

TFP experts - I need some assistance with rewiring my Easytouch 8. A couple of weeks ago I had an Intellichlor IC40 installed and the installer swapped two of my relays in my Easytouch control panel. Previously, my heater was wired to the load side of the pump relay. The installer changed...

Curious question - couldn't find an answer via search. I know it's best to take the water sample from a least a couple of feet below the surface. What's the effect of trying to measure FC level on a surface water sample? Friends of ours just closed on a house with a pool and I'm trying to...

Saturday we found a ring of silicone floating in our IG spa. My immediate reaction was it's from one of my return jets. Monitored the pool overnight with the pump off ~10 hrs and the spa level dropped ~6", way more than evaporation, so I'm now pretty certain that missing silicone has caused a...

I'd been holding my TA down around 60-70 all winter and enjoying very stable pH, around 7.8. In the past couple of weeks my TA shot up first to 90 and now is at 120. The only things added to my pool in that time were liquid chlorine and MA, though I had just stopped using tricolor in a floater...

Bit reluctant to admit a rookie mistake in a Chemistry 201 forum....but here goes. Last couple of weeks I've been progressively lowering my TA to prepare to add borates. pH has been stable for a week with a TA of 60 so on Saturday I added the 38 lbs of boric acid required to get my pool to 0.5...

I'm getting ready to add borates. Got my 55 lb bucket of boric acid on order from Duda Diesel. Question on recommended TA level, understand it's best to adjust before you add borates as it's difficult to do afterward. My TA is 80. I've been seeing my pH drift upwards since I converted fully...

After battling with an unreliable chlorinator and a couple of algae outbreaks this past year, I've decided to invest in a Stenner. Ordered from Locke Well & Pump who seemed to have a better price than US Water Systems for the setup after shipping. Ordered the 45MPHP10, 220V, 1/4 UV Black, Rain...

Hi - was starting to get some algae building up on the grout on my waterline tiles, so decided to go ahead and SLAM the pool. I'm using the TF-100 kit. Numbers before the SLAM: FC 6 CC 0 CYA 60 TA 70 CH 325 PH 7.5 I added 1 qt of MA to lower my pH, set my target FC to 24 and added the...

Hi all - I've been reading the forum for the past year or more, finally getting around to posting. So much good information here and it's been extremely valuable. We built our pool a year ago shortly after we closed on our new house. It's my first pool, though my wife had one at her house...