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Photo was actually taken from eye level with tube on the counter, which is waist level. I have to admit, I can't get this to work right. I took the R-7065 50ppm sample and tried again today. Tried all kinds of lighting conditions. Sunlight at my back, at the side, at the front. Tried inside...

Do you have suggestions of the alternate tests that will remove human judgement from potentially skewing the results? Would like to check into them.

For reference, here are some photos. Here is the R-7065 baseline in the tube at the 50 line: As you can tell, you can easily still see the black dot. Here is my pool water at the 80 line: I think this is the closes I could tell. For reference, here is my pool at the 100 line: Is there...

I ordered a bottle of the R-7065 CYA samples that is supposed to be pool water at 50ppm CYA level. I wanted to verify how close (good or bad) to accurate my previous CYA readings had been because I don't feel they have been very accurate based on the FC readings I get back. When I used this...

Interesting. I definitely don't have leakage out the waste port, but like you said, that doesn't mean there isn't leakage between the intake and the return ports. To inspect and get at those gaskets I assume would require opening up the multi-port from the top via the screws, correct? Or is...

Can you elaborate on that a bit more? The sand looked fine to me. The same as it does every other time I have opened it up to deep clean it. Are you referring to a specific gasket on the multi-port valve head I should check? If so which? How could the water bypass the sand completely if it...

PSI gauge seems fine. It settles to 0 when the pump is off, and runs around 12-13 PSI when the pump is on normally. I usually add a little DE powder until it runs around 14-15 PSI to aid in the sand filtration (or at least try to). I can't give you readings as of today because I am waiting on...

Thanks for the bump. I'm on city water not well, and we've never had iron issues in past years (which, of course, doesn't mean the city water hasn't changed this year to cause the issues). For now, I'm going to just run through another SLAM cycle to be safe and vacuum to waste. If it keeps...

That was my thought as well. My pool was fine and clear the first half of this season, and then slowly got progressively worse. Not sure how iron would have gotten added to the water since I didn't do any new water addition from the city water supply. Unless the iron from the original fill-up...

I am having some filtering issues, and have a quick question. Is it possible to have broken laterals *and* not also have sand being returned into the pool as a result? I know the general consensus is that you don't really ever need to replace your sand in your sand filter. A yearly deep...

:) Pool is 18ft measured. I rechecked water depth this morning to try to keep my sanity and it measured to 47" depth so just an inch under 4ft exactly. By my calculations an 18ft pool at avg depth of 4ft is roughly 7600 gallons. I use the TF100 kit. Just ordered some refills that hopefully...

Ok, thanks. I pool filter/pump circulates pretty strongly, and I did the original check roughly 3 hours after adding the bleach when I had the original FC 25 reading. That was last night, and this morning after the pump running all night the reading was still FC 19. So I have to imaging that...

I've been fighting the past few weeks with my pool. To keep the story short, I'll focus this one thread on a specific question related to FC and the amount of 12.5% liquid chlorine required to raise my above ground pool to Shock level. My pool is roughly 7600 gallons or so (18ft above ground...

Has happened to me for the past 4 years as well, here in Rhode Island. I don't know if it is algae or pollen or a mixture of the two. Daily vacuuming/brushing etc... doesn't really combat it much. The first few weeks/months of the season are always fine and the water is crystal clear, then...

Just to follow up, I did a deep cleaning of my sand filter last night after work and then brushed and ran the filter all night. Things do seem to be noticeably better this AM. It looks to me a few more brushing and vacuums and things will be cleared up in a day or so. I'm going to also put...

I don't believe pollen is an issue this time of year where I am (Rhode Island). We had strong pollen early in the spring, but for the past month or so there hasn't been an issue with pollen collecting on surfaces. My pool is normally covered by a solar cover as well, so that would prevent a...

Long time member (since 2009) but very infrequent poster/visitor due to the fact that the methods here just work and I haven't needed a lot of help. This year however, I cannot seem to get rid of the "green hue" in my pool no matter what I try and I continually will get a fine build-up of...

awesome. thanks so much for the info and photos. I'm going to give this a shot myself

no, I haven't gotten a *good* resolution yet. For the moment, I have just used a combination of duct tape and rubber bands to keep the wheels on. It is actually working pretty well, so I was holding off on a more permanent solution to see if someone else had a better idea here first.

I would, but I think its probably 2 or 3 years old by now. I bought it very slightly used off of craigslist at the beginning of the summer and the previous owner said they had purchased it new 2 seasons before that. Only one of the wheel clips actually locks into the axle, the rest simply...

anyone one else having or have a problem with the wheels on their Pool Rover Jr. above ground cleaner falling off? The circular metal "spike" clips that are supposed to lock into the end of the wheel axle to keep the wheels from falling off simply don't lock in and stay on for me. The wheels...

Thanks for the info. I do have a new solar cover, but haven't taken it out of the package yet and would rather not have to put it on just for a few days to be taken off again for a month. I think I'll shock it and put the floater tabs in there. Should be fine for the weekend.

This is my first summer using BBB and I have a question regarding what to do when away from the house. This weekend I'll be away from the house for the first time since I started BBB and I'm just wondering what the normal process is when folks are away for a few days (3 for me in this case)...

Anyone having a problem with their skimmer socks catching so much stuff that they get clogged up and your pump isn't getting all the water it needs? For instance, when I run my pump on high, my sock get clogged up with junk and its preventing the suction of the pump enough that my filter basket...

aaahhh. I see, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification

Why do you say my TA is low? According to TFP and the poolcaclulator.com my recommended TA level is 70-90. How high do you suggest it should be?

Things seem to be going well so far. I took another reading just now (2pm) and got the following readings. FC 6.5 pH 7.2 TA 80 CH 30 Question on how important CH is for an above ground, vinyl pool. Should I try to raise it above 50 (to say 100 or so)? or do I not have to worry about CH with...