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Ah, failure to comply with the "German Torque" which is gutentight. ;) Glad it worked out well with no harm done!

How much wind did you get? We had a LOT of wind and I had to clear the skimmer basket about once an hour. Eventually, I had to shut down the pump and clear out the pump basket of some wind driven debris. My pressure had gone up a little bit and I attribute that to the excess debris. Once I...

That is a great idea. I might have to go scrounge up something like that in the garage because I am NOT enjoying the trips to the skimmer in this 5 degree weather. 🥶 🥶 🥶

There are a few threads on the heater use, condensation and warranty issues. Generally, it's best to not run it when it's cold but if you do run it, let it get to at least 68 degrees (but be cognizant of warranty issues). Some heaters won't come on at all below a certain temp but some will. Here...

Hopefully you will be able to get it out. Definitely in the column of "self critiquing"

And the nets I use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L0C78FC I couldn't imagine how much I would have to clean my filter without using these. For 9 months out of the year, there is ALWAYS something blooming and with our Oklahoma wind...the pool has Crud in it CONSTANTLY. Currently, it's the...

We have a large cartridge filter for our fairly small pool. As you can see from my pics, there are a lot of trees and there is a lot of debris I deal with. Nonetheless, I don't clean my filters but once a year. Last time I did it, they weren't very dirty and the resultant pressure decrease...

This may sound crazy, but I have noticed I can these issues if the pool level is lower than normal. Just throwing that out there...

+1 on the skimmer socks (or hair nets). I have been using them religiously and it makes a significant difference on the filter cleanliness. You can see from my avatar that we have PLENTY of trees and the resultant debris in the pool. Granted we have a large filter relative to our pool side, but...

Gotcha. I would also recommend doing the bucket list shown in this thread.

When you say "refill", how much and/or how long does it take to refill and how low do you let it get before refilling? And is that a chlorine floater I see out there? If so....we need to talk. ;)

I would also add that any outage may take longer to restore just because crews have been spread thin. There is supposed to be significant icing over a pretty large swath of real estate. We don't have too many outages here in OKC (as of yet) but they are already showing 6+ hours to restore so...

If the lights are battery powered then I would guess the heat that would be given off would be minimal to none. There are chicken coop warmers that inherently safer around combustible materials and should be available at a Tractor Supply, Atwoods, or similar store. On a side note, those of us...

I thought the same thing but the OP actually filled in the sig line. ;)

This x1000. There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth about what voltage, but the fact is that most generators produce "dirty power" and can destroy sensitive components. I would also add that we are also in Oklahoma and were VERY lucky in regards to that freeze. Our neighbors weren't so...

And one more (although a little elaborate)...

I have read a couple posts here where folks have just built a small bird box type contraption. Here is a little reading on it: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/swg-install-tomorrow.193249/post-1703786 Here's an idea, too...

Although not relevant to the OP's question, I did want to mention that you might consider building a protection box of sorts for your SWCG. I know it's "all weather" but some posters here have had issues with that brand and weather. Sheltering it could help with longevity.

As some of you (or none of you) may recall, our pool had an inline chlorinator that I immediately stopped using when I read about the TFP method. I had a slight issue with a small leak where the chlorine line was installed in the PVC but it really wasn't a big deal...until it was. Long story...

Speaking of unknown sources, do you happen to have any high tension power lines near by? I know out in our neck of the woods there have been issues with livestock discussed at some community get togethers. Here is some info on stray voltage that might give you some ideas...

This is how I do it...with pump running. The latest nets I bought have a very nice elastic band that keeps it tight across the top of the basket.

Thank you! It is pretty to look at, but it is a HUGE pain to deal with. Weeds, weeds and MORE weeds!!! Also, an early season ice storm destroyed a lot of our landscaping and had to pay a small fortune to remove 30'sih significantly damaged trees. I like beautiful landscapes, but I would prefer...

I also use hair nets and am able to go about a year between cleaning my filter even with all the trees that you can see in my avatar pic! Here is a little story for you: A number of days ago, I emptied the skimmer and didn't have a hair net to put back in (I had to refill my stash and was just...

I have a filter floss and love it. Works well and makes the chore pretty darn easy.

D'oh! Well you will know for sure when your gas bill shows up!

Or the qualified contractors GRAND FATHER to look at it! ;)

It's not really a closed system since it includes the pool. In our case, they come from the pool itself, specifically the floor of the pool...especially near the inlet of the main drain. I try to run the robot to clean 'em up before running the filter but some still make it to the basket.

I get a LOT of earthworms after it rains. Perhaps they were in the main drain and didn't "come to light" until you fired the system back up?

Since the question was posted nearly 2 months ago, I would assume they figured it out. ;)

Used? As in used what? I am not in TX, but just up the road in Oklahoma. We had 11 consecutive days below freezing with the lowest being -11 (or -14 at our place, but does it really matter at that point?!?) with 8 of those days at 20 or lower. When my water temp approached 32 degrees, I ran the...