Stupid is as stupid does....

[MikeInTN]

Just a word of advice for all the TFP'ers out there - when adding anything powdered to your skimmer, make sure to take the skimmer basket out and pour slowly! Otherwise, you'll be buying a new skimmer basket....and in cases like mine where the pool owner (me) is really stupid...you'll be buying a new basket twice.....

 

[Guest]

What were you pouring into the basket that ruined it?

 

[chatcher]

A basket is easier to replace than the skimmer and the pipe that connects to it. If you put something in the skimmer that destroys the basket, it can't be doing anything good for the skimmer or the pipe, let alone the filter, pump, heater, etc. The right answer is to not put anything in your skimmer that is harmful to the basket!

 

[newfool]

Yes, please tell: What the heck was that powdered stuff? I have been adding chems but have diluted them in a bucket before pouring them into the strainer - except granulated stabilizer.

 

[MikeInTN]

I was adding borax, and had left the skimmer sock on the basket. Poured too much borax in at once, it got caught up in the skimmer sock, I heard the pump start straining, heard a loud crack, and found the upper rim of my skimmer basket had separated from the rest of the basket. So maybe I should have said "make sure you take the skimmer sock off" instead of removing the basket. Either way would've saved me a basket...twice (first time was baking soda).

 

[newfool]

Ah! Ok, i thought it was a chemical reaction going on. Just physics!

 

[MikeInTN]

Yep..physics and stupidity on my part..(and weak memory, apparently!)