Dave,
To be honest, I'm not really sure what a stabilizer is. I want to go the BBB route if possible, if that's what you mean. I'm reading as much, and as quickly, as I can in the pool school section. I think I need to make a three ring binder and populate it with the reference material so I can flip back and forth. Maybe that way it will stick in my brain. I find myself saying, "What was that again?" much too often.
This morning I'll get the pump primed and running and the vacuum in the pool. It was a bit windy yesterday and there's some debris in it already.
Thanks for looking in on me, I'm still a bit overwhelmed with the whole thing.