I was a bad girl!

[PoolStored]

outdoor lights

Are those glass bulbs?

 

[clambert1273]

Are those glass bulbs?

Oh no lol all plastic

 

[clambert1273]

After talking with my husband & not wanting to worry all year, we decided to try and drain about 40% to the laundry sink using a cheap utility pump. Going to do that Saturday then fill back up & let pump run all night then retest Sunday morning. Then if I need to do again, I can then.

 

[clambert1273]

Since I'm already doing all this maintenance lol. Saturday will be the drain & refill & Sunday my son and I are finally going to fix a leak on pipe going to SWCG. It was due to something last year & my husband "helped" fixing it I figure busy weekend while our temps are still wonky.

 

[kimkats]

Do what you need to do! LOL on him "helping".................yeah mine can/does help like that LOL

 

[Rocket J Squirrel]

I will repeat what was suggested earlier: call your local wastewater facility. That's how I located my cleanout under some bushes after weeks of fruitless searching. They emailed me a diagram and done!

 

[clambert1273]

I will repeat what was suggested earlier: call your local wastewater facility. That's how I located my cleanout under some bushes after weeks of fruitless searching. They emailed me a diagram and done!

I will try but I'm sure our town utility place will laugh or I don't know. Either way, I have a plan in place it really isn't that big of a deal

 

[clambert1273]

No dice on utilities but I still have a solid plan for tomorrow. In prep for partial drain & fixing plumbing. I tested our fill water. I've done this before and it always baffles me based on this I should be ok after refilling for a little bit at least.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

No dice on utilities but I still have a solid plan for tomorrow. In prep for partial drain & fixing plumbing. I tested our fill water. I've done this before and it always baffles me based on this I should be ok after refilling for a little bit at least.

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Pretty normal for Phoenix area water. I’d say your water is a skoosh bit softer than what we have down here in Tucson. The best CH I’ve ever seen from City of Tucson water supply is 180ppm … in the dead of winter when I don’t need any fill water. Mostly is hovers around 200-220ppm.

 

[an1vrsy]

Just a thought for finding the cleanout. If you live in a community with the same models for the homes. In many cases, there will be a mirror model, garage on the right side and the mirror with the garage on left. You might have a neighbor with your exact model and if they are neighborly you could see where their cleanout is. Yours should be in the same place. Again, just a thought.

 

[clambert1273]

Just a thought for finding the cleanout. If you live in a community with the same models for the homes. In many cases, there will be a mirror model, garage on the right side and the mirror with the garage on left. You might have a neighbor with your exact model and if they are neighborly you could see where their cleanout is. Yours should be in the same place. Again, just a thought.

Lol I don't people

 

[clambert1273]

Drain is going & my plan is working great!

 

[kimkats]

Of course it is working! You are female and we can/will do just about anything...........just got to give us time to think about it and we WILL come up with a plan that works!

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I would not walk away from that sink for too long. If that drain ever stopped or that hose gets loose from the sink, that room will flood in no time.

 

[clambert1273]

I would not walk away from that sink for too long. If that drain ever stopped or that hose gets loose from the sink, that room will flood in no time.

We haven't, we peek around every 15 min but it has the same consistent flow & drain working well. The hose is being held by the window lol

 

[clambert1273]

Draining went well, took it down to here & started filling back up with 2 hoses running wide open.
While it was draining, my son & I fixed the leaking pipe or at least we hope we did it looks better lets just hope I don't have to tear it all out next weekend & redo again. Of course, while draining & system off ALL the neighborhood leaves flew in.

 

[clambert1273]

Ok so here is where I am now

Before drain:


After


Now, I still can't run/use my SWG because a prong broke off on temp sensor plug and although I bought all new parts pretty much as we redid it all yesterday. That is connected to controller & I can't replace that plug. I'm sure when I call Circupool tomorrow the answer will be buy a pretty much new system & well that isn't in the realm of doable especially with the price gouging on swcg's now. So we will see what happens tomorrow. Looks like I'm gonna be jugging until I can figure it out.

 

[kimkats]

At least you know what to do! Do you have good, easy source for liquid chlorine?

 

[clambert1273]

At least you know what to do! Do you have good, easy source for liquid chlorine?

Just my normal Home depot down the street lol

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Can you post a picture of the plug and broken temp sensor?