- Jun 7, 2017
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I always use the cordless drill. I also have that anchor cover tool for the stubborn ones.
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I always use the cordless drill. I also have that anchor cover tool for the stubborn ones.
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- Apr 18, 2017
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Unfortunately, I cannot manage my safety cover myself, it's just too big/cumbersome and I don't really have the help - so I pay the pool guys to remove in the spring, install in the fall....I do the rest.
For anyone else following along, an impact gun bit, in the regular drill backwards, saved me from having to cut an Allen key.
We just had a ton of flooding in western PA but the temps are looking like they will be in the 70s all this week, and then in the 50s and high 60s the next week after... I think I'm going to open the pool up Monday since I don't see any algae, but I want to at least do a thorough clean of the filter before I install it. I did clean it before I stored it, but it looks like there's still debris and Crud on it so I'm probably going to soak it overnight while I get the rest of the pool opened up on Monday. I already got the equipment out and positioned (and reattached the bonding to the pool pump since I don't leave the pump out in the winter.. I have a small shed nearby I store it in since it's easy to move it in there and keep it out of the elements).
I also think this year I'm going to skip using the Nature2 system I was given. I ran it for the first year of owning the pool and then the second year, but I feel like as long as I keep up with my testing and chlorine levels I shouldn't need it...
I also think this year I'm going to skip using the Nature2 system I was given. I ran it for the first year of owning the pool and then the second year, but I feel like as long as I keep up with my testing and chlorine levels I shouldn't need it...
If you properly sanitize your pool, algae can't grow and an algae control product is useless.
The methodology that needs an algae contol product is terribly flawed. Well. Unless you're involved in manufacturing or selling them.
That was my thoughts. It was "free" when I bought it (as we all know how that is), and I ran it last year before joining TFP but then after joining here I just kept running it last year because I had already bought the replacement cartridge. But this year it isn't installed for the exact reason you mentioned lol
- Jun 7, 2017
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If you want to install a saltwater chlorine generator in your pool you can swap that out with the Nature2 FusionSoft. It's the same vessel footprint and plumbing. Just don't use the mineral cartridge that it comes with.
- Jun 7, 2017
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As with @magiteck, I will say a prayer for your algae. It picked the WRONG stinking house. 
- Jun 7, 2017
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As with @magiteck, I will say a prayer for your algae. It picked the WRONG stinking house.
I wonder if this is some aggressive form of algae? I just turned on the pool and the pool temp shows as 61. Hard to believe the algae is this bad at just 61.
Welp. You know it was clean a few weeks ago....
But also realize that the water is 61 today. The top rain water with 0 FC may have been 70 last week for a day or two if the sun hit the cover just right on a warmer day.
I started mixing mine after draining each time. I tested this last time and even after draining the top water, it was still 0 FC. I would have expected some mixing to happen but it apparently didn't
But also realize that the water is 61 today. The top rain water with 0 FC may have been 70 last week for a day or two if the sun hit the cover just right on a warmer day.
I started mixing mine after draining each time. I tested this last time and even after draining the top water, it was still 0 FC. I would have expected some mixing to happen but it apparently didn't
- Jul 21, 2013
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Now this is why I hang around TFP! I have plenty of those bits and never closely looked at teh stem.
This earned a place in the Wiki - Pool Cover Anchors - Further Reading
I'm at that age where I picked up the looploc tool and it 'felt like' an impact bit. So I went and got one and sure enough they matched.
Old guy protip #2. You need a 10mm socket 97% of the time.
That's what I've been doing for the last 18 years.
Maybe you've mentioned it and it was hiding somewhere deep in the brain, long forgotten. Lol.
I set out to cut the allen key to fit the drill and went for the impact bits instead.
If you want to make any adjustments to Wiki, you could add "If the drill is two speed, use the slowest speed" and "If the drill has an adjustable torque setting on the chuck, set it at the #1 setting". Doing both of these things keeps me from damaging any threads in the anchor and often prevents spinning the anchor in the concrete. All you need to do is turn the anchor flush with the concrete in the spring. If someone uses a drill on high setting and high torque, they could cause the anchor to spin and damage the concrete before they take their finger off the trigger.
I'm not going to claim any credit for this. My Loop Loc installer showed me this trick.
I already added to go gentle as the brass is easy to strip.
Allen may still wish to expand further.
- Jul 21, 2013
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