Saturn94
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- Mar 11, 2015
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What did you do to your pool today?
- Thread starter Patrick_B
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- Nov 12, 2017
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Seriously? (I can't tell!) All the crud from one column of pleats would wash into the pleats below. It'd be a never ending cycle and you'd never get it rinsed clean. Cleaning top to bottom, vertically, leaves the pleats above where you're working clean. You have to clean a cartridge in a vertical position.
- Nov 12, 2017
- 12,640
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- 12300
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Ha, ha, but you were fooled! I photoshopped the ring, just to trip up anyone that might know that! Here's the original image. I painstaking removed all the polkadots, as I figured no one would believe there was such a real snake in the wild. Then I added the neck ring for good measure.Lol, not fooled here. Ringneck snakes (harmless, btw) don’t get anywhere near that big.
Saturn94
Bronze Supporter
- Mar 11, 2015
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- Chlorine
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- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,019
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- 26000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Tested the pool for the first time in a while 
... Ph 8.2 TA 100 
oops. SWCG confidence got the best of me. Dropped some acid to correct. This new SWCG has made this season a breeze. Added water once, haven't need to balance except for today. Ph creep is any issue I guess, but not too bad.
... Ph 8.2 TA 100 oops. SWCG confidence got the best of me. Dropped some acid to correct. This new SWCG has made this season a breeze. Added water once, haven't need to balance except for today. Ph creep is any issue I guess, but not too bad.
- Nov 12, 2017
- 12,640
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Beelly up to the bar!
Sure, we all gotta take care of bees, including planting flowers that they like. But it never occurred to me to water them. I guess they probably use my pool for that, but I noticed this today, probably because I filled my fountain to the brim, and its very hot out. They'll drink out of it when it is lower, but they seem to like it when it's full, because they don't have to fly and drink at the same time!
I don't see many dead bees in my pool, even though I have a healthy population of them in my yard (I have lots of flowers). I wonder if having the fountain nearby gives them a better place to drink, and so they use the pool less?
Anyway, I feel this is my good deed for the day!
The pic makes it look like the water is an inch low, but it's actually right up to the top.
Sure, we all gotta take care of bees, including planting flowers that they like. But it never occurred to me to water them. I guess they probably use my pool for that, but I noticed this today, probably because I filled my fountain to the brim, and its very hot out. They'll drink out of it when it is lower, but they seem to like it when it's full, because they don't have to fly and drink at the same time!
I don't see many dead bees in my pool, even though I have a healthy population of them in my yard (I have lots of flowers). I wonder if having the fountain nearby gives them a better place to drink, and so they use the pool less?
Anyway, I feel this is my good deed for the day!
The pic makes it look like the water is an inch low, but it's actually right up to the top.
We do the same with flowers and flowering trees. Then we have a couple of bird baths and then the pool. Lots of watering with bubblers and misters and the lawn three times each week. We have lots of wildlife in the heart of the city.
Nothing since all my levels are within acceptable range. I'll probably add a bag of salt in the next day or two. But as soon as everything is adjusted to correct level, a tropical system is threatening to drop 5-10" of rain this week.
Drained a couple inches after seeing a week of storms on the way. It had been too full after the last round of intense storms and I was running out of room.
- Jun 1, 2018
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- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I thought I was going to get a free inch or two yesterday when the typhoon hit - crazy wind and rain blowing sideways like it looks in movies on a ship in a storm. LOL it was 15/100s of an inch (yes. in the desert we measure 100ths - they matter, dang it)
We got maybe a free .20 but I doubt it was even that much. Mostly just wind per usual.
Saturn94
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- Mar 11, 2015
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- Nov 12, 2017
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- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We had a tornado, that sucked out every last drop of water out of my pool. So then I had to fill it, and right when I was done we had a hurricane that flooded my yard and overflowed the pool. So then I had to drain some.
OK, that was a lie, but I felt left out. Sorry, all I had to do today was go swimming and check my FC. But if it helps, when I'm floating in my pool I'm thinking of you all!
OK, that was a lie, too.
OK, that was a lie, but I felt left out. Sorry, all I had to do today was go swimming and check my FC. But if it helps, when I'm floating in my pool I'm thinking of you all!
OK, that was a lie, too.
- Nov 12, 2017
- 12,640
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Added another pool cam mirror! This year my yard watering habits changed. I lost a lot of plants last year, due to the heat, so this year I'm trying out increasing the watering schedule. I upped the drip system, but also have been watering by hand, especially some new plants I put in a bit late in the season. Anyway, about a half a dozen times, I've left the hose running. Sometimes for hours, sometimes overnight! Got a heck of a bill last month. The primary culprit is one hose bibb in particular. I swear to myself each time I let it run that next time I will set a timer and alert myself. But I just keep forgetting!! (Uh oh...)
So I added another little mirror such that my pool cam can see my hose bibb. That won't help my memory, but now, at least, I can check the valve before I go to sleep each night, without having to get up to do it.
My pool cam doesn't have a direct angle on the bibb, but it just happens to be directly below my outdoor light fixture, and so I rigged a mirror to it. It's a pretty good disguise! I took the trouble to paint it to match the fixture.
Because of the distance from my pool cam, the bibb was a little hard to see. So I used some white appliance paint and tagged the 1/4 turn handle of the bibb, and the four 1/4 turn handles on the four-way splitter I have attached. Two yard hoses and my fountain all run off that four-way splitter (I overflow my fountain, too!)
So day or night I can see those little painted squares. The bibb handle has two white squares. If they are perpendicular to the bibb, then it's off. If I can see the other four "white flags," then each of the four splits are off, too. If I can only see three of those four flags, then something is still on.
I actually get a better view than these screenshots. My pool cam is very hight res, so I can fill my laptop screen with the views above. The new mirror works great, I just have to remember to use it!!
So I added another little mirror such that my pool cam can see my hose bibb. That won't help my memory, but now, at least, I can check the valve before I go to sleep each night, without having to get up to do it.
My pool cam doesn't have a direct angle on the bibb, but it just happens to be directly below my outdoor light fixture, and so I rigged a mirror to it. It's a pretty good disguise! I took the trouble to paint it to match the fixture.
Because of the distance from my pool cam, the bibb was a little hard to see. So I used some white appliance paint and tagged the 1/4 turn handle of the bibb, and the four 1/4 turn handles on the four-way splitter I have attached. Two yard hoses and my fountain all run off that four-way splitter (I overflow my fountain, too!)
So day or night I can see those little painted squares. The bibb handle has two white squares. If they are perpendicular to the bibb, then it's off. If I can see the other four "white flags," then each of the four splits are off, too. If I can only see three of those four flags, then something is still on.
I actually get a better view than these screenshots. My pool cam is very hight res, so I can fill my laptop screen with the views above. The new mirror works great, I just have to remember to use it!!
Katodude
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- Aug 22, 2017
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Why not just get one of those Rachio hose bib timers. That way you turn the hose on with a timer and then it’s done. It turns off automatically. Seems like you are over complicating this.
- Nov 12, 2017
- 12,640
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Me? Overcomplicating? Are you new here?
But I like your idea. I'm going to look at that. Thx.