Recent content by wags22

Well, I'm fairly certain my Intellichlor is still working, put it in this morning before the system turned on, have it set for 80%. After running for 8 hours and the pool sitting for another 4 my FC is at 6 which is 3 higher than it was this morning. CC is at 2 for a TC of 8. Is that low for...

OCLT was 1 ppm. I've put the old cell back in place. What would be an adequate setting and test to determine if it is still functioning?

Looks like I'm doing another SLAM. Around 3 local time I put in enough liquid chlorine to bring the level to 10 ppm. I test around 630 and it was down to 6 ppm. Tested again this morning and it was at 3 ppm. I also added a gallon of CYA and tested again this morning and it is at 50-60...

Had a Pentair salt cell that flow switch was bad at beginning of season. Replaced flow switch and ran 24 hours and checked chlorine. Nothing. Had also anticipated salt cell was eol and ordered a replacement cell, IRCF40. Put it in last night and ran all night, it did show low salt initially...

0 chlorine, 30 CYA, hardness was down some, but we have hard water that usually balances it out. I'd dumped in a full gallon of chlorine the night before, so it definitely looks like it is time for a slam.

The tab is in the floater, and yes, I added DE after cleaning the grids. BTW - any recommendations for grid cleaner? I've used this from Leslie pools in the past, https://lesliespool.com/leslies-spray-rinse-16-oz./14390.html, but at $35 a bottle I'm hoping to find something less pricey and...

Pictures taken today!

I'm in winter conditions and have had a lot of dirt and rain water get in my pool. I put a new tab in and opened up the filter and hosed it out (didn't take the grids off the rack). Now my water is clear but I have what looks like pond foam on top of it. Is it the filter? If not, then what...

FC 2 CC 2 pH 7.5 TA 250 CH 250 CYA 0 Water temp 86 Salt level - N/A as SWG is currently out of commission.

Ok, did my tests and my levels are all out of whack. But I'll admit that I haven't done much maintenance lately and the swg dying has really messed it up. But here goes: TA 150 FC 2 CYA 0 CH 250 PH - did not test, but I'm sure it is high like TA since I haven't added muriatic in a while. I've...

I've had black algae for the last 2 years. This year it was really bad at the start of the season and I'd managed to kill most of it. Then my swg died two days ago and today I'm seeing signs of black algae again. Is there anything I can do besides keep scraping tablets over the affected area...

I'm running the Intellichlor 40 and I run it 10-12 hours a day during the season (Mar/May - Sept/Nov). And I'm running it at 60-80%. When water temp drops below the operating temp, I think it is 58F, I put in the dummy cell. My reason for asking was the wife was wondering whether we'd get...

I have a Pentair Intellichlor SWG. The system was installed in 2009 when I bought the house and had the pool resurfaced. I think the current one is the 3rd or 4th one I've had. I bought one new and had at least 2 warranty replacements. And the current one I replaced the flow switch on about...