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Pancake compressor here.

I opened our pool a couple of days ago. The chlorinator was working okay, but had a few weird things going on which I rightly or wrongly attributed to a too-cold pool and insufficient salt level. At any rate, this morning, the control panel will not wake up. It’s getting power. The fuse...

This winter will be season 5 for our safety cover here in VA. How many more seasons (if any) should I expect to get out of it?

I have been reasonably successful opening and closing my pool in the four years I have had it. I’m wondering if there is a way to improve my process so that I don’t have to SLAM every spring at opening. Due to our winter travel schedule, I can rarely wait until the water temp is below 60 deg...

The moron we hired actually told me, “You homeowners sometimes think you’re in charge. That’s not how it works out here.” It took every fiber in my soul to keep from choking that *******.

I just ordered a replacement for mine. I got one season out of the old one. My fault though.

An unseasonably warm 93 today. That matches the high I have seen, but never this early in the season. That’s a mid-July temp.

I keep mine in a ziplock bag.

Thanks. That answers it.

What is the difference between a solid red “No flow” LED and a blinking red? I’m experimenting with different pump speeds. It is my belief that a solid red LED means the flow rate is absolutely too low. I know the LED will blink for 60 sec upon start up, but what does it mean if it is still...

Wowza!

Right after my OBX vacation in mid-May. Last year I opened the second week of April and got clobbered with tree trash and pollen. The water won’t be warm enough to swim until at least Memorial Day.

Until they aren’t. :-)

Mine is the same age as yours and I also have that back and forth thing going on. It still cleans the pool, but spends an inordinate amount of time doing the Texas two-step. As I recall, around the time I purchased it, some folks were having this issue and the manuf said there was a software...

I did that during a SLAM last season and found it to be crazy unreliable. I won’t be doing that again.

Kill it with fire.

What, if any, is the downside to using too much poly? In other words, if I dump a full bottle in there when 1/2 bottle is called for.

Yesterday I took the lid off the skimmer and saw a layer of leaves that needed to be removed. Stuck my hand down there to scoop them out and withdrew an unseen snake. I threw it in one direction and took off running in the other. It's time to remove the skimmer sock and install the skimmer angel.

Looks great! When’s happy hour?

Yesterday, I found a lively frog in the pool as I was doing my morning water testing. I grabbed the net to get him out, and he somehow escaped my grasp and appeared to disappear into thin air. I could not find him anywhere. I assumed he had escaped into the dark reaches of the skimmer behind...

Nope

Dead mouse this morning. So far, no snakes this year, but we’re just getting started.

Looking good!

Your kids won’t care.

Leslies or any pool store for that matter cannot be relied upon to provide accurate test results. You must do your own testing with a quality test kit. For now, go with what your SWCG is telling you until you can reliably test on your own.

And just like that, I’m a stupid. @JamesW , you sir, are a walking operators manual. Thanks so much!

Or perhaps not an issue at all. I’m experiencing some strange diagnostic numbers on my Aquarite SWCG system. This morning, I moved the switch to “Super Chlorinate” and went out a couple of hours later to check the water temperature. I found some odd numbers. It does not show the temp, nor...

That’s pretty cool. How did you make the forms? I may try that.

FWIW, we have a similar umbrella and I have two 80# sandbags laying across the legs. It has blown over once when a freak storm blew up while I was otherwise engaged.