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Of that age when my knees are starting to go out, still in the phase of getting various shots and injections. Replacement is still a ways down the road. Hurts a lot to kneel on a concrete surface. Not looking forward to pool chores. I probably can use pads, etc. to alleviate the issues with...

Or do I care? Per my signature, a vinyl pool., with a SWCG added last year. Back in the pre-TFP decades, I chased the CSI index every spring. My city does a great job of softening our water, so between large amounts of rain/snow over the winter, and the soft water, my CH is always very low in...

I'll put this here, as although not a beginner, it seems appropriate.... So, in anticipation of perhaps needing a SLAM after a 3 week trip this summer, I stocked up on 3 cases of liquid chlorine. Haven't used a drop since (Salt generator). I may dump a gallon or two in at closing. How "good"...

So - Minnesota. For the last 25 years I've closed the pool using my trusty air compressor into the pump pot to blow out all the lines. It has pressure, but not a lot of volume. Usually run it pretty high (80 psi) at the compressor, figuring as it expands when hitting the pipes the pressure...

Been a happy SWCG owner now for a couple of months, and pool life has been perfect. My TFP test kit always has showed salt to be at 3600, since I did the initial startup. SWCG says ~3800. It definitely tastes salty. The wife can't taste it. The dogs don't seem to care. It is not really any...

Thinking ahead to winter closing. Being in Minn., freeze protection of the pipes is important. With my old sand filter and multiport, I could hook a compressor up to the lower pump drain hole, set to "recirc", and pressurize the whole system. Thereby blowing out the skimmers, jets, and main...

Converted to SWCG and a proper cartridge filter this spring, per TFP advice in other threads. The change in clarity, and reduction in maintenance time (and chemicals) has been nothing short of astouding! I've only spent about 2 hrs on the pool care in the last month! Empty skimmers, quick...

My 32 yr old PF-50 stainless sand filter gave up. Clamp band broke, and long out of production. So new filter time. One dealer is pushing a Pentair 420 cartridge, with an add on valve so I can pump to waste/drawdown in the fall. They are downplaying sand. The other dealer only recommends a...

Decided I needed one. Of course they are on backorder. It appears to be a piece of pipe, with two union fittings. To avoid lugging my cell to the hardware store, are these standard union fittings?

Balancing my pool today, before cutting pipe to install the new SWG, which will be fully installed and running in a few days (electrician coming). From the Pool School article here, it sounds like a pH of 7.2 to 7.5 is recommended, and then monitor for it going up. Acceptable range is 7.2 to...

Have a V-Green 165 pump motor, that allows up to 4 different periods with different rpm settings. Are there any sites out there that will do the math for the cost to run at various settings? 6 hrs at full speed vs 6 hrs at 50% would save "$x.xx" type estimations.... Just playing with how much...

Just received my SWCG (RJ-45) and getting serious about the install. And perhaps reading too many threads here on TFP. Have had a Century V-Green 165 pump motor for a number of years. The integrated timer does not allow any external devices to be wired to it. The CircuPool manual noted it...

Over 25 years ago, when I bought this house and pool, I estimated the gallons by measuring, using the pool pole as a depth gauge (and measuring it, also). The math came out to about 25,000 gal, which I've used as a basis ever since. But chem additions always seemed a bit "off" from prediction...

Looking at converting to salt. Likely a CircuPool RJ-45. I have read many threads about the pros/cons of anodes, and tend to agree that they may not do much. So, given that salt water can be more corrosive, will that giant stainless steel "cathode" in the picture be doomed? Yeah, very...

Planning to convert to SWCG (likely many posts to come in that forum!). Picture of my current install. Putting the SWCG on the return line from the heater, in the circled section. Currently have 12" of pipe and need roughly 24". Would rotate 90 fitting on heater to exit horizontal (pointing...

I bought my wife this item, to keep our house plants alive while gone for 3 months. Pump and integrated timer to water plants, with a WiFi app to control it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GYDBC7Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 And then I saw the old thread about using...

The routine for years, to date: Drain the pool in the fall (late-Oct) below the jets. Snow (mostly) refills it, some years too much. Open in April, about the same time the ice goes out on the local lakes. If lucky, lots of dirt but not green. Other years I waited even a bit too long and it...

For many, many years I used a LaMotte test kit to check my chemistry. Uses a slide color comparator for FC, CC and pH. Tablets dissolved in the appropriate amount of pool water. Was running low on some of the less frequently used tabs, so made the jump to the TFP test kit. They generally...

Familiar with the recommendations for FC in normal use and in SLAMing. Coming from older methods of tracking chems, and the advice always seemed to be to prevent pool use when shocking until FC returned to normal levels. Of course TFP recommends higher normal levels (due to CYA) than old...

I'm ready this year to fully jump into the TFP recommendations after dealing with my pool for many years. Have always used a Lamott tablet based test kit, with the slide type comparators (not the electronic gadget). It's old, but I have a healthy stock (unexpired) of tablets still. Have...

Saw the earlier posts about making a variation on a Slime Bag using the McMaster-Carr 1 micron bags. Have ordered one bag and adaptor to give it a try. I'm at that point in spring opening where the sand filter just isn't capturing the remnants of the dead algae, so pool is fairly cloudy. Just...

Pool is around 20 yrs old. Uses Pac-Fab sand filter with a two piece stainless steel body. Pac-Fab multiport has developed a hairline crack in the main housing, from which a drip happens when pump is on high speed. So time for replacing. Luckily, there are unions on all pipes...

Have been running the above off line chlorinator for a few years, and when it is working, all is fine. But, I seem to battle problems with the bottom check valve plugging with paste from the 3" tablets. Local store recommended their high $ "basic" tabs that have almost 99% available CL, rather...

22 yrs ago, having a pool in Minn. was a huge disincentive to selling a house. After all, we have winter 10 mos. of the year (grin!) Many places had filled them in before selling. So we got a killer deal! These days kids are grown, so the primary users are now the dogs! But everyone coming...