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I was at 2600ppm (per my taylor brand new salt test) and my pool math told me to add 89lbs so I just added 80lbs and now my sensor in my SWG (I have it set at 0 but I still get a salt reading) about 8 hours later is saying 4000. Per pool math it should have landed me just shy of 3200ppm. So...

My boy changed the setting on my pool math by accident and I want to add liquid chlorine I have 12.5% of Sodium hypochlorite and I'm not sure which selection to use in Pool Math? Strange there is no direct selection of liquid chlorine?

Holy Crud, we just had a 4.8 earthquake in Whitehouse, NJ which is right down the road 5mins from me here in Branchburg, NJ. My God the noise which I wasn't prepared made me for a second think NYC just was vaporized by a small nuke. I looked right away east for a mushroom cloud. Second...

Has anyone winterized a pool basketball base that is filled with water? If so what is the best method, drain half and replace half with pool antifreeze? Deciding whether to drain it (Dunnrite Splash and Shoot) which has a drain on the top so siphon would be used but thinking of avoiding that...

Just picked up an Elantra Limited Hybrid for my boy as his first car and I wanted so share that I'm really impressed with this car. The car is loaded with safety features including semiautonomous driving (we tested on highway and it works really well), drives very nice and gets off the charts...

I have a fiberglass pool and what Leisure Pools want and what my Raypak heater wanter are different so which one do you follow. I'm more inclined to be what the heater wants. What do you guys think? what n the range of what raypak wants vs the pool .

Clueless 16 year old son burned popcorn in the microwave last night and with every fan running and lemon juice in a cup of water boiling in the microwave that smell is still strong in the house 12 hours later. Who has a hack to get the smell out? The boy is in deep sheet with the Mrs as she...

Ok, I read Honda is getting out of the gas lawnmower biz after California imposed too strict of emissions standards from what I understand. So I went out and picked up a Honda HRX217HZA today since Honda's are known to be built like tanks. I had an ego for 7 years and the batteries are...

Alrighty, spring is here once we get the Masters rolling. Love this weekend!!

Hopefully this is an ok Coffee Bar topic, I ordered my first handgun and safety is totally paramount for me. I need to buy a nightstand safe that is high quality and would reliably open in an emergency (God forbid that ever happened). Any suggestions from experienced users? I am thinking of a...

Thinking about buying an Eley hose reel and a couple of 100ft hoses. Have the old craftsman (25 years old) heavy duty hose that work but the Mrs can't manhandle them as they are too heavy. I have the POS hose reels we all go through from the box stores and they are terrible. Eley is very...

Nothing political, but what are you doing about inflation? We are keeping cash to ride out likely Crud market for a few years and will be staycation after our last trip coming up next week (booked it back in December). Told kids, last hurrah for a few years, we have pool lets hunker down next...

Interesting observation. Pool math said if I added 16lbs of Calcium Chloride it would raise my CH by 98ppm. I bought 4 bags of Clorox Hardness Increaser which is supposedly 100% calcium chloride vs the mfg that responded to a user on the content percentage. Now the label said 80ppm for 8lbs...

My pool (Leisure Fiberglass) recommends calcium hardness between 80-120ppm but Raypak heater recommends between 200-300ppm. I noticed the anode rod for the heater has worn pretty quickly from installation last Sept and this season. I understand low calcium makes the water corrosive and my...

I've read a bunch of threads on these things. Either springtails or mites. I have them, I did some skimming, had the pool cover closed and my FC is now up 19.5, CYA 60, CC 0. They one of the two teeny tiny bugs, almost clear looking. Float on surface so the chlorine up high and pool covered...

I found an old thread where somebody created a chart that shows the cost at different RPM's. I duplicated it and put my own utility rates which are two charges, delivery rate and the rate for the electricity. Anyhow for Jandy 2.7VSP running 10 hours a day at 2400 RPM's it was $38. Amazing how...

Wow, if you waited on buying tickets for flights this summer you are going to be shocked. Plus airlines are cancelling flights and moving things around all over the place. We booked Hawaii trip in December for this June and United changed the flight for the 3rd time already. This time they...

I have a vacation coming up where we will be gone for 12 days in the summer and I will have our autocover closed while we are gone. The question I have is assuming my chemistry is right what's a good setting (if even on at all) should I leave my SWG while away? Should I just turn down the pump...

My app updated to the new My Dolphin Plus and ran my robot for its first clean. Finished its clean and there is no function (even though the app store picture shows it) for it to Pick Me Up (i.e drive up to the surface). I scrolled through everything and it's not there. I had to use the...

Opened the pool and everything seems good but my Flow Vis seems to show a very high GPM rate. Am I reading this right almost 80GPM as the right side is 2" pipe which is what I think I have as I don't think I have 2.5" but will double check that??

Yeah baby!, Have to say it, this my favorite weekend of the year. Opening the pool today and have the Master's to watch and so far its looks to be shaping up to be a good one!! I'm pulling for Tiger, he brings the mojo when he is in it!! Who's your pick? Oops meant to put this in the...

Opening the pool today, hoping no green stuff. I'm in NJ and Holy Moses, we had a deluge the last couple days and one day last week. Popped the corner of my cover and the water was about an inch from the top. Opened the de-watering vertical pipe and the water was way way up. Put my pump in...

Just tested my water for FC, CC and CYA as the pool be opened in a few weeks and wanted to get an early read. My FC was 5.5, my CC was 0 but it looks like my CYA is zero as I could easily see the dot and the I was to the 20 marker in the tube. I've read many of the ammonia threads but it...

Finally cut the cord and dropped DirecTv after 23 years. Fired up YouTube TV and haven't looked back yet. WE already have Netflix as well so we have a pretty good combination. The cost of 4 tv's with DirecTv, equipment and fees just was getting way too expensive vs what you get, a whole ton...

If you need some brainless time to chill out, we have an Eagle Nest near us. Same pair has been coming for years and the utility company put up new pole so they moved nest then restored a nest box and the pair came back last year. They just came back last couple of days and they are amazing.

Up north it gets dry so we have a whole house humidifier (carrier bypass) tapped into hot water line, but it only runs when the furnace calls for heat. House is pretty tight so the house gets to temp quickly so the humidifier doesn't get much time so our humidity hovers around 30-32%. The wife...

Anyone else experience your magna latch freezing in the winter? Key mechanism works fine but the top pull latch will not budge. Come on, can't we make a mechanism that is freeze resistant? I found an old thread on how to manually get it to release by taking the safety cover off but its 12...

Getting greedy and the gas man will be happy but I said what the heck, its supposed to by high 70's and maybe even 80 tomorrow so I turned on the heater this morning at 5am. it was 47 degrees but I had my autocover on and the pool water was 69. Anybody else swimming or all buttoned up in the...

Sitting at home in NJ watching the event at ground zero remembering that day. Outside the sky is crisp blue like that day. Burned into my head having worked on water street in NYC. Walked out of the WTC at 8:40 first day back to work after having moved into my new home the prior Friday...

Pool under construction with water about halfway and I noticed a pretty decent scrape right on the deep end bench at the edge right where you would sit and slide off back into pool. I thought it was dirt but reach over poured a little water on it and felt it was rough. I know, with a sparkle...