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I know everyone here loves their robot but I am curious as to the longevity and overall cost of ownership of a robot cleaner. My Polaris 280 has served me faithfully for 9 years. It stays in the pool 24x7x365. It is only removed to swim. Given that, it is giving me issues. at the very least it...

I have been keeping my CH around 250. I just looked through pool school again as it has been a while and saw that for salt water pools the recommended range is 350 - 450? What is the reasoning behind the higher CH level for SWG pools vs non salt water pools?

Love the excuses. Algae revealed as cause for diving pool's change from blue to green at Rio Olympics - - - Updated - - - My apologies for the spelling in that header!

I wonder how many suckers will sign up for this service? Smart Pool Monitoring System | Simplify Pool Care | pHin I wonder what is in those "pods"? I did not see anything about PH sensor calibration. Makes you wonder!

My Jandy 1400 started throwing a 170 error code a couple of weeks ago. I found a Jandy troubleshooting flowchart that determined the flow sensor was bad. None of my pump or cleaner programs would run with the sensor board plugged in so I left it unplugged and set salt production to 0. And...

I just read a press release for a new Mircowave sanitizer for pools that guarantees to sanitize your water and kill all pathogens with 3 milliseconds. It also heats your water when power is increased to 3.1 gigawatts of output, the maximum output of the Microwave accelerator. In addition the new...

I had to read my owners manual due to a "no flow" error on my Jandy Aquapure when I noticed it stated that the equipment had to be covered (sheltered) or it would void the warranty. My builder put the pad on the side of the house but never mentioned this. I was curious as to how many people have...

I had some tree work done today. One of the trees they cut was a diseased Bradford Pear and the top landed on the corner of the pool dropping what looks like seed pods and leaves in the water. They failed to tell me when it happened. About three hours later I scooped it out but it left a lot of...

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about my experience with Weber's warranty department regarding my Genesis NG grill. It is now five years old. A few months ago I noticed that my lid was scraping the bottom of the cook box when I closed the lid. Upon further inspection I noticed that the...

I have a good friend with a 2000 Sundance Marin 850 spa. A spa company replaced the PCB board and failed to set the jumpers to the same as the old board. The schematic in the owners manual does not show how to set the jumpers depending on what options are installed in the spa. A call to Sundance...

Is anyone having issues with the forum this morning? I keep getting "Resource Limit Reached". If I refresh a couple of times the site comes up then when I click a link the same message.

It has been two years since I cleaned my filter cartridges and SWCG. My pressure just hit the 25% mark. My SWCG has been producing chlorine with no problem. I keep my water balanced year round and never close the pool. I figure since I was so AR about keeping the water balanced using your...

Has anyone ever seen one of these? This little guy was so scared he tried to slither in between the hose and the float. I finally got him out and set him free near the back of the yard.

I started getting some stains on my plaster late last year. The stains started with one then others started popping up and now I have around ten of them. Each is shaped just like the Star Trek logo that was used on their shirts in the TV show. They do not respond to Vitamin C or a chlorine tab...

If anyone is in the San Diego are I just read that they will offer a $200 rebate on the purchase of an electric robotic cleaner. They also offer $200 on a variable speed pump and if you purchase both they throw in an extra $50 rebate for a total of $450...

I have to fly in to Raleigh Tuesday and cannot wait for some great N.C. BBQ. Does anyone have any suggestions for BBQ near the airport in Raleigh? Thanks.

I found this site when building our pool in 2012. It got me to thinking, how do people find this site. I am curious because I have referred a lot of people to this site both friends and strangers.

Testing Polling

Since someone else has broached the subject . . . Please ask questions in your own topic, rather than hijacking someone else's existing topic. JasonLion I would like question the use of photometers and similar equipment. Although I love my TF test kit and speedstir, I would love something to...

Why aren't my new posts showing up when I look in the new posts section?

I have only had 1/2 psi increase since last spring. Should I clean the filter anyway?

Wow, I just passed my 18th month of being a member on TFP. I cannot thank all the regular contributors enough for all I have learned on this site. At 18 months I have never once had to slam my pool except at opening which was done by my pool builder. I have NEVER registered CC above 0. Pretty...

Just went for my first swim of the season. I just found two of these insects crawling around underwater on the pool wall. I looked it up and looks like what is called a water stick insect. Has anyone ever seen these before? Any treatment advisable?

I searched but could not find any information on the Ecosmart tankless Electric pool heater. Has anyone out there used one? I cannot do solar and my gas line is on the other side of our home. I am looking to just heat a few degrees in spring to get an early start swimming. It seems like that...

Isn't there a government agency that can perform a highly accurate water test? I don't know if it costs anything but I read about it a while back. I think it has something to do with farmers testing water. It might be some state or county service. I don't know how accurate it is but if it is...

This has to be the coolest residential pool I have ever seen. Enjoy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/2 ... 72753.html

Last night my wife and I were hanging out with our back door open to the pool area. All of a sudden my wife smells something that smelled like plastic or rubber burning. We frantically looked around but couldn't find anything. We thought maybe someone was burning something in the neighborhood...

I thought this might be interesting to some of the members. Dave http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/scien ... .html?_r=0

I don't think I read about this on TFP. I thought someone might be interested. http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/ ... l-dies-91/

Saw this on MSN. Thought you all might like it. http://now.msn.com/germany-flood-leaves ... iral-photo Dave