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I could have sworn that you already gave a recommendation for RPMs and runtime for my pump. But for some reason, I can’t seem to find it. Could you remind me what you recommend?? All of my pool information should be in my signature. I may just start off by doing the exact same 24 hour low RPM...

Pool pic. The deep end is closest to the wall. This is where the return jets are strong. There is one little fountain water sprayer thing on that side. The side closest to where the pic is taken is the shallow and and has 3 returns that are all flowing, but bareeeellllyyyy

Here are the pictures I took of the pool equipment area. As a reminder, our spa is attached to our pool. The heater for the spa was broken when we bought the house 2 years ago and has not been replaced so it’s the same temp etc as the pool water. I also included a picture of the pool itself so...

My gosh, you are so knowledgeable! Thank you very much! I can get the results uploaded tonight after the kids go down. Maybe we can put a water softener on our to purchase list for this year :-)

Thanks! Hmmm what is Pool automation? I know that the pump we can set a timer on the box to control the runtimes. We do not control anything through an app. I’m going to pass off the pump information to my husband. I believe peak energy hours in the valley are typically 4 to 7 PM where I live...

Since I was testing the water incorrectly, the last several days (I did not realize I needed to take it from the middle of the pool, 14 inches deep, and after the pump had been running for 15 to 30 minutes). Now that I know that, I ran all of my tests: CYA 70, pH 8.2, Cl 7.5, CC 0.5, CH 650, TA...

thanks! Finally got the signature updated. Can’t promise it has everything needed but hopefully that helps. We do not have an IFCS. MY husband says we, “Have to run the pump so high so that we could keep the vacuum crawling around.” He likes it to crawl up the walls too. As a side note, when I...

I got the signature updated! Sorry that took so long. I knew virtually nothing :) let me know if I missed anything important!

After talking e my husband, Yes we do have a new 1 year old Pentair VS pump. We are on APS. Currently he says we run it for 17 hours a day at about 2,700 rpm. He said that’s what we’ve had to do to address the algae on the walls and help prevent buildup. I told him that I THINK from TFP that the...

OK, I went ahead and added the chlorine using Pool Math. I also did a scrub and skim. I will start the drain tonight and the refill tomorrow morning. Good to know about the pump runtime – I will have to adjust that so it starts running by five or so in the morning. All the other pump...

Another question. I’ve been testing my water when I wake up at 5:30am. I’m reading some other articles it says to test water after the pump has been running for 30 minutes. Also also to run the pump for 10 minutes or more after adding chemicals. Our pump runs 8am-midnight so it’s off from...

I’m in Maricopa county and can (and have) drained to the front of our property into a little hole that’s set up there. Maybe that’s called the sanitary sewer clean out ha. I thought I did do the signature but I will check it and try to add some more details! I won’t do a full drain, probably...

THANK YOU!!! Oh my goodness I had written down the wrong range! So glad you clarified for me. Phew! No baking soda. Great. My husband bought some small pump- not sure on the GPM (maybe I can look into it when I get home and see what make/model it is). Last few times we've pumped, we've...

I have a few maybe dumb questions since I'm new to the testing as well as the chemical treatment. So I used the Pool Math calculator for my info above and I think my interpretation is the following: CYA 75, FC 4, CC 0.5, CH 700, pH 8, TA 130 CSI 0.92 1. CYA: Too high- partial drain, as discussed...

I know, you're right! New learner here and buying liquid chlorine today! Thank you so much for the input! I agree I think I need to just bite the bullet and try to get my CH and CYA lowered before temps go up 40 degrees. I think i'll follow the no drain TFP method so the pebbletech is never...

I just have regular old water from the hose. I didn’t know this until I started trying to learn about the pool, but it sounds like our water in Arizona is pretty hard. We do not have a water softener. I’d prefer to never drain it again hahaha. But am I going to be dumping loads and loads of...

Thank you!! We do have reverse osmosis available but sheesh it’s so expensive. I may try a partial drain just to lower it a smidge more because honestly this pool has been a nightmare for 2 years and I want to give us a fighting chance this summer!

I know I should have done a full drain and refill, but I didn’t think that I would be able to do that without damaging the pebble tech with the temperatures this time of year. So is the priority to drain it?? Or can I wait until Winter?

I live in Phoenix, Arizona, and just took over my pool for the first time. A few weeks ago my testing at Leslie‘s showed a CYA of 180. Did a partial drain that resulted in a revised CYA of 120. Did another partial drain, and subsequently learned about TFP. I purchased the TF pro test kit today...