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Its taken me some time over the last week to get a new SWG keypad installed and get things unwinterized but todays the offical “open” day. I did not cover the pool over winter so I spent 30 minutes every so often during the winter scooping out leaves so it wasnt so bad. Its nice that i can...

I seem to have one of those bottles from the TF-100 where the dropper for the colored dye in the CH test makes a noticably smaller drop than all the others. I tested a couple weeks ago and got 725ppm with the 10ml sample and 3 drops of dye. When i tested yesterday, i tried adding an extra drop...

Opened the pool yesterday and ready to turn on the SWCG and I get no response from the keypad except if I press the “superchlorinate” button. When I press that, the screen lights up and says “POWER OFF” for about 30 seconds and then shuts off. Ive pressed the power button I’ve verified 220V is...

Anyone have real world experience of these two products? The ezpatch is nearly twice the cost of the pool patch and I’m wondering if this is a time where I should save the money or spring for the good stuff. Planning on a 55lb bucket so it’s a bigger deal than usual.

Anyone have any first hand experience removing the small fiber optic fixtures and what they actually look like? I’m curious if I can do it myself but don’t want to just tear into it without an idea if it’s even possible to replace them with something like a microbright. I’m gearing up for a...

I started a new project trying to level out the existing deck around our pool rather than trying to find a contractor to replace it. I guess all the concrete guys are rolling in cash right now cause they won’t call back. Here’s the first one that I was able to raise up level with a hydraulic...

My pool is 20 years old, and I’m assuming has been replastered at least once as I discovered the removable return nozzles were embedded in plaster and couldn’t be removed. I’ve got a sinking deck as shown here at the far end of the picture. And opposite the deck near the steps I have two...

Thanks TFP. Just took the cover off the pool. It was sparkling clear! (until the cover dumped some soupy water down at the last second) 🤣. Oh well, it’s still pretty good and I had a FC level of 4 even after siphon draining and tons of rainfall. Got the robot working on sweeping up worms and...

I can say the result is way better than my generic air compressor. That’s a 15 foot tall Geiser coming out the of the skimmer. :LOL: This thing blew out the main drain easily as well and made it so easy to blow out the lines. Plan to also use it to winterize my lawn sprinkler system.

Thought I’d share these if anyone needs to replace the rubber gaskets on their gizmos. Black rubber gaskets cracked after one season so hoping the silicone versions (tan) will last a bit longer. Smaller gasket https://www.mcmaster.com/1173N224/ Larger gasket https://www.mcmaster.com/1173N228/

I have a 20 year old larrs lite heater I’ve been limping along the past year. I had it working at the end of last winter but when I went to turn it on again today it was not working due to a blown fuse. After replacing the fuse, it fired right up and I thought, great we can get some more pool...

So I have some Taylor test strips that I used when I added boric acid to ~50ppm earlier this year and tested a few times with the strips and matched what I expected. When I tested it again today, the strip reads 100ppm. This seems not possible so I tested by tap water and get 15ppm. Have my...

I thought I’d post a snapshot of a little tool I made to make draining excess water a little easier when it’s pouring rain outside. Obviously if you have an auto drain, this would not be necessary but this works great if you don’t. The PCV pipe drops down into the water at the height I want...

I’ve got a cantilever pool deck that has sank over the years and I’m contemplating jackhammering it out and replacing it. The issue is that the current deck has a fiber optic lighting track all around the pool and about 1/2 of it will need to come out when I replace the broken portions of the...

In my Taylor kit, the instructions for TA say that when borates are present, it will cause the TA measurement to read artificially high, and provides a borate correction multiplier to use to get the real carbonate alkalinity. So my question is whether the pool math app does that correction for...

I’m wondering if there’s a way now to track my output % on the generator so that way at the end of the year I can graph out how the power levels changed over time? I might be able to determine future default power level settings based on temp/time of year etc. that might make my initial setup...

I've recently found I cannot attach photos to the forum either from an android phone, my iphone, or even my laptop. Is there some trick or change that happened?

I just realized that the dichlor I had been using to chlorinate until the water was warm enough to use the SWG is the clorox blue stuff which has copper. So I can simply not use those anymore but I've found that there's some orange staining in the deep end where I added the salt and dichlor...

My LaarsLite2 heater is about 20 years old and won’t lite anymore. My pool repair guy says they can probably replace the igniter or control module, but there is so much rusted metal falling out on the inside, he recommends replacing it and I’d agree. its a 250k BTU heater and we are using a...

I closed our pool myself for the first time this weekend and discovered a few thing. I tried a few different fitting on my shop vac and air compressor and came up with a couple items that worked. I built a shop vac hose adapted to a 1.5” union and then attached that union to each of the intake...

I’ve got a looploc safety cover that’s threadbare and falling apart for our free fork shaped pool. I’ve been trying to figure out whether it’s worth sending in the old cover (and paying for shipping) to get it refurbished vs just buying a new cover. Any experience on how much I might be able to...

For the last two days, when I do the FC test, I got a much lower than expected FC result, but when I do the test again the result is more inline which what I expected. Yesterday first test was FC 2, second test was 4. Since 4 is my bottom number, I turned up the SWG and added a bag of cal...

Getting to be closing time soon and last year we got one of those mesh winter covers that is supposed to sit above the water secured with water blocks. I used some inner tubes in the water to help keep the cover off the water, but they would move around too much leaving me with the task or...

No questions for anyone to answer, just sitting here appreciating the information I’ve gathered from this site from both reading and answers to questions. I’ve only been a pool owner for a year now and kinda wish every home contract with a pool that people sign would have a link to this site in...

I finally got this SWG all up and running. The generator portion seems to be working well, thanks to some of the questions I had answered on this forum. One problem I do see is that I redid some of my plumbing to install new Jandy valves and I have a small suction side air leak. My not so...

I’m installing an RJ60 and my electrical box is too far away from the control box for the power cord to reach. I’m wondering if circupool will let me remove the power cord and replace with a longer one. Anyone had this issue? My other option would be to add a junction box between, but I’d like...

Preparing the pool to install the SWG and need to add about 14 bags of salt. But I’m wondering what that salt will do to the chemical balance of the pool water, specifically the TA. My TA is a bit higher than recommended and so if adding salt will increase it, I may want to drain a bit and...

I’m just finishing a pool SLAM and I thought I’d start tracking my CSI. But there’s a difference between the number in pool math and the Taylor test kit calculator and wondering if I’m doing one of them wrong. If I read the Taylor kit, it says it’s ~+0.07, but the pool math app says it’s -0.11...

My SWCG I ordered arrived today and the plan is to install it late next week. Since it seems like I learn something new every time I ask a question, I though it might be good to ask what the best installation strategy might be for where to place the cell. My guess would be right where the...

I’m aware that FC over 10 makes the PH test unreliable. Today, I found that with FC =9.0, the PH reading came out at 7.4 immediately after inverting the large tube. But after letting it sit in the vial for about 2 minutes, the color changed to read PH 8.0. My gut tells me to trust the...