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I have the magic lube II with the red cap and Boss 820.

I’m assuming do that with the pump off? Is water going to come rushing out of there? I do have the silicone magic lube but have never used it. Anything else to be aware of before i give it a try?

I’m going to attempt to attach a link to video of my pool pump. Just opened the pool today and I noticed some water pooling under the pump. It seems water is escaping from the black collar above the pump. It’s more noticeable when the pump is priming and running at a higher speed. I’m going to...

That’s what I thought, thanks!

Ok, yeah forgot to mention drain caps for filter and pump. Read the article in the link and it says to open the air pressure relief valve on my cartridge filter until water comes out but then says to turn on the pump with it closed. I don't think water will come out the valve without the...

I'm thinking of opening my pool myself this year. I have a pool company close it and I believe they use a "gizmo" in the skimmer end and blow the water out of the plumbing lines. Is opening as simple as removing the safety cover, pulling out the gizmo, and putting everything back like return...

Passed the OCLT so my guess is the added calcium depleted my chlorine 🤷‍♂️

I was reading other posts on here about people who said the same thing. I added some liquid chlorine and will still do an OCLT but thinking the calcium is the culprit.

I run the pump and SWG 16 hours a day at 70% and was trying to keep a minimum of 5ppm. I did recently reduce it to 60% two days ago or so. That’s just a crazy drop of chlorine. I’ll do an OCLT tonight.

No, not sure. But even if they did would it drop FC levels that much that quick?

Tested my water this morning at 9:00am and FC was 5.2. Had 3 kids and two adults in the pool for 3 hours or so. Tested water again at 5:00 and it was .4. Tested it again to be sure and again it was .4. I did add some stabilizer, calcium carbonate, and salt this morning as well. No clue why...

I have a rectangular pool and one skimmer in the deep end opposite the two returns. I found the higher speed helped push all the pollen towards the skimmer. I guess I could switch it to a lower speed now that the pollen season is over.

Thanks for all the feedback! With the adjustment to run time I programmed yesterday I’m running my pump at 2500rpm from 6am-2pm and 1750rpm from 2pm-10pm. Yes, it’s a Jandy Flopro VS pump. I guess I figured to not run the pump all the time to extend the life of it and save on electricity. Same...

SWG is set to 70% which produced 1.9 ppm FC a day. I used pool math to increase the run time to 16 hours at 70% which gives me 3 ppm FC per day. I was using liquid chlorine to supplement FC but hoping now I’ll produce enough with the SWG. I do sometimes use the boost mode (100%) after lots of...

Based on recommendations from another thread I just increased my run time from 12 hours to 16 hours because my SWG wasn’t producing enough FC. I still have a tough time reading the CYA test using a Taylor kit but it’s in the 50-60 range.

It hasn’t looked as crystal clear as it usually does. We have had some bad storms here in the Philly area the last couple weeks and we had lots of people in the pool this past weekend if that makes a difference. It just seems a bit hazy but still blue. It hasn’t been a full 24 hours since I...

Tested last night at 10:30- FC: 4.0 CC: .2 This morning at 6:00- FC: 4.2 CC: .2 Had the pump running for 20 minutes or more before testing in the AM so so tested again after a full 30 and FC was at 4.4. I’m usually pretty accurate with testing so not sure why the discrepancy after 10 more...

Not sure how to add a video but here’s two pictures. Lots of small particles moving towards the skimmer end of the pool. Pool seemed cloudier than usual today. Cleaned my cartridges this morning with comb hose attachment and pressure on gauge went from 12 to 9 psi. Just checked about 12 hours...

I use pool math all the time. How did I miss that?! Thanks. I’ll increase the run time to 16 hours which should bring the FC output to 2.9 ppm a day and see what happens. I’ll report back…

Ok, thanks. How did you determine the 1.9 ppm FC per day? Is there a chart or something I could look at to give me a better idea of how much more run time I need?

Thanks for the responses. It looks like I need to bring my FC way up. I already have my Jandy Truclear SWG set to 70% and run it for 11 hours and it’s hard at times to keep FC at 3 (that’s why I supplement with liquid shock l) If I bring my CYA up to 70 will that help increase my FC levels or do...

Only my second season with my pool and hoping for an extra set of eyes on my pool test numbers and some reassurance to make sure I’m good. Had a party yesterday and added some liquid pool shock overnight. Cleaned cartridge filters this morning and tested using Taylor test kit. Here are my...

Just bought this gauge and it appears to have an air bubble in it. Is this normal?

My cartridge filter pressure runs at 10psi when clean. I noticed it was at 14psi this morning so I cleaned out the skimmer sock and pump basket. When I turned the pump on and bled the air it went back to 14psi. I tried bleeding the air again this time longer (10 seconds or so) and it dropped to...

Thanks for the quick reply. If I go with an all solid cover and pump, is the pump left plugged in over the winter or do I need to turn it on after heavy rain and snow melt. Would the all solid cover eliminate having to remove water from the pool since it would collect on top?

New pool owner deciding on what type of safety cover to buy. We got some information from our pool builder about GLI safety covers. They offer mesh, solid or solid with a mesh screen in the middle. Leaning more towards solid to reduce my chances of algae in the spring. Does a solid safety cover...

I cleaned my cartridges today for the first time and everything was pretty easy. Hosing off the cartridges with a standard nozzle took longer than expected so I’ll be looking into other hose attachments. Put everything back together (no silicone on seals per Hayward manual) and there is a...