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Posted on 4/26/22 at 10:26 pm to Prosecuted Collins
quote:Yeah, my first experience was that Wal Mart is more than 50% cheaper than our pool store
I’m not sure there is a reason to by any chemicals at the pool store unless you value convenience or reach a necessity.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:16 am to TDTOM
I have the Water Guru. It's nice. Probably a waste of money. It did help me figure out a few things with my pool. It only reads the PH and the Free Chlorine and pool skimmer flow. It uses cartridges that have to be replaced every 30 days or so and sits in the skimmer. I get a reading every morning about 8:15 and that's it unless I tell it to take a reading.
My pool guy recommended Sutro and said that the people who have it like it. But, it's $500 and you have to pay a monthly fee to get the stuff to take the readings. Now, it gives you more readings, but $30/month for the stuff to get the readings. They do let you pause the monthly payment for when you're not using the pool like in the winter.
My pool guy recommended Sutro and said that the people who have it like it. But, it's $500 and you have to pay a monthly fee to get the stuff to take the readings. Now, it gives you more readings, but $30/month for the stuff to get the readings. They do let you pause the monthly payment for when you're not using the pool like in the winter.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:58 am to TigerAlum1982
I have these and like them, but I have at least one spider on the top of the handle (right where you grab it) just about every time I check them. The spiders get on there to keep from drowning in the skimmer. If you just kind of quickly flick the handle it's pretty easy to knock them off so you can grab the handle, but just something to be aware of.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:23 am to HuhBruh
quote:
I have the Water Guru. It's nice. Probably a waste of money. It did help me figure out a few things with my pool. It only reads the PH and the Free Chlorine and pool skimmer flow. It uses cartridges that have to be replaced every 30 days or so and sits in the skimmer. I get a reading every morning about 8:15 and that's it unless I tell it to take a reading.
My pool guy recommended Sutro and said that the people who have it like it. But, it's $500 and you have to pay a monthly fee to get the stuff to take the readings. Now, it gives you more readings, but $30/month for the stuff to get the readings. They do let you pause the monthly payment for when you're not using the pool like in the winter.
Thanks for the info.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:54 am to Gauge
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I have these and like them, but I have at least one spider on the top of the handle (right where you grab it) just about every time I check them. The spiders get on there to keep from drowning in the skimmer. If you just kind of quickly flick the handle it's pretty easy to knock them off so you can grab the handle, but just something to be aware of.
did you see the size of that one spider in the pic i posted?? he's so big you almost dont even see him. #willferreli'mnotevenmad gif had to let him go. at that point he was like a pet.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:09 pm to CAD703X
For folks with the Dolphin robotic cleaner, have you changed your filters in the baskets? Was thinking of changing mine and wondered if it made any difference to water quality or it’s ability to get smaller algae dust debris.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:51 pm to Prosecuted Collins
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For folks with the Dolphin robotic cleaner, have you changed your filters in the baskets?
Yes. I’ve found it makes a big difference in the ability to get smaller particles. I’m still finishing up landscaping/dirt work around the pool, so it tends to get some fine dirt on the bottom.
Only issue is the filters clog up pretty quickly. Have to clean them pretty often.
Posted on 5/13/22 at 8:31 am to LSUtigerME
Anybody else struggling to find Muriatic Acid? Seems it’s sold out everywhere and I was stupid and didn’t buy it from HD because they had 2 Gal boxes when I just needed 1 Gal.
Posted on 5/13/22 at 9:03 am to LSUtigerME
Haven't noticed a shortage, but I buy it by the case and don't use a ton. I'd call around to the pool stores.
Posted on 5/13/22 at 1:25 pm to LSUtigerME
Thanks. I’m having problems with silt / algae dust being blown back into pool from relief valve. Going to try to replace the micron filters and see if that makes a difference.
Posted on 5/13/22 at 1:54 pm to LSUtigerME
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Anybody else struggling to find Muriatic Acid?
Did you look in the paint section? I usually pick up the muriatic acid used to etch and clean concrete.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:22 pm to Prosecuted Collins
quote:
I’m having problems with silt / algae dust being blown back into pool from relief valve.
Could you explain a little more? I have silt showing up constantly. What is the relief valve and why would it cause this problem?
Posted on 5/15/22 at 2:34 am to hnds2th
We have a gunite pool with quartzite and do our own maintenance due to service availability where we live. It has been far easier than we thought. Our pool has an automatic chlorine dispenser at the pump that we put 3” tablets in and we can manually adjust how much chlorine is dispersed to the pool. Other than that the only thing we do is carry a water sample weekly to have it tested and they give us a printout of what we need to treat with as well as quantities. Our vacuum is set on a timer and runs for three hours daily so other than the occasional chemicals all we have to do is clean the vacuum bag weekly and strainer basket daily.
Posted on 5/26/22 at 11:17 am to LSUtigerME
We use surgical hair nets in our skimmer baskets. The skimmer 'socks' disintigrated in no time. With the hair nets, we just pull them out of the skimmer baskets and throw away daily.
Posted on 5/26/22 at 2:13 pm to itoldyaso
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We use surgical hair nets in our skimmer baskets. The skimmer 'socks' disintigrated in no time. With the hair nets, we just pull them out of the skimmer baskets and throw away daily.
Got a link for these?
Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:36 pm to hnds2th
I just bought a house with a pool. How long do you normally run the pump? Mine is on 24/7.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:59 pm to jdavid1
I run mine 24/7 in the summer with the amount of people that are in the thing daily.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 2:24 pm to jdavid1
I've got mine set to kick on at 8am (about when the sun is getting to it) until 9pm.
So far so good this season, but I may bump up the time when the water gets warmer.
So far so good this season, but I may bump up the time when the water gets warmer.
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