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  1. Other thought could be something oraganic got under the cover? Purplish/reddish leaves? Or something with tannin like the skins of a red grape?
  2. Dependends what maintenance needed to be done. Most likely the bloom was caused by low chlorine levels. Is your water clear now? Shock and confirm your free chlorine is maintained at around 24 to kill the yellow mustard algae
  3. Every pool has a "usual" pressure depending on how the pipes were laid and what features are used in the system. Also recognize that where you take the measurement in the system may change your reading. I am assuming that you are measuring the pressure at the main filter. Realize that if flow is restricted to the main filter, the pressure guage on the main filter actually may drop. (for example if the final trap at your main filter pump becomes clogged with leaves, less flow will get into your main filter and hence less pressure will be noted on the guage). cleaning the filter trap will cause the pressure reading to go back into the "usual" range.
  4. what is the average freeze depth in Philadelphia? Is there a place to find these sorts of things out in various cities?
  5. Hi thanks for the reply. I have been out of town but will try to get these answered
  6. Hi thanks will try. How do I post pics here? Don't I need to find some on-line site to host it to link to?
  7. It does have a back-up valve, but for some reason becuase of the direction of surface water flow, the back-up valve floats across the steps so that when it turns on it actually pulls the polaris into the step. Hard to describe via text without an image, but imagine the polaris stuck on bottom of pool at the bottom step. To its right is the wall. The back-up valve is along the surface, such that when it goes on, it pulls the polaris into the step. On occasion (by rare chance) the valve is pointing away from the steps and it is pulled away, but this is not the norm. I wonder if there is a way to manipulate the backup valve (?shorten the length) to move it closer to the unit to allow it to pull away?) so it is not floating near the surface?
  8. Hi All, I have a polaris 380 that I have had for two years. Last year seemed to work well, but occasionally would get caught on my bottom step. This year, It seems to get stuck all the time. I have the nozzle pointed in the 11 o'clock position, I think the ballast float is OK (Doesn't appear to be filled with water, but should it be pushed all the way in or pulled out a bit away from the polaris)? Any thoughts? suggestions? The only other thing I have noticed is that it does seem to lean to one side occasionally when not on, while underwater. Like the balance is off perhaps? Not sure becuase it doesn't always seem to be aproblem. Is there something I could put in the corner by the step to prevent it from getting caught? any thoughts appreciated!
  9. Check out http://poolcalculator.com/ to help you know how much bleach/liquid chlorine to use in the meantime
  10. For example, a pool with no stabilizer and 2-3 ppm FC (not uncommon in indoor pools) will actually have MUCH more available chlorine in the water than a pool with 50 ppm stabilizer and 5-6 ppm FC (a good place to keep an outdoor pool, BTW) Huh? Not sure I get this statment. How could a pool without CYA and a FC 2-3ppm have more available chlorine than a pool with CYA =50 and a FC of 5-6? FC is the free chlorine. Isn't that the amount of available (active) chlorine in the pool regadless of the CYA? Perhpas you mean that the FC in a stabilized pool is less effective than in a non-stabilized pool. That I would agree with.... but I think it is incorrect to say that there is more "available". the FC is what is available (I would say there is more available when the FC is 5-6, but less effective.... maybe just semantics?
  11. right, the chlorine tablets (pucks) all have stabilizer (CYA) in them. Use liquid chlorine (store bleach ~ 6%, or liquid bleach from pool store (usually around 12.5%). Then you won't have to worry about adding more CYA.
  12. DId you pre-dissolve the baking soda in a bucket of water first, or did you add it directly to your pool? It's a always good idea to try to add the baking soda/water solution to your pool instead of directly putting the powder in there. See if you can find out what your TA is now.
  13. I would second that. I use the plastic Jandy's. They are fine.
  14. I recently got a HL1 error code on my Raypak while it was in spa mode. I turned it off and briefly checked it in pool mode (no issues). when I briefly checked it later in spa mode it seemed to work OK. If I don't get the error code am I OK, or should I get it checked out? Someone told me I may need to get the In/Out headers checked? What is that?
  15. You were right. How did you decipher the lot code? I contacted Taylor and they said it was older than 2-3 years! How unbelievable is that! The pool store totally lied to my face! I should have realized it when they wouldn't give me a date and that they got it "from their last shipment"... yeah 3 years ago! Caveat Emptor!
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