Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2016 4:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
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I am watching Henc's pool again after he went back to Europe. It was
greener than Kermit the frog the other day. I am still not convinced.
I bumped up the cell current after I got it cleaned up.


Its green Algae season. Use shock, algae killer, and scrub walls.

I brushed it and fixed the broken pool cleaner.



I looked at converting to salt, and looked like it was as least or more
expensive than chlorine. Replace a couple hundred buck cell every few
years, and lots of electricity. You also might check for phosphate level.
Lots of leafs raise up the phosphate and encourage algae bloom. I use
liquid in the winter and tabs rest of year. Using liquid reduces the
conditioner which the tabs add. Mine was cloudy , but acid was low, and
1000 phosphate level. Or phosphate may be just a way for Leslie to sell
more expensive additives.



I guess it depends on where you live. We've had three straight chlorine
pools, two in Florida and one in MA. All three required constant
monitoring and "adjustments". The salt based pool we put in the last
house was almost maintenance free once it was up, running and
stabilized. It takes a bit up here because when you first take the pool
cover off the water isn't green ... it's black. But, after shocking it,
cleaning it, adding some algecide, salt and some stabilizer that's about
it for the rest of the summer. Once a month we took a sample down to
the pool supply place just to be sure. Never had to add anything other
than maybe another bag or two of salt late in the summer.




Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

On 4/23/16 10:01 AM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.


Four or five of our near neighbors with kids have nice pools, but
I rarely see anyone using them. I actually prefer to swim and splash
around in the real ocean, but our local county pools are convenient and
well-maintained.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:27:19 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


Four or five of our near neighbors with kids have nice pools, but
I rarely see anyone using them. I actually prefer to swim and splash
around in the real ocean, but our local county pools are convenient and
well-maintained.

I do get in the pool a lot about 8-9 months of the year so it is worth
having for me and when the kids are here they pretty much stay in the
pool all day.
We have a couple county pools fairly close but it never occurred to me
to go to one.
I can splash in the Gulf with a 15 minute boat ride and there is a
little beach on the river more like 5 minutes away but I test that
water ;-)

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.

wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to
expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.


My cover is on a roller, so not a big hassle. But pool is kidney shape,
so powered covers are not as easy to install. I just buy a new solar cover
about every 18 months. They have a long warranty but seems as if the
warranty is for the seams and not the bubbles.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:00:22 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to
expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.


My cover is on a roller, so not a big hassle. But pool is kidney shape,
so powered covers are not as easy to install. I just buy a new solar cover
about every 18 months. They have a long warranty but seems as if the
warranty is for the seams and not the bubbles.


I have a bubble cover for the spa and I get 3 or 4 seasons out of it
but I store it inside most of the year.
The sun kills them pretty fast. I made a frame for it from PVC that
makes it easy to flip open.