Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:
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.


Don't know what system your friend has but on mine there was no way to
"bump up" the cell current. It draws what it draws, depending on the
salt level. At 3400 ppm, that was about 6 or 7 amps. When it turned on
it would jump up and peak at about 10 amps, then drop to 6 or 7.

What you *can* do is increase the duty cycle, meaning how often the cell
operates. I used to start at 50 percent at the beginning of the
summer and drop it to 40 percent by August.

Also, the cell won't work unless the water temp is 64 degrees or above.
It also won't work if the pool water is low in salt. Mine told you
that the salt level was low or very low. You can also tell by how much
current the cell is drawing. If it drops to 4 or 5 amps or less, the
salt level is way too low and you are not generating any chlorine.

Salyt water pools?
 

On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:

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.



BTW ... usually there is also a "super chlorinate" cycle option that
will run the cell continuously for 24 hours. Similar to adding shock.

If the pool is green, you may have to add some liquid shock anyway.
The chlorine generated by the salt system is designed to *maintain* a
safe chlorine level in the pool, not to do an initial cleaning or startup.

Sounds to me like somehow the pool got way too low in salt and the cell
couldn't keep up at the setting is was at.

Salt water pools?
 

On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:36:15 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:
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.


Don't know what system your friend has but on mine there was no way to
"bump up" the cell current. It draws what it draws, depending on the
salt level. At 3400 ppm, that was about 6 or 7 amps. When it turned on
it would jump up and peak at about 10 amps, then drop to 6 or 7.

What you *can* do is increase the duty cycle, meaning how often the cell
operates. I used to start at 50 percent at the beginning of the
summer and drop it to 40 percent by August.

Also, the cell won't work unless the water temp is 64 degrees or above.
It also won't work if the pool water is low in salt. Mine told you
that the salt level was low or very low. You can also tell by how much
current the cell is drawing. If it drops to 4 or 5 amps or less, the
salt level is way too low and you are not generating any chlorine.


I guess that is what I am changing then. DAMININO. I am a "tabs in a
floater" guy.

I think it was 16a. Water is 28C so I doubt it is off for under temp
;-)

System says salt is 3500 PPM but Henc says it is wrong and that means
3100. When things settle down I am going to take a bottle of water up
to the pool store and see what is going on. I really don't want to put
my $8000 YSI meter in chlorinated water if I don't have too.
I saw a calibration for salt but I am not sure if he did it.

Salyt water pools?
 

On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:40:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:

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.



BTW ... usually there is also a "super chlorinate" cycle option that
will run the cell continuously for 24 hours. Similar to adding shock.

If the pool is green, you may have to add some liquid shock anyway.
The chlorine generated by the salt system is designed to *maintain* a
safe chlorine level in the pool, not to do an initial cleaning or startup.

Sounds to me like somehow the pool got way too low in salt and the cell
couldn't keep up at the setting is was at.


I smacked it with 2 bags of shock.
Normally I would do 10-15 gallons of liquid for that much algae but he
didn't have any.

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On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Salyt water pools?
 

wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On Friday, April 22, 2016 at 2:34:14 PM UTC-4, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

===

If you're happy with your county, you can keep your county.

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On 4/22/2016 1:48 PM, fire man wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:
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.


Don't know what system your friend has but on mine there was no way to
"bump up" the cell current. It draws what it draws, depending on the
salt level. At 3400 ppm, that was about 6 or 7 amps. When it turned on
it would jump up and peak at about 10 amps, then drop to 6 or 7.

What you *can* do is increase the duty cycle, meaning how often the cell
operates. I used to start at 50 percent at the beginning of the
summer and drop it to 40 percent by August.

Also, the cell won't work unless the water temp is 64 degrees or above.
It also won't work if the pool water is low in salt. Mine told you
that the salt level was low or very low. You can also tell by how much
current the cell is drawing. If it drops to 4 or 5 amps or less, the
salt level is way too low and you are not generating any chlorine.


I just had to replace my cell and fix a roof leak where the solar
panels are mounted. Damn pools.
Two more weeks and it's someone else's problem.



I replaced the turbo cell on the pool we had at the beginning of last
summer. The old one was going on it's 9th season. They are supposed to
only be good for about 5 years. Turns out the old one still worked.
I replaced it only because we were selling the house and wanted to make
sure it everything was up to snuff.

Salt water pools?
 

On 4/22/2016 2:18 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:36:15 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:
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.


Don't know what system your friend has but on mine there was no way to
"bump up" the cell current. It draws what it draws, depending on the
salt level. At 3400 ppm, that was about 6 or 7 amps. When it turned on
it would jump up and peak at about 10 amps, then drop to 6 or 7.

What you *can* do is increase the duty cycle, meaning how often the cell
operates. I used to start at 50 percent at the beginning of the
summer and drop it to 40 percent by August.

Also, the cell won't work unless the water temp is 64 degrees or above.
It also won't work if the pool water is low in salt. Mine told you
that the salt level was low or very low. You can also tell by how much
current the cell is drawing. If it drops to 4 or 5 amps or less, the
salt level is way too low and you are not generating any chlorine.


I guess that is what I am changing then. DAMININO. I am a "tabs in a
floater" guy.

I think it was 16a. Water is 28C so I doubt it is off for under temp
;-)

System says salt is 3500 PPM but Henc says it is wrong and that means
3100. When things settle down I am going to take a bottle of water up
to the pool store and see what is going on. I really don't want to put
my $8000 YSI meter in chlorinated water if I don't have too.
I saw a calibration for salt but I am not sure if he did it.


3100 ppm is fine. The system starts complaining when the salt drops to
below 2600 ppm. BTW ... 16 amps sounds *way* too high. Remote
possibility you might have a bad cell or cell power supply which would
explain why the pool is green. No chlorine is being produced.

Unlike a direct chlorine based pool system, you shouldn't notice any
chlorine smell at all in the pool. Best to take a sample to the pool
store and have them test it. The readings always vary from tester to
tester. My system always read a little high, but it was still over 3000
ppm.

I never had a problem with the system for the eight years we had it.
Oh ... yes, I did have one problem the second year. The circuit board
solder pad for the relay that provided power to the cell got too hot and
fried. Fortunately for me it was a known problem and I found it right
away. I re soldered it, putting a large blob of extra solder on the pad.
It acted like a heat sink and worked fine for the next 7 years.

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On 4/22/2016 2:34 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Public swimming pools need a lot of monitoring.

Salyt water pools?
 

On 4/22/16 6:40 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2016 2:34 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Public swimming pools need a lot of monitoring.


Well, then, I'm glad they get it. I like swimming in the big pool.

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On 4/22/2016 4:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On Friday, April 22, 2016 at 6:40:45 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2016 2:34 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Public swimming pools need a lot of monitoring.

For all the public **** and dingleberries left in those pools. Nasty. I don't swim in public pools.

Salyt water pools?
 

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
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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.

Salyt water pools?
 

6:05 PMIts Me
- show quoted text -
For all the public **** and dingleberries left in those pools. Nasty. I don't swim in public pools.
---

Me either. I go where fish poop. Either the lake or my pond...

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:34:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

16 amps sounds *way* too high.

I wasn't really paying that much attention, it may have been 6. I
wasn't sure what it meant, it was just a number flying by on the
system check.

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:34:10 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)

Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:34:10 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/22/16 2:21 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
wrote:

Wrote in message:
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'm so glad our county builds and maintains a number of indoor and
outdoor pools, and maintains them properly. The Edward T. Hall Aquatics
Center, with an indoor ten-lane, 50-meter pool with a diving well as
well as therapy and leisure pools and toddler pools and several exercise
rooms, is only a couple of minutes from the house. Every time I've been
there, I've noticed the pool maintenance folks checking the water
chemistry in all the pools at least once an hour. It's a great facility,
with lots of parking, nice locker rooms, snacks, and instructors, if you
need them, and ongoing therapy programs.

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool! :)

Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool! :)

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?

Salyt water pools?
 

On 4/23/16 10:23 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool! :)

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?


Oh, I wasn't thinking of disease...just the *sight* of old farts naked
in a pool.

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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.

Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:25:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 10:23 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool! :)

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?


Oh, I wasn't thinking of disease...just the *sight* of old farts naked
in a pool.

Since I am the only old fart here, it is not a problem. I agree it
might be pretty rough at a public pool around here ... or at Bowmans
Beach.

Salyt water pools?
 

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.

Salyt water pools?
 

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 ;-)