The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[I.am.Sam]

R4k ...madness i rather die of the kark in the water

when i got the house in nov it was crystal clear i mean clean clean clean

but those people onmy maintained and never swam

we swam alot in dec and jan but in jan i hardly ran the filter

so slowly it caught up

i was testing the lenghts of not running the pump

 

[I.am.Sam]

btw i use borehole water as well so could be why it goes so dirty

 

[ToxicBunny]

True that, I was silly at the time.

Like at R1500 I could see it possibly being "useful" but at R4k that is crazy money for a private pool.

 

[Tinuva]

btw i use borehole water as well so could be why it goes so dirty

Any filtering on it? If not you should consider some basic filtering. Blows my mind how many people do no filtering on borehole water.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Keerist, that is a pricey piece of technology.

Might save you in the long run though. People spend more on a POS Zodiac pool cleaner only for it to break after 6 months...

 

[I.am.Sam]

Any filtering on it? If not you should consider some basic filtering. Blows my mind how many people do no filtering on borehole water.

i fill my tank and then add alum powder

it has a small blueish filter thing connected to the tap so i pump the water through the filter into the pool

 

[I.am.Sam]

Might save you in the long run though. People spend more on a POS Zodiac pool cleaner only for it to break after 6 months...

i have one lol the mx8 elite

the spares are madness but bought at game so if it breaks will return it

but i paid R1800 also brand new so had to take it

 

[I.am.Sam]

is it better not to have the cleaner cos mine cleans nicely but half the time its sucking air cos it climbs the walls and then sucks air and i cannot change settings for it stay down

 

[Tinuva]

is it better not to have the cleaner cos mine cleans nicely but half the time its sucking air cos it climbs the walls and then sucks air and i cannot change settings for it stay down

You need something that reduce the pressure of the pump. Generally you plug that in on the end of the pipe where it plugs into the side hole. It works by sucking in some water outside of the pipe. Then the cleaner has less power and thus will probably fall down before it reaches the top. You will need to tune it for your pump.

 

[I.am.Sam]

You need something that reduce the pressure of the pump. Generally you plug that in on the end of the pipe where it plugs into the side hole. It works by sucking in some water outside of the pipe. Then the cleaner has less power and thus will probably fall down before it reaches the top. You will need to tune it for your pump.

it has that settings but on each setting it doesnt change anything

 

[I.am.Sam]

gents if all the results are fine according to this strips test is if fine to swim

 

[hj2k_x]

one of the pool people i had come out before told me this

5l of pool acid, and 8 cups of hth granules tonight

isnt that too much ?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

gents if all the results are fine according to this strips test is if fine to swim

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Just jump in and check. If your penis falls off it's probably best to wait before sending the lighty in...

 

[The_Mowgs]

gents if all the results are fine according to this strips test is if fine to swim

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Do a test and post it here, hold the strip next to the container.

What is happening in your pool is the algae just keeps on blooming. You can swim in the water, wont do anything except maybe stain lighter coloured swimming clothes.

Ensure levels are correct. Backwash, rinse and put pump on filter. Add hth sparkle it ( white ) cube in weir. Add 6 cups of chlorine and switch pump on for 12hours. After 12 hours add another 6 cups of chlorine and keep pump on filter for another 12 hours.

Backwash and rinse again for 1min each, add 3 cups of chlorine and continue with normal pump hours.

 

[I.am.Sam]

im not home now but levels were high for chlorine only the others were good

12 cups of chlorine ...after how long you can swim ?

 

[The_Mowgs]

im not home now but levels were high for chlorine only the others were good

12 cups of chlorine ...after how long you can swim ?

5 minutes

 

[The_Mowgs]

im not home now but levels were high for chlorine only the others were good

12 cups of chlorine ...after how long you can swim ?

You need to ensure the algae is dead dead otherwise you are just going to go in circles and ask the same question every week.

 

[Tabac]

Facepalm.

 

[I.am.Sam]

You need to ensure the algae is dead dead otherwise you are just going to go in circles and ask the same question every week.

yeah thats the issue cos i dont see anything wrong with the water ph levels and stuff

 

[Tabac]

yeah thats the issue cos i dont see anything wrong with the water ph levels and stuff

Maybe try Roundup for the algae.