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[candab]

Thanks watermom. I just tried the edit sig link and it said I don't have that privilege yet. I will try to refrain from giving advice, I definitely don't sell anything, but I would like to add my views of what would be possible diagnoses of others' issues if possible. Like saying that there might be low or no CYA in a pool that eats chlorine overnight is reasonable and typical first-thing-to-check-easily response,.isn't it?

[Watermom]

Yes, but we prefer that newbies not start out giving advice until they have been around awhile. It gives them time to read and get to know what we are all about. So, for now, just enjoy reading on the forum but hold off on offering advice. Also be sure and read over on our sister website www.poolsolutions.com. Lots to learn there as well.

Hope you understand our position on this. Thanks!

I'll have to check on the signature issue and get back to you on it.

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[PoolDoc]

Hi Candab;

Without knowing the details of your filter, I'm not going to guess. But I'd recommend that you find the complete parts diagram online, go over it carefully, and then disassemble the filter again, looking for anything broken or misplaced. I've fixed a LOT of things that way, myself.

[PoolDoc]

PS -- let me know if you are unable to post a (moderated) reply to this thread. I've found that some of the permissions aren't working the way I'd expect, but haven't been able to determine just when the problems occurred.

[candab]

The filter is a Jandy DEL60. I imagine that one or more of the five older grids are perforated and I just missed it. Just wanted to know if anyone else has dealt with this in their dealings with customers. I would rather not have this happen when I'm doing a cleaning for someone other than myself. It would be nice if the pool company would get off the stick and approve me for wholesale pricing. It would save me a bunch of money.

[Watermom]

Just wanted to know if anyone else has dealt with this in their dealings with customers.

Members on this forum are residential pool owners.

[candab]

I figured it was primarily homeowners but thought there were also pool service folks here too.

[Watermom]

Very, very, very few.

[PoolDoc]

I figured it was primarily homeowners but thought there were also pool service folks here too.

When I started PoolSolutions, I got regular 'nasty-grams' from pool dealers and others. When I started PoolForum, I repeatedly had pool service guys register and then start posting, EITHER explanations of how "Ben is doing it all wrong" OR their own 'helpful' posts that were completely contrary to what we teach.

But a lot of water has gone through the filters since then (PS started in 1996 and PF in 1999), and some pool service guys even advertise that they "use the BBB method". So I need to re-work my handling of pool industry members, but to date, I haven't done so.

[BigDave]

... Like saying that there might be low or no CYA in a pool that eats chlorine overnight is reasonable and typical first-thing-to-check-easily response,.isn't it?

There might be low or no CYA but that has nothing to do with overnight chlorine loss.

Overnight chlorine loss is not related to CYA level but to stuff in the water being oxidized by the chlorine. A pool that loses all it's chlorine during the day might have insufficient CYA.