Frank discusses metal issues and how to eliminate them, water cloudiness and its causes, and a few other things that he encountered this week. Get 10% off on Camereye purchase from camereye.ai with coupon code DEEPEND24 - the ultimate pool safety and monitoring solution. Save 10% on CycloneFilterTools on purchases from CYCLONEFILTERCLEANER.COM with coupon code DEEPEND Big savings on CU Lator products at CULATOR.COM, use coupon code DEEPEND44 The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance. Email us questions and show suggestions at [email protected]. visit our home page thedeependpoolpodcast.com Our sponsors for the 2024 podcast season. poolwerx.com. jandy.com. bluerayxl.com cyclonefiltertools.com. ipssa.com allsafepool.com clearcomfort.com poolmagazine.com, Periodic Products / CULATOR.COM 00:00 Itroduction 02:15 motor buried into dirt. the area around the motor has built up, causing frequent motor outages 05:10 A bad diverter on the suction side was causing the pump to pull water from the pool into the spa during spa mode. This resulted in constant cool water being added to the spa, making it impossible to heat the spa in a reasonable amount of time. 15:15 Aggressive water over the winter draws in metals. this increases the saturation of metal and calcium in the water. Then when the LSI increases it dumps these metals in the form of metal staining. CuLator can remove metals from the water. 23:10 metals that have stained pool surfaces may not test high in water samples, because much of the metal is on the surface and not in the water. 28:00 CU Lator STAR (Stain Treatment and Removal) certification program 30:58 Black staining from calcium hypochlorite. changes ph and oxidizes metals. Alum is a quick removal process with this type of staining. Very easy fix 33:00 adding chlorine to water with high metals can result in the water changing color. Brown = iron, mint green = copper. the increase in pH along with chlorine oxidizing metals can cause crazy colored water. 35:30 High LSI can result in calcium turning the pool water white or very hazy. 38:48 poor filtration and circulation can result in hazy or cloudy water. problems in backwash valves can result in unfiltered water. 44:40 Fire ants. I found that if I laid cardboard over the fire ant mound, the ants did not come over or around the cardboard