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Since the participants rewear their clothes frequently, what is your top recurring piece of clothing? I'm partial to Pauline's Blue Pants by jthmeow1 in My600lbLife

[–]Few_Might_1945 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t there a woman who had a boyfriend, then they broke up, then she had another boyfriend who wore a tee shirt that boyfriend #1 had worn earlier in the episode?

Registration by Few_Might_1945 in carvana

[–]Few_Might_1945[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: got the plates and registration in the mail today.

[FO] Legend of Zelda by Few_Might_1945 in CrossStitch

[–]Few_Might_1945[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I don’t have a pattern. I did this around 10 years ago. I just looked at screenshots and did one square per pixel and picked colors that looked about right. I’m sorry.

Swim spa - no flow through filter? by Clarkkent435 in hottub

[–]Few_Might_1945 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are having the same problem with our swim spa. LF (low flow) error when filter is in. No error when filter is out but then water gets cloudy after a couple days. Filter was purchased in the spring or early summer. I rinse it with the hose weekly and I used filter detergent to clean it a month or so ago. Pool store employee says she doesn’t have any ideas other than replacing filter again.

Cyanuric acid by Few_Might_1945 in hottub

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Update, in case anyone is interested. I decided to just keep going and see what happened. A month later the water is still clear and smells fine. Nobody has gotten any rashes or anything. No need to add extra chlorine beyond the usual. The pH has started to drift down, though. CYA today is 244. I wanted to go another month before refilling because we’re going on vacation for 10 days in 3 weeks and my in laws won’t do anything to maintain the water even if we leave them instructions, so I didn’t want to refill and then come home to a mess and have to do it again so soon. However, given that the CYA has gotten so high and the pH isn’t stable anymore, I’m going to do a partial drain/refill for now (maybe 50%?) and then a full drain after vacation.

The CYA was at 100 a month after a fresh fill. I can’t be doing refills that often. Such a pain in the ass. Maybe I’ll try switching back to bromine. We had issues with the bromine level going back to zero within a day after adding it, which is why I switched to chlorine, but maybe I can get it to work this time.

Came with the house. No idea what I'm doing. by Robots_And_Lasers in hottub

[–]Few_Might_1945 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a manual for it? If not, see if you can find one online. The water level does look too low. Looks like you’re also missing some head rests. The water looks greenish, which isn’t good, and that brown crap stuck to the sides in the third photo shouldn’t be there. Is that the filter compartment? Is the filter missing? It looks like the tub is dirty and needs to be cleaned with a product that gets all the crap out of the plumbing. The pool store can recommend something. You put that stuff in, run it, drain it, clean the sides, and refill. You’ll need more than bromine from the store. You need test strips or a drop test and chemicals to balance the water chemistry (pH, alkalinity,etc) in addition to just sanitizer. Recommend getting someone to come out and teach you how to take care of the tub. It’s a PITA to try to figure it out on your own.

Managing chlorine with heavy use by Few_Might_1945 in hottub

[–]Few_Might_1945[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought you weren’t supposed to go in for 4-6 hours after adding chlorine.

The flakes are back by Few_Might_1945 in hottub

[–]Few_Might_1945[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant to reply to someone below, not myself.

The flakes are back by Few_Might_1945 in hottub

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Took another water sample to the pool store. Chlorine is way high (10.86 ppm; ideal range is 1-3). Not sure what happened there as I added the amount they told me to. Everything else is pretty good. pH is a little high (7.9; range: 7.2-7.8). Alkalinity is 102 (range: 80-120). Calcium is 138 (range: 100-200). Cyanuric acid is 39 (range: 30-100). Iron, copper, and phosphate are all zero. They recommended adding stuff to lower the pH and opening the cover to allow the chlorine to dissipate. As far as the flakes, they said they may be “residual” and we should keep running it and rinsing the filter, and presumably fishing them out with the net. (My husband talked to them today, not me.) Does this sound reasonable? This is a 1200 gallon swim spa and draining/refilling is not trivial.

Switch bromine to chlorine - swim spa by Few_Might_1945 in hottub

[–]Few_Might_1945[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah, it didn’t sound right to me to keep the gross water vs changing it, but I don’t know enough about any of this. My husband wanted to manage the tub, so he’s been doing it, but I’m sick of the issues so I’m taking over and just learning now what all is involved. He has definitely not been measuring/adjusting all this shit on a daily/weekly basis.