Simple Pool and Spa Repair from Harvey at All Parts Pool and Spa

Test kits for pools and spas. In this video you will find the importance of testing the chemicals in your pool and spa daily to safeguard yourself and your equipment.

Waterway Automatic Feeders. This video goes into the gutts and bolts of a Waterway Auto Feeder for easier ordering replacement parts.

Sta-Rite chemical feeders.  This video helps you find those hard to find replacement parts and a break down of the unit.

Replacement parts for a Rainbow Pentair auto feeder.  This video walks you through hard to find parts and complete units for Rainbow Pentair.

Knowing the PH levels in your Pool and Spa and knowing how to use a test kit.

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Feeder, above ground in-line white.  If you want the convenience like an in ground pool has try this automatic chemical feeder.  No more floating chemical baskets.

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Chemical feeders are used to maintain sanitizer levels in your pool or spa. They come in different sizes to hold the different size chemical tablets. Larger ones are used for pools and smaller ones for hot tubs.

If you use a pool floating chemical feeder in your pool over the winter and keep it full, you will find that your pool in the spring will not be very green and will be much easier to bring up.  You will not have to treat for algae and will save the expense of those chemicals. You will not have to be cleaning out the yucky gunk that comes from a green swamp instead of a clear pool.

It is important from a safety standpoint to make sure your chemical floaters are in good condition. Broken tops can allow access by a small child and possible ingestion of the chemical tablets.

In this video Harvey talks about the importance of pH as one of the factors of pool chemistry and how because it is a logrithmic scale that the damage the wrong pH can cause is quickly escalated if pool chemistry is not maintained. This is not a technical video and just gives a feel for why people should be concerned with maintaining the proper pH.

There are 2 items on AllPartsPoolandSpa.com that will help you determine what the pH of the water is. One is a pool water test kit which will give you more accurate information and the other are test strips which give less exact information, but in most cases is all you need for testing pH.

Adding a floating chemical dispenser to your winterized pool can be a big help when you want to dewinterize.  A floater that holds 3″ pucks can be filled and put in your pool with a rope attched. Then once a month or so, depending on the  temperature, you can pull the floater in and fill it up. By keeping your sanitizer high during the winter you will not be faced with a green swamp when it is time to open your pool for the swimming season. You will have used less chemical than having to treat the swamp and will have saved yourself both time and money in getting back in the swim.

Many hot tubs do not have built in chemical dispensers. A good way to insure that your spa is properly sanitized is to put a simple floating dispenser in the water. The dispenser is also good if you do not run your spa all the time. It will insure that when you do want to use the spa it will be safer. Untreated water can grow bacteria and algae in a short period time, necessitating that your drain the water, clean the hot tub, refill with fresh water and add new sanitizer. This not only costs you money, but uses up time that could be better spent enjoying your spa and using it more.