Stingray Pool & Spa Blog

Fire Damaged Pools Clean Up Services.

2007-10-25T20:11:00.000-07:00

Has your pool been part of the thousands of pools threated or damaged by the recent wild fires in San Diego? If so we at Stingray Pool and Spa can help. We have experience dealing with fire damaged pools from the 2003 wild fires when we cleaned up nearly two hundred pools. We can not stress how important it is to get your pool up and running and remove the ash and debris from the pool as soon as possible because it will stain your pool's surface. If you need help to clean your pool and get it up and running or if you have had damaged to the equipment (pump,filter, plumbing,ect) give us a call. Stingray Pools will be happy to help and in most cases the fees involed will be covered by your homeowners insurance, so please give us a call today at (619) 339-2828 or email at info@stingraypool.com.

Salt Water Chlorine Generators

2007-09-26T17:57:00.000-07:00

Here are some helpful tips for maintaining your salt water system.

-Water chemistry - be sure to keep your alkalinity balanced between 80-120ppm and your PH level at 7.4 ppm. Many people think with a salt water generator they never have to check chemical levels. This could not be farther from the truth. With a salt water system you are producing liquid chlorine and adding it to the pool every time the pump runs. Liquid chlorine has a PH of 13ppm meaning your pool water PH will always be going up making your pool out of balance. You will need to add PH decrease (preferred muratic acid) to your pool every week as needed to control the ever rising PH level. Typically a pool of 15 - 20,000 gallons water capacity will use 1 gallon of muratic acid a week to keep pool in check. Always use a test kit to see what the pool really needs and never add more then 1 gallon of acid at a time. Too much acid will lower PH level (below 7.4ppm) making the water corrosive and will cause damage to pool surface and equipment. If the PH level of the water is too high the water will become saturated with minerals and eventually they will bond to pool surface making it rough. You can test for minerals using a total dissolved test "TTDS" test, if levels are too high you will have to replace pool water.

-Cleaning the cell and the importance of this!
Keeping the chemicals balanced will reduce the amount of time the cell has to be cleaned. All salt water systems have to have the cell taken out and cleaned. Most manufactures systems offer reverse polarity and state the cells are self cleaning this is not true. All units currently on the market require the cell to be cleaned as needed. The cell will become dirty with calcium deposits and can be cleaned by soaking the cell in muratic acid until clean. When the cell becomes dirty it will not produce chlorine so always check the cell first if the unit is not producing chlorine. The cells do have a life span and will need to be replaced every 2-3 years on average.

-Preferred units
StingrayPool.com offers as preferred salt water generator units Goldline Agua Rite, Zodiac LM3, Jandy Aguapure, Goldline Agua Trol (for aboveground pools). Pentair Itellichlor. All units have manufactures warranty and are offered at StingrayPool.com at wholesale prices.

Ask StingrayPool.com!

2007-09-20T07:11:00.000-07:00

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We install all the products we sell in hundreds of pools and spas every year. We are here to educate you and answer any questions you may have. We are happy to supply you with quality proven products at wholesale prices. Don't be fooled by other sites offering free shipping. These sites simply add the shipping cost to the product price. We never play pricing games; we just give you honest advice and the lowest shipping cost possible. The overwhelming majority of our business is return customers who tell us they appreciate our product insight, advice, customer service and honesty. We are confident that after one purchase from us you will never go anywhere else for all your pool product needs.

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