Recent content by bsnobles

Can anyone refer me to a post of this happening with an existing (previously working last season) system? Same pump. We opened the pool yesterday and when I went to backwash this morning the pump only hummed after turning it to backwash and switching it back on. Thank you!!!

Hi everyone! Thanks a ton in advance. You have been lifesavers for us. I have a couple of questions about our numbers and what to do now that we have started adding bleach. This is year two with our pool, and we started a little hastily with adding bleach before testing the water. We figured...

Thanks duraleigh and msgtdan! What's frustrating is that the pool is clear and has been clear for over a week I think. It's the CCs that keep reading over 0.5 which has us continuing the shock process. We'll keep at it - hopefully we're close to the end of shocking. The latest CC reading is 0.5...

We are still shocking. The highest FC reading I've had so far is 19. The CCs are staying lower than before - the past three readings have been 1 - 1.5. The lowest CC was this morning at 0.5, but there were 0 FCs. I'm putting in the recommended amounts from the poolcalculator.com but when I...

The shock process is underway. Current chlorine values: FC: 2 CC: 7 The highest FC value I've reached is 5, about an hour after adding 6 96 oz jugs of 6% bleach. The values above are about 2.5 hours after adding another 6 96 oz jugs of 6% bleach. Three questions: Am I not adding enough bleach...

Another update: major storm last night - just under an hour after I added 5 more gallons of bleach. So I didn't get to test the shock level of FC. The power went out. It came back on about 4 hours later so we cleaned out the surface debris and restarted the pump/filter. We didn't add any more...

Ok, thanks jblizzle!

Just an update: I added approx. 5 gallons bleach about 4 hours ago; the current chlorine results are: FC: 6.5 (may be 6.0 but last 2 drops of the reagent came out back to back) CC: 6.0 I'm going to add another approx 5 gallons now and then do the OCLT tonight. Question: how long should I wait...

Ok - pH reads 7.2 on the color test included in the TF-100. We have to get some liquid bleach. I saw The Shock Process says it's impossible to know how much is required, but is there a reasonable amount to purchase at the outset? Two to three gallons? Five or more? Thanks again! You have no...

When you say circulate, do you mean use the 'circulate' option on the filter, or just keep the filter running?

Thanks again jblizzle & Isaac-1. Jblizzle, I just read the extended test instructions. Thanks for the link. We have known for a few days that the pH was low but didn't want to add the soda ash in case there was something we needed to do before that. We will add the soda ash and retest tomorrow.

Alright, we got a test kit (TF-100) thanks to the great folks at TFTestkits.net! Here's where we are: FC: 0.5 ppm CC: 1 ppm pH: < 6.8 TA: it turned pink at 70 and was still only dark pink at 140. Are we going for Wolfpack red? CH: 720 (we have copper so this is with the 2 drops of R-0011L prior...

Hi everyone! So we finally got all the algae out of the pool, only to find some brown spots on the bottom again this morning. It was on the steps too so I reached in and felt it. It's sand! We have a sand filter so I read to see if other folks have had this problem... Of course they have; maybe...

I don't know what the "shock process" or FAS-DPD is. I will read the pool school info again. The copper is high because we added copper sulfate per a friend's instructions. It was 2 ppm. We have stopped that. I don't want to waste any more of your time without some more reliable results. Thanks!

Thanks jblizzle, hopefully the Stabilizer result from the cheap test is accurate and the CYA is not too high. We'll have to figure out a way to get a good test. We've exceeded our pool budget already (by more than 150%!) so we may just have to wait. I will check out the walmart one you mentioned...