Recent content by CosmicJester

Went and talked to the Friendly Local Pool Guy... he asked if it's a fiberglass tank (it is) and if it's been there for a while (it has). It's slowly leaking out, so now I get to shop around for a brand spanking new pool filter. Lucky me. The comparable sand filter they carry at the shop is the...

I'm running a Pentair Triton II TR-60 sand filter that, judging by the label, has been in operation for six years here in sunny Phoenix, AZ. The previous owners of the house THOUGHT they were quite handy with things, but have left quite a few sticky situations for me to deal with. One was that...

I've just started doing BBB method on my pool about a month ago, and I can definitely say it's a piece of cake. Testing the water takes less than five minutes start to finish, and adding the chemicals takes about the same amount of time, if not a bit less. The chlorine generally depletes at...

Poolmom: The way you do the math is: $2.54/174 oz = $.015¢ per ounce of 6% bleach The way I do the math is $2.54/174 oz/.06 solution = $.243¢ per ounce of 100% bleach We have the same end result, just expressed a little differently (.015 is about 6 percent of .243). Taking the extra step...

Cyanuric acid acts as sort of a traffic cop for the chlorine. Without it, all the chlorine gets burned off by sunlight in minutes. If you have too much CYA in the pool, it keeps the chlorine in the pool too well and won't let the free chlorine do its job of sanitizing the water. So, you have...

Hi there, I've been lurking for a bit and finally am deciding to dive in... with how to do The Math when it comes to finding the best price on chlorine for the pool. I do this every time I'm at the grocery store anymore. This formula gives you the price per gallon of pure chlorine: Price /...