Recent content by dandjpool

Haha, yeah, the thing is, I was kind of a semi-pro a year or so back after receiving help from all the good folks here and reading up on stuff. I am just getting more and more forgetful. Limited data retention lately. I need some ginkgobiloba or something. :-D I checked the pool right now and...

Ok... I better just keep my mouth shut and do a little less typing and a little more reading before I come off as an even bigger dope. :) I stuck the r-0003 in the little blue box and thought I had an extra bottle of something. doh

Got my TF-100 refill kit already! The pool is already a lot clearer, almost completely. It will be nice to get an accurate measure of the chlorine but I won't be able to test until I am out of work this afternoon. I did rummage through the refill components a little and noticed something new...

It looks like the FC is holding at approx 8-9ppm after measuring last night at 1am then again this morning at 7am. I am using the drop test with R-0001 and R-0002 with the water diluted by 50% with tap to get the level. The pool seems to be clearing as of this morning but I had to run into the...

As far as the CYA, I didn't know it should be done outside in the sunlight. I did it in my basement under incandescent light, first indirectly, then directly under a can spotlight. Under the spotlight, I was staring at the spot and was able to see it until the water started to spill over the...

I didn't see this question earlier. I was kind of scrambling to shock the pool while working from home. I use the the DPD test kit I picked up from a Leslie's pool supply. After actually looking at the documentation I realize I was saying the wrong thing. It's the FC that measures, at this...

OK, will do. Thanks again! You guys rock. I'll update with a status by tomorrow.

OK, thanks! That's a relief. The time I bleached my liner, my CYA was well over 100 and I didn't know anything about the effects it had on chlorine, so I just kept adding and adding. I will continue to add until it starts to measure at or near 18ppm TC. I have been waiting 3-4 hours between...

My pool went cloudy and it was definitely my fault. I completely neglected it for a week because I was so busy and boom, opaque water. Now I am trying to bring it up to shock level of about 10ppm and I have added about 5 gallons of 12.5% liquid shock over a 3 day period and it is still reading...

Trust me when I say you are better off just draining the necessary amount of water and getting it over with: http://www.poolcalculator.com/ I just drained and filled approximately 50% of the water in my pool and rechecked my CYA levels and it was still 60ppm. I added 2.5 gallons of 6% bleach...

I just realized who you are. Best test kits ever! I need to get another one. I'll be ordering soon. I will look into the bleach feeder. I've seen it on here in a few different places. The only thing I like about the current feeder is that I'm away from home quite a bit and it's nice to (at...

I will start the drain tonight. Last time I had to do 50% then 50% again to get it right. My water bills will suck. The feeder has tags all over it that say "Dichlor Only". Why would that be? I would prefer to use the calcium hypo. Would it screw something up? Could the way the dichlor is...

Pool is approx 20K Gallons. I drain below returns when closing and fill above. I have a cartridge filter, so no backwash. I probably had to add 1K gallons every 2 weeks for splash-out/evaporation. Yes, dichlor is the main chlorine used in the pool. I use bleach to shock. A couple things I...

Our vinyl liner was just replaced last year in April and the CYA level is off the charts already. It measured at approx 120-130ppm. How is this possible? I haven't added any stabilizer or other chemical that might raise it. Just bleach, soda ash (almost 30lbs to get pH right), clarifier and the...

I think I found the leak. Once the water got below the skimmer I could see a tear and the liner is stretched from shrinking so it is pulling loose. I think I am all good! I really used this liner to it's full life. It looks terrible. All bubbled at the bottom and barely hanging on where it's...