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I believe that's exactly what I need. Thanks!

I'm running the SWG at 40%. (I'm also in IT, and I know *exactly* what you mean!)

Yeah, that's what I've been doing. I end up with a pretty high FC reading in the morning (like 10-12) that declines throughout the day, which will have to suffice if I can't find a dawn-to-dusk switch.

I want to put my SWG on a dawn-to-dusk photocell switch so that it turns on when the sun comes up, and off when the sun goes down. This should be simple, but such a product doesn't seem to exist. Sure, I can find umpteen zillion dusk-to-dawn switches that turns a device on when the sun goes...

This is me, kicking myself for not saving the old bottles. We used to do that.

Weird. I've been using the same test agents from tftestkits for over 10 years and never had this issue. I'll admit to not always following the instructions and wiping the tip between drops, but it's never been a problem before.

We started our pool for the season a few weeks ago (added SWG this year...yay!), and I'd been testing with chemicals leftover from last season. Apart from the DPD powder which I think was giving me iffy results, everything else seemed in line. Our new chems from tftestkits.net arrived a few days...

I guess I really need to just wait for my test kit. All our local stores are out of them. I'll leave the generator off and add chlorine manually until I can get a good test of the salinity.

OK, I'm just going to leave it on for now to see if the readings settle in. Thanks!

Well, I added 200 lbs. on Saturday, so I thought I should start getting steady (if low) readings by now. I just added three more bags today, for a total of 320 lbs.

Hi all...with the panic over chlorine availability this year, I decided to make the switch to SWG. I'd been planning on doing it for a while, so it just seemed like a good year to do it. Anyway, we started the pool up and I'm in the process of adding salt, but the salinity reading on the unit...

That's really weird. I just got a Water Tech Volt FX-8 Li (same company that makes Pool Blaster), and it fits the 1 1/4" pole just fine.

Our Aquabot Elite mostly does a good job cleaning up the pool, but with the odd shape of our pool there are always spots that are left untouched. There are also times when some random debris blows in the pool and it seems silly to drop the cleaner in to take care of one little part of the pool...

At one of those links, I saw this bit: My CSI right now is +.47 (close enough to .5, I guess), but what do I need to do to keep it around that range for the next 30 days?

All they did before they left was give me two bottles of a cleaning agent to add to the water once the pool was filled. They also said to avoid using the steps for five days. Not sure why we can use the pool but not the steps, but it'll probably be at least a few days before I'm happy with the...