Recent content by gnhand

Thank you - i didn’t understand that the last drop counted is the one that doesn’t change the color- I stopped the drop before

Attached are my pool math readings for the past five days. I added 31%muriatic acid a day before the first reading in the attachment. My ta is between 50 & 60 which you all say to round up. I will be closing the pool relatively soon so I want to get the chemicals fully balanced. I want to...

I just turned my SWG back on - after my slam fc has dropped back to around 10 . I’ll let it get down to about 9ish My diagnostics are in order: 3400 84 23..5 6.10 10P -3700 AL - 2 r 1.59 T - 15 3400

You guys are all outstanding! I feel very lucky to have found this amazing group late last year. I turned a friend on to TFP. And he loves it also. I have had my pool since 1992 or so and have been following Leslie’s advice all these years. Including shocking every two weeks or so, buying...

I now understand- I hope I can remember all of this next year since my pool season is probably over at the end of this week🥴 Is ph in the low 7s irritating to the eyes? What is the downside to ph being below 7.2?

Thanks for the tips! - the insides of my steps have only small access holes . So I’ll try cleaning at the end of season by pouring in 50/50 mixture in a few weeks , and again at opening.

I wish I thought of that - it would have saved about $75. That’s what I should do with the main steps- take out of pool fill with the 50/50 chorine and shake it around then put them away for the winter. Hopefully that will get them ready for next year. And the TFP method will keep my pool...

In reply to earlier posts I replaced the ladder steps. Found the heavy algae on the back side. I’m hoping this was the cause of my problems. However I have another set of main entrance steps which I can’t see the back of . I guess that will have to be replaced next year. They probably run...

I was worried that the ph is too low and that the acidity would affect the SWG plates. I don’t think there will be any problem for the SWG to keep up with fc since the weather here is cooling. Today without the SWG and the outside temperature of low 80’s the fc only dropped about 1 or 2 ppm...

Now that my slam is done I’m letting the fc drift downward. I went and had my pool tested at Leslie’s just for comparison and to see if my CYA seems close. I’m looking for advise as to how I should proceed in rebalancing - eg. Raise alk first or ph first as soon as fc gets below 10? My...

I’ve had it off since i performed a SLAM. The fc is coming down. Currently around 17. But it has generally agreed with my test results prior to the SLAM.