Recent content by JeanF

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    HELP! Cannot pass OCLT despite raising FC targets

    I finally passed the OCLT last night! All along during the SLAM, I was doing the OCLT incorrectly by not getting a sample closer to sunrise. When there was a drop in FC, I assumed it was organics in the pool, when it was probably the early indirect sunlight eating away the chlorine. The high...
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    HELP! Cannot pass OCLT despite raising FC targets

    Thank you all for your quick responses and advice. I took Ping and DKT113's advice and did not add any additional chlorine yesterday so we could enjoy the pool this weekend. At 8 am was FC 31, and 4 pm FC 27, so the levels are going down pretty quickly. I plan to go one more day without...
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    HELP! Cannot pass OCLT despite raising FC targets

    Last year, with the help of this forum, I took control of my pool, and bought the Taylor K-2006 FAS/DPD test kit. I stopped going the the pool store and began using liquid chlorine (12.5%) as my sanitizer after having major issues with algae during pool opening. BBB method worked well for me...