Recent content by Jimmy Marinos

Moved from here. Here are pictures of my Fusion 2. Note that I used a hacksaw to cut off the blue mineral cartridge, so I could continue to use the orange cap. I did not have a replacement cap. This solution was not mutilation. It looks and works good 3 years later. Note: I tried to pry...

Yes, based on the Taylor test kit. I trust the procedure, since I had done the CH test 20+ times by then. [The CH test was my first clue that I had a small leak in my pool. Very happy I purchased the test kit.] I would like to understand the chemistry behind the drop in the CH reading after...

When I refilled my pool in December 2017, my CH was at 175. I adjusted the CH with CaCl2 to 225 and then kept my pH high at ~7.8. In 5 months my CH was at 300. By July 2018 (7 months) it climbed to 400. In 2019 my CH is now >550. I try to keep the pH at 7.4 - 7.6 now. Now I have left over...

For my Fusion 2 system (SWG and Mineral Cartridge) I used a hacksaw to cut off the Fusion start-up mineral cartridge. Easy. The orange cap is still functional as I could easily cut below the cap part. After reading the many posts about basically how "useless" copper addition is and weighing...