Recent content by JimmyInTN

It's about 4290 ppm and my system recommends 2500-3500. According to The Pool Calculator, I'm gonna have to drain 30% of my water out. Fun fun fun. :-/

Well heck! It helps when you do it the right way. It's showing 7.4 which is way too high. Looks like I'll be draining some water out tonight. :( Thanks for the help guys!

I'll go get another sample and test it again.

About 4800 gallons. Here is a pic of the test strip. I even put it in the net and held it at the bottom, in case the salt hadn't entirely dissolved yet and here is what it looked like. - - - Updated - - - I've just never seen chlorine go from 5.0 to 0 in 2 days. The saltwater strips don't...

I have a Coleman 9'x18'x4' above ground pool. I decided to make the switch to a saltwater/sand filter system. According to the charts I should have only need 115 lbs of salt to get my system to 3000 ppm. My chlorine and pH were both a little high when I put the new pump in. I added 100# of...

To answer my own question, yes they straighten out when the pool is full.

I have a 9'x18'x4' pool that I'm filling. For the 2nd time. The first time, it was wayyy off. My brother and I built a wood frame and leveled it. Filled it with dirt and using 2 2x4x12's screwed together, we leveled the dirt the best we could all the way across. It has about a foot of water in...