Recent content by mcmoyer

Just checked my FC levels. At 12pm I added 1 tablespoon. That brought it up to 6 ppm. I measured at 9pm and it was at 4 ppm. That seems inline with what you guys have said, at least about bumping it to 10 ppm to get through the next day.

To follow up: my CYA level is almost non-existent. My tube goes to 20, and while it was a bit cloudy, I could still see the dot. This is my first time using chlorine in a hot tub. I had an in ground propane heated standalone hot tub before that was using bromine. Since I only heated it...

I got to reading more about chlorine levels and temps and think maybe me keeping mine at 102F 24x7 has a lot to do with my chlorine usage?

I just refilled this about a week ago and haven't tested the CYA which I figure should be minimal based on only using a tablespoon of Dichlor each day. The spa cover remains on it throughout the day so the water is not in the sun. I measured the FC after 1 tablespoon and it was 3ppm. Then...

Hey All, long time pool owner who uses mainly liquid chlorine and pucks only when I need to get my CA levels back up. I recently acquired a 2nd hand spa. It's Master Spa Legend Series, 410 gallon. The previous owner had been using bromine. When I read the manual, Master Spa seems to prefer...

they should probably rename that bleach from SoWhite to SortaWhite.

A quick update, my SLAM ended up taking 3 days. My OCLT on the last night was around 0.5ppm. That was from 11pm to 8am. My UV light is hardwired into the system and doesn't have a separate on/off switch. The only thing that controls it is a flow switch. But I guess my OCLT results show it...

I had messed around with salt water when I had my above ground pool. I got tired of having to clean the plates and then replace them repeatedly. Before we replaced it, I had moved back to an all chlorine pool. We stone work around the inground pool and didn't want to mess with cleaning the...

Hi all, I haven't been on the forums in a while. I used to do the TFP method on my above ground pool, but then my wife talked me into getting an inground pool installed. I insisted that we get whatever equipment would make it maintenance free for me...or at least as close as can be. So...

so maybe go up to a 1.5 hp to get a little more strength to the low speed?

Hi all, I've got a 15k gallon above ground pool with a saltwater chlorinator and a robot sweeper. My pump, a Power-flo Matrix 1hp 2 speed gave up the ghost today. I was shopping around and gleaning all the information I could about pump technology and was pretty interested in the variable...

Hi All, I've got a Hayward EC50AC DE filter that is on it's 3rd season. Has worked great until I got the bright idea to do a tear down and clean on it. This season it's been putting a bunch of cloudy water back into the pool after a bump. It works great the rest of the time, but every time...

I'm one of *those* guys that lets the pool go to well....you know what in a hand basket over the winter. I dumped 4 gallons of 8.25% bleach in the pool a couple of days ago and it's killed just about all the algae. It's very thick on the bottom. If I vacuum to waste, I'm pretty sure I won't...

well, that experiment lasted about 7 days before the seam on one side of the bag blew out.

This looks promising. Anyone used it? http://www.cleanerpools.net/slimebag.php