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New Autopilot SWG, new Vinyl liner and new Variable Speed Flow pump all installed end of last season. SWG is working fine then every time i return (hours later or next morning) the check flow valve is on. Skimmer basket, pump basket and SWG "basket" all clean. I have been experimenting with...

Thx guys. All makes sense now

i have the taylor test kit. when doing the OTO test. i get a dark yellow reading suggesting 10 or higher. Can one use the regular 10cc chlorine test on bromine or am i wasting my time. i have tested it this way a couple of times to see how much combined bromine/organic matter i have. i seem to...

good idea. thx

So last nights numbers were these more than 30 minutes after last chlorine addition. FC 18 CC 1 TC 19 pH 7.2 T/A 120 CH 230 CYA 80 Temp 79 Checked the chlorine readings again this morning at 6 am FC 16.5ppm CC still 1ppm Did i pass the FC overnight test? I might have been going slightly to...

Got the TF-100 test kit today These are my numbers FC 18 CC 1 TC 19 pH 7.2 T/A 120 CH 230 CYA 80 Temp 79 I realize the TC and FC are high, but it is safe to swim in right? Also i know have CC 1, should I shock again or not because the TC is high? I turned my Off-line chlorinator off since the...

couldnt get k-2006 or TF100 in store like you said. ordered it online. it didnt arrive yet. shock the Crud out of the pool yesterday around 4pm. TAC and FAC both greater than 10 when i went to bed last night. Both greater than tonight as well, 24 hours later. pool is crystal clear. used the new...

i am going to get the taylor k-2006 tomorrow to get more accurate readings. they used this kit at the pool store yesterday before i super-chlorinated, and they told me the FAC was 0.5ppm and the TAC was 0.5ppm, which makes 0ppm CC right? Also in my first post i wrote CC instead of TAC. so the...

the bather load is pretty much zero. i have been in it twice only for 15 minutes. and i'm the only one. too cold for my wife. i cant believe there is any algae, the water is crystal clear, the phosphates came in as zero at the pool store. the walls dont seem slimy/slippery. i've been putting the...

the water is crystal clear. i dont think it has ever been cleaner

i just dumped all the calcium hypochlorite in at once. i tested the water 4 hours later and both the total chlorine and the free chlorine were maxed out on the test strips. both 10. when i checked it again this morning they were both 3. now at 5 pm they are both 0.5. what does that mean? that i...

shock with calcium hypochlorite last night. now FC is 3 and total chlorine is 3. took a water sample to pool store, they said my CYA was 30 which is lower than what i got. so i guess i am good now. the total chlorine will go up on its own now right with just running the chlorinator? I dont have...

thx Jason

cool thx

Can i shock with calcium hypchlorite if i use trichlor tabs in my chlorinator? I've seen several warnings not mix the two. Does this just pertain to not mixing the chemicals together before adding? Or can i a chemical reaction still occur if they are added at different times? Thanks