Recent content by msjohnson2868

Finally had my pool water almost perfect, then wanted to adjust the pH up a bit, so added some soda ash...the water instantly became cloudy. Here's the chemistry: FC 2.5 CC 0 pH 7.2 TA 80 CH 300 CYA 55 Salt 3200 ppm Added about 2 pounds soda ash, and water became instantly cloudy. I suspect...

To all you guys who helped me out...thanks a million. The water is now perfect. Swam in it yesterday and for the fire time since I've had it installed, no eye burning, no pungent chlorine smell afterwards. Kudos to all of you! Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Go for it. :-) Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Circupool's warranty, coupled with the price is what sold me. I goy the upgrade deal too. Can't beat it. Give them a call and ask what they recommend as far as shelter. I called with a question and they were very helpful. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

I just did some research and found CircuPool. For the money, it looks like the best system out there. I'm certainly no expert, and a newbie to SWG, but I think I got a good buy on a quality product. Here's where I got mine...this is a good comparison chart. Might be biased, but from what I can...

Ok the OCLT was good! Only lost 0.4 ppm overnight. FC was 13.8 and CYA was 40. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Doing it tonight. I did do a good vacuum on waste and added some water back prior to that last test. So the CYA could have come down some as a result of that. Will let you guys know about the OCLT tomorrow. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Should I address the low CYA now or wait until the fc drops to normal levels? Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Well I didn't have much choice in ending the shocking process. Had some things come up at work and had to let the pool sit for a day. But all looks good I think. Here's the results...FROM MY NEW TAYLOR K-2006 TEST KIT! This is a full 36 hours since adding any chlorine. FC 19ppm CC 0 (woot...

As far as I can tell measuring by dilution with test strips, I maintained a 24ppm overnight! Hopefully my kit will be in today or tomorrow so I can confirm. One question...if I stop the shock process now, and I'm not quite rid of the CC, is it going to hurt anything? Since the dilution I have...

This morning, after last night's shock to 24, the 8 hour reading was 20ppm. Rechlorinated to 24 at 7am. Tested again at 4pm this afternoon, level was 20. I'm going to raise it again now, and then again when it gets dark for an overnight test. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

OK, after this morning's fc reading of 0 after 8 hours of shocking to 24ppm, I shocked again to 24ppm. Tested (by strips because my kit won't be here for a few days) by 4x dilution at 8:00pm tonight... free chlorine was 14. So my Chlorine demand for 12 hours is 10 ppm. Still way to much, but...

Will do...don't have the test kit, only strips for now, but the kit is on the way! Just ordered the Taylor K-2006. Diluting works for now. Will post back and let you know how it goes. THANKS FOR THE HELP...pool store didn't have a clue.

Thanks for the quick response! Looking at Pool School, it seems that I need to raise the FC to 24 repeatedly until the overnight loss is less than 1ppm,. correct? Just want to be sure before I dump that much cl in there. :)

Just installed a chlorine generator, and have discovered that my pool has a HUGE chlorine demand problem. Honestly, I haven't been that diligent in measuring the demand before, just added Chlorine tabs to the feeder to keep the pool from getting green. Was constantly adding it, shocking...