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    DPD Powder discoloration

    Hi, all! We had to have our return lines replaced this year, so we just now reopened the pool after a year and a half. Everything is going well, but when I pulled out our testing chems, I found that the DPD powder for the Chlorine test has turned a dark gray. It still seems to work for the most...
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    Problem with my chlorine kit?

    Hi all! My fas/dpd kit has worked great since I got it a few weeks ago. All of a sudden yesterday, when I put the powder in, it didn't register at all. My brain almost broke, lol. I added a few drops of bleach to a new water sample, then added powder again. The powder itself initially turned...
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    Suction Leak causing water loss?

    Alright, I can't take much action yet, b/c we're in the middle of a drain/refill due to high CYA (110) - thank you dichlor. I'm all-in with TFP, now, so just liquid chlorine for us now! ;) But I wanted to put this out there so I can have a plan of attack as soon as the pool is full again. We've...
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    Help! Finally realized that the pool store is crazy....

    We always used to just use bleach/baking soda/rock salt with our Taylor K-2005 kit to balance things out until we had a big problem with clearing it during the spring of 2014. I went to the Pool Store, bought hundreds of $$ in chems and got it clear... for a bit. We had algae problems off and on...