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Hi folks - sorry if this is a dumb question but here goes.... we've got an above ground pool 4200 gal (I think) (12x16x4), I drained it last fall intending to purchase a cover before the rains started. Needless to say I did not make it. After it got a few inches in the bottom I was like 'aw...

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OK well at least I now know I need a more thorough chlorine tester. As a matter of fact, I think I'll just pick up one of these by itself. Unless there's something else my kit is not doing well? I can also get a refill of the CYA reagents (at a larger quantity) and anything else too.. and just...

The color of the yellow water in the test vial is above 5 and apprx 7-8 ppm today, same color as it was last time I checked it yesterday after noon. I mentioned it's just a guess. Because the article titled "Water Balance for SWGs" suggests I keep it at 7.5-7.6 and add 'this is important!' I...

Re: Yes I realize this but my water had been getting cleaner and cleaner throughout the day (even though I never did get it to shock level of 24ppm or whatever it was supposed to be). I think it was completely clean before I went to bed last night but it was dark (night time) and I couldn't be...

OH... :cry: . Well, I'll check my numbers tomorrow and see where I'm at then. Hope I didn't mess myself up too much. However, my FC being 7 for most of the day, I was starting to wonder how to get it down a bit. ~ Doug

Yea I was hoping to shock and that's why I was trying to find the "shock level" for my pool (which would have been over 2 gals. of liquid bleach for my little pool). But before finding that out I had added 31oz's of bleach based on recommendations from poolcalculator and a big round tablet of...

OK here are my numbers: Salt = test still in progress FC = 5 CYA = 33 or so (last drop at the top of the vial) (on my way to pick up stabilizer at the store) pH = 7.1 (should I add 16 more oz of Borax?) TA = 70ppm (I just added 8oz baking soda to get me to 80ppm) CH = 150...

Thanks Richard320, that's exactly the chart I needed. I'll check my CYA level tomorrow.. as I recall there's a very hard to see 'black spot' (at the bottom of a skinny vial), that's supposed to disappear when checking the CYA level with the kit I have. Not easy to read even on a bright sunny...

BTW, I'm trying to do the "shock" because my pool has become the color of lite green tea. I backwashed a couple of times today but the filter pressure is still a little high, will repeat that a few time tomorrow and see if I can lower it.

I've searched for the answer to this question but can not find it. I've been reading the "SHOCK YOUR POOL" article and it mentions shock level - quote: Add enough chlorine to bring FC up to shock level (or a little higher). BUT this article does not describe or give a link, to figure out what...

HTH has a 6 way test kit (very similar to the tftestkit) at wal-mart for around $19 - any reason to skip on that one?

Update 2: Strips show what I thought... only "water hardness" is in spec. FC is at zero (I just added a big chlorine tab to the float). Ph was as zero, Alkalinity at zero, Cyu acid at zero (so I just added some). Still though to the root of this thread, no of this should 'cause as SWG shut down...

Bama, I'll keep that info on the kits tucked away until the off-season when I can afford it... I'm affraid that any extra funds I have available is about to go on buying another Intex Krystalclear SWG :cry: . I just got back from Wally-world, picked up test strips and some CYU acid, will...

Thanks Bama, I've added nothing but water and pool salt (three - 40lb bags / 5100 gal pool as per Intex's instruction PDF) when I built the pool. Water has stayed clear as a bell for 2 months and the Krystalclear digital read out has given NO negative codes. I know that the test kit and full...

Bleach, household bleach? How much for a 5100 gal pool? BTW - I forgot to mention that for the almost two months I've had the pool up and SWG connected, I (embarrassingly) didn't check the water with any kind of strips or any other testing methods. I just simply relied on the intex unit's...

Hello, I'm new here and been lurking for a while. I hope someone here can give some suggestions to fix my latest pool problem. I have an Intex Krystalclear saltwater system that I've had about two months, got it second hand off CL. It's worked great until yesterday - when I noticed it's red...