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  1. Walter2050

    Cya

    Just added about 2 pounds of cya to my pool . How long do I need to wait before I clean my cartridge filters ?
  2. Walter2050

    Jandy Aquapure

    After go through the freeze in Texas my jandy aquapure is still flashing LO. Temp outside is 66 and pool water temp is 53 . Does the system go off the outside temp or the water temp ? Also does anyone know what the cutoff temp is ?
  3. Walter2050

    Freeze protection

    Good evening getting ready for my first freeze with pool in Texas . I very familiar with my freeze protection on my jandy system but not sure if the system changes over to spa mode every so often . Does the system automatically do that ? Or is it something that needs to be in programing ? My...
  4. Walter2050

    Cold water shut off temp

    This is my first winter with my jandy aquapure 1400 swg . What temp does the Swg on aquapure stop,generating? My pool temp 56 degrees and on the display it is flashing from Lo to 10% . 10% is what I have set for chlorine production .
  5. Walter2050

    Winter months

    Good Afternoon This is my first year going through winter with my Swg. Not real cold yet but will the jandy aquapure display on the app when it is to cold to produce chlorine? My water temp is 59 degrees as of now .
  6. Walter2050

    Calcium Hardness

    Had a huge storm yesterday. Calcium hardness was at 380 ppm before storm . Today it is at 270 ppm. Is it normal for the calcium hardness to drop after large rainstorm? I can’t recall it ever dropping before when we had extreme rain. Should I add calcium hardness or will it rise on its own?
  7. Walter2050

    FAS-DPD test

    Good evening. Did some searching on here before I posted but could see a definite answer I check my chlorine levels daily. I know I dont need to but I actually enjoy it 😂 I usually use the 25ml test but wanted to start using the 10ml test . All my regents are up to date and I have a speed stir...
  8. Walter2050

    During heavy rains

    My first time with with heavy storms after converting to salt water generator. Before storm my salt readings were 3400 during the storm as we speak. My salt readings are 2700. I’m sure it is due to the rain at top of the pool pulling from skimmers. Is it best to close the skimmers and use the...
  9. Walter2050

    Jandy led water color light

    Good evening. I have 2 large led lights in pool and 1 small one in spa. Went to change color to Alpine white and one of the large ones ISNT lighting up . Very dim . If I change to a different color it works fine . Has any ever experienced this ?
  10. Walter2050

    R0015 Acid Demand

    Just curious why on the TFKits site they don’t sell the R0015 Acid Demand reagent ? Went to Taylor site and they wanted $16 for shipping. Amazon doesn’t sell it either. I have the residential Kit and the k2006 kit . I seem to read better from the R0014 vrs the R0004
  11. Walter2050

    Winter in Houston Tx

    People in the Houston Tx area. This coming winter will be my first winter since converting from liquid to swg. Do y’all have issues with the Swg generating in the winter months? If so do y’all take out the Swg or just turn the percentage off and convert back to liquid? I’m using a Jandy Aquapure...
  12. Walter2050

    Jandy JXI ng heaters

    Would anyone happen to know if the jandy JXI heater has a built in regulator or does the heater need an external regulator? I believe the water column needs to be between 4 and 10
  13. Walter2050

    Hi water temperature

    I see a lot on the forums about inaccurate readings at low temp . Tried doing a search before asking but couldn’t locate. He in Texas rt now my water temps are 93 to 95 degrees. Does high temps like this effect any testing.?
  14. Walter2050

    10ml Vrs 25ml dpd test

    When I do a test for 25ml I get 25 drops saying I have 5ppm of chlorine and when i do a 10ml test I get 7 drops sayin I have 3.5 ppm of chlorine. Should these 2 test equally be the same . I did both test twice with same results
  15. Walter2050

    Ph

    Good afternoon. I just had pebble tec come out and do some treatment for som discoloration on my pool . They used acid . After they left I tested using my Apera 60 ph meter and got a reading of 6.4 . Also my taylor test was below 6.8. . My alkalinity is at 40 . I try to keep it between 60 and 70...
  16. Walter2050

    Aquapure 1400

    Good Afternoon This is the first summer since I converted to a Swg . I know every pool is different but I’m trying to dial in my Swg . Just curious what is the average % y’all are running y’all Swg in Texas heat ? I have my pump running from 8am to 8pm 7 days a week with a cya of 70 . My Swg is...
  17. Walter2050

    Fill Water Alk

    Good Afternoon Trying to keep my ph in check . Living in texas with lots of evaporation.With my fill water alk around 190 and 200 ppm . Am I pretty much stuck with this battle of keeping my alk in the 60’s and 70’s ?
  18. Walter2050

    Aquapure 1400

    Tried to search before posting but could find a clear answer. Aquapure is a week old and everything is working great except for salinity readings. First couple days the salinity on aquapure was 3400 ppm compared to my Taylor readings of 3200 ppm . Pretty normal of being 200 ppm off . Today I...
  19. Walter2050

    Spa Spillover

    Hello . Trying to get a handle on my ph rise . I have a spa spillover that it has a manual valve controlling the spa spill over . The builder set it at 50% . Can I add an actuator and hook it to my aqua link rs6 so I can program spa spillover to come on a schedule time ? See pics
  20. Walter2050

    New Swg

    Good evening everyone Just converted from liquid chlorine to Swg today. Very excited 😆. Tried the search but couldn’t find my answer . My cya is at 50ppm and need to raise to 70 or 80 ppm . Question is I do have a gallon of liquid gold so was using pool math t determined how much . When adding...
  21. Walter2050

    Automation with Swg

    Good afternoon 1 1/2 year old pool . In the last week I noticed My pool builder missed a small detail on my pool when building it and we agreed for him to give me as Swg to make up for a mistake. All my equipment is jandy including automation. Unfortunately he his supplying me a jandy Swg of my...
  22. Walter2050

    Swg

    Thinking about puling the trigger on a salt conversion. Pool is fairly new and I use the liquid method. Looking at my returns in the pic can I add swg where the inline chlorinator is ? I don’t have room between the check valve and heater . I also have aqua link rs 6 that all channels are used...
  23. Walter2050

    Inline chlorinator

    Good morning This maybe a silly question but I’m using my CMP powerclean inline chlorinator briefly to raise my cya up with trichlor. It has a adjustment knob on side to adjust water that goes inside it . But when I look through the glass it stays about a 1/4 way full of water . Is that normal...
  24. Walter2050

    Adding liquid

    Good afternoon. I added some pucks to my in-line clorinator just to add some CYA to my pool. Can I add liquid in my pool to boost up my chlorine levels while I wait for the pucks to dissolve?
  25. Walter2050

    Ph after adding liquid chlorine

    Good afternoon. After adding liquid chlorine to pool how long does it usually take for the ph to go back down and neutralize ? I usually add my liquid wait a hour then add my acid to the level pool app tells me . When I check the next day my ph is still up Water features are never on . Just a...
  26. Walter2050

    Ph

    Current readings Fc 1.8. Ph 8.0 Alk 70. Ch400. Cya 40 Every other day I have to add about 1 cup of acid to bring ph down to 7.6. And 2 quarts of chlorine to bring up to desired fc . Is it normal to have to add this frequently? Thank you for your support
  27. Walter2050

    Ph reader

    Thinking about purchasing a Apera60 ph reader . It come with 4.0 and 7.0 calibration solution. If my pool ph is 8ppm or higher will I need a different calibration solution?
  28. Walter2050

    Stabilized vrs liquid

    Having a discussion with a co work . He stated that trichlor will last longer than liquid even if the pool already has the right amount of cya in the pool . So in theory if you add 5ppm of liquid and 5ppm of trichlor in a pool that already has stabilizer the liquid will disappear faster ?
  29. Walter2050

    Taylor k2006

    Replacing some regents from my Taylor 2006 kit . I ordered 60ml / 2oz bottles . Does Taylor sell a box that holds the bigger size bottles ?
  30. Walter2050

    Lowering Alkalinity

    5 month old pool owner here . Been working to get my alkalinity down to try to stabilize my ph . Always having to add acid Just read my readings and I’m at Fc 3.4 ,Alk 80,ph7.8,ch 250 and ca is 50 . Water temp is 90 here in Texas For the first time I just checked my auto fill water from my hose...