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    Why Use Chlorine Tabs If It Always Leads to High CYA?

    At the end of last summer, my cya was at least 150. All winter long, I was dreading this summer and having to drain my pool. BUT; this summer my cya dropped to 20 over the winter. So I guess it's possible to get rid of cya without draing your pool
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    Does SLAMing really use this much chlorine?

    Your pool is almost a duplicate of mine. Don't drive yourself crazy with the light and algae that might be behind it. My light has about six screws and I was not going to pull it out. The guy who installed my SWG told me to leave it alone and stop being so precise with the numbers. I did, and...
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    switching from Salt to Chlorine

    Better in the long run to get the SWG fixed. I switched to salt this year and except for a little lag in getting the SWG to catch up with my zero chlorine , I'll never go back to bleach, pucks, new water cyclers , etc.
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    There is more than one screw on the light fixture it looks like there may be 4 or six. Can't get to it. Might have the guy who opens and closes my pool to do it. Everything else is pristine. Wouldn't the chlorine at 24 ppm get into the light fixture and kill algae ? I'm so upset with this...
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    This am. FC 2.5 cc 0. Driving me crazy What is going on in my pool ?
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    I couldn't grandsons graduation today. I'll just have to test in am and slam if necessary
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Ok. I brought pool up to slam level ( 24) This afternoon. Took my OCLT reading at 8:30 pm and it is 8.5. I'm dreading tomorrow morning. Could 16 ppms be gone already? It was a very sunny hot day today. Pool is crystal clear tonight
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Yes, my pool is crystal clear and really has been for weeks thanks. So do you mean just do the OCLT and not test before this evening?
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Can't find this answer anywhere: how long after initial dose of slam should I test the level . And how long after that?
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Funny
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Yes I do see it. What happened was I never changed pool math to reflect correct jug size. It was at 64. Duh!
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Now is 1 And target is 24. - - - Updated - - - Don't know why I'm saying 64oz. I am putting in one gallon jugs. Told u in getting nutty
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Ill check again. I hope I'm right on the 7 gallons of 64 oz 12.5% chlorine. Looked at pool math again now it says 6 gallons or 13 64oz jugs. I'm getting nuts now
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Ok did that. A bought 16 gallons of 12.5 liquid chlorine. Just added 7. I checked my pool light and it's bolted in. So I cleaned around as best I could. Will continue testing and maintaining the level
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    So I am going to need 7 gallons of 12.5 liquid chlorine to slam. Do I add that all at once ?
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    I received that info from zimm in a pervious message to raise to 3. This am it was .5 FC and 0 cc. So I guess slamming is next. But the no cc is baffling to me
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    So I started my OCLT tonight. My reading was FC 1 CC 0. This afternoon I raised my FC to at least 4. So it dropped 3 already. Now I test tomorrow am but if it already dropped 3, it can't be much better tomorrow my water is crystal clear. I just don't get what's going on. Do I have hidden algae...
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    No using Taylor. Just did a quick dip with a strip to get a fast idea. The Taylor kit showed my readings. Will raise to three and do the overnight test. Thank you
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Well, now this am readings are : FC 1 cc-0. I was going to start to slam but with 0 cc's is that necessary? Should I just raise my FC to 3?
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Yes. My cya is 60+. I am going to start the slam process Just threw in 256 oz and it raised the level to around 3+ with a strip. Will test first tomorrow with the drop test before the slam considering the new adjustments
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Ok I adjusted the timer to 12 hours on 12 off increased the SWG % to around 90
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Ok. I run my pump about 8 hours a day. Funny thing is, before the SWG, I ran for 12 hours. But after reading pool school, I reduced the run time to 8
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Sorry about the mis post. I've been slamming then things seemed to be ok. SWG was installed 2 weeks ago. I jerk raising the % now up to bout 80+ we put in about 600 lbs of salt upon install as there was a salt reading already. Salinity on AQR says 4000 and instant us 3600. I'm baffled
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    Chlorine dropped to zero

    Help, again my SWG pool dropped to zero chlorine. After being at 1.5 Friday, I added the correct amount of chlorine turned up the % of runtime on my AQR 15 and this am.... No chlorine all my other numbers Are good. Pool math says to add 164 oz of 8.25 bleach. But what us going in here? It seems...
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    Drop test vs oto

    Ok. Then my cc's are in fact 0
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    Drop test vs oto

    Hi dave. Thanks. Just wondering why the drip test first showed clear , that is, no cc's then turned pink maybe a minute or so later. Maybe a false cc reading because it sat for awhile ?
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    Salinity question

    I know. That's what I meant. % not output. Thanks
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    Salinity question

    Yes, I also raised the salinity output from 70% to almost 80%
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    Drop test vs oto

    Water is crystal clear. Cya is now 70ish. I added liquid chlorine a little while ago. I'll test on sunday
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    Salinity question

    Yes, brought cya up to about 70