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Hi everyone, So I'm swimming around in my pool and I notice burn marks coming from the light. It's about size of nickel or quarter near light & goes up, thread like. about 3 inches. It's unnoticable unless you dive under & look. The light still works I think (will test tonight). What can...

From personal experience, these salt testing strips, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OLP1L6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 are inaccurate. For high accuracvy, use the Taylor Salt drop test http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DO35EU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi Everybody! I came to TFP initially because my 5-year-old pool was in serious trouble and I was totally lost! So I read and read and lurked and lurked. I've stabilized my pool now and here's how I categorize the chems & processes in my head. Feel free to correct any errors. (Remember one...

I wanted to add Borates to my pool but I didn't want to buy 17 boxes of Borax ($68.00) and 6 gallons of Muriatic Acid ($39.00). So, for $85.00 (delivered), I bought 55 lbs of granular Boric Acid from Duda Energy. http://www.dudadiesel.com/search.php?query=boric+acid You can buy varying...

My pool was built in 2009. I've had an automatic cover on it from day 1. I knew nothing about pool chemistry so for years I just kept throwing pucks in the skimmers & shocking once or twice per year. I never tested FC, pH, TA, CH or CYA except via sticks. Everything seemed ok until this year...