Reverse osmosis results - very pleased
After seeing the suggestion here, I decided to give the reverse osmosis process (from Pool Services Technologies) a try. All I can say is wow -- what a great process and an even better company.
Bruce and Sal spent several hours on site, explained every detail of the chemistry and the process, and even took care of changing my filter cartridges. I knew immediately that this is a company worth doing business with.
And now on to the numbers...
Before the process, my numbers were:
FC - 5ppm
CC - 0ppm
PH - 7.9
TA - 100ppm
CH - 500ppm
CYA - over 100ppm
TDS - 3375ppm
Salt - 2675ppm
After the process:
FC - 1ppm
CC - 0ppm
PH - 7.4
TA - 50ppm
CH - 120ppm
CYA - 0ppm
TDS - 705ppm
Salt - 488ppm
The water looks better and feels better. I feel infinitely better knowing that I am starting out with "good" water instead of trying the guesswork/additional chemicals of trying partial drain/refill repeatedly to lower CYA and CH levels.
Anyway, if anyone is considering this process as an alternative to drain and refill (or repeated partial drain/refill), I would highly recommend it.
-Bill
After seeing the suggestion here, I decided to give the reverse osmosis process (from Pool Services Technologies) a try. All I can say is wow -- what a great process and an even better company.
Bruce and Sal spent several hours on site, explained every detail of the chemistry and the process, and even took care of changing my filter cartridges. I knew immediately that this is a company worth doing business with.
And now on to the numbers...
Before the process, my numbers were:
FC - 5ppm
CC - 0ppm
PH - 7.9
TA - 100ppm
CH - 500ppm
CYA - over 100ppm
TDS - 3375ppm
Salt - 2675ppm
After the process:
FC - 1ppm
CC - 0ppm
PH - 7.4
TA - 50ppm
CH - 120ppm
CYA - 0ppm
TDS - 705ppm
Salt - 488ppm
The water looks better and feels better. I feel infinitely better knowing that I am starting out with "good" water instead of trying the guesswork/additional chemicals of trying partial drain/refill repeatedly to lower CYA and CH levels.
Anyway, if anyone is considering this process as an alternative to drain and refill (or repeated partial drain/refill), I would highly recommend it.
-Bill