1st Time New Pool Owner ( Long time hot tub owner ) …GREEEEN 🤮
- Thread starter Leeboy20
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Do each test one at a time & post the results here like this
Fc
Cc
Ph
Ta
Ch
Cya
If u have questions just ask
Fc
Cc
Ph
Ta
Ch
Cya
If u have questions just ask
I'm working for another 4 hours . I'll do it before the hockey game . Is there anything I need to know about the kit ? I test ph with drops a lot for the "garden" , same kinda deal ?Do each test one at a time & post the results here like this
Fc
Cc
Ph
Ta
Ch
Cya
If u have questions just ask
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,167
- Pool Size
- 26000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Sorta - the ph one is the only color matching one
All the rest use more than 1 reagent & the end point is a completely different color.
Cya can be a little tough to get but do it outside while its still daylight for the most accuracy.
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All the rest use more than 1 reagent & the end point is a completely different color.
Cya can be a little tough to get but do it outside while its still daylight for the most accuracy.
Extended Test Kit Directions Archives
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Use the 10ml sample for FC. One good scoop of powder and count the drops until it goes clear, then divide by two and that's your FC.
Just got home , opened up the kit and almost closed it. Intimidating…
. Can I read the bible later tonight and jump to testing using the coloured instructions in the lid ?
. Can I read the bible later tonight and jump to testing using the coloured instructions in the lid ?
Yup. Same instructions. Take each test and gather your bottles / vials needed. Go through one silly step at a time and It couldn't be simpler. Glance at the instructions as a whole and it's rocket science.
I documented my experience Here
When you say 10 ml sample , is that the little clear squeeze bottle with a 7-14 ? Or the hard plastic double vial . On the small side of the double vial , it goes to 9
The vial that ia a tall and skinny beaker. Fill it to the 10ml mark. You can run the test a few ways using different amounts of pool water. 10 ml measures each added drop as 1/2 FC. 25 ml of pool water measures each drop as 1/5 FC. We don't need FC accuracy down to .2 so .5 is plenty close enough and it saves supplies.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,167
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Hard plastic
Here’s the taylor guy doing it- he is using 25ml’s of pool water & 2 dippers of powder
You can just use 10mls of water & 1 dipper of powder. Every drop of reagent counts as .5 ppm
Here’s the taylor guy doing it- he is using 25ml’s of pool water & 2 dippers of powder
You can just use 10mls of water & 1 dipper of powder. Every drop of reagent counts as .5 ppm
Thanks a lot . So a dipper is the one scoop of powder . On the lid instructions , it gives you two diff ways to get chlorine . I’m sticking with the 2nd one that says “ free and combined “ ? And for combined chlorine , is he using the same sample he just mixed for the free? Or did he start over with fresh pool water ? Sorry for so many questions , I just want to get this right
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Yup. CC is done immediately after FC with same sample. If the drops don't make the sample pink, it's 0. And move on. If it goes pink you count the other drops again, 1/2 each. If you let the test sit, it may go pink again. That doesn't count. Get what you need to see and dump it.
AND THE RESULTS ARE IN ! ( that was ey as pie 
)
FC 16
CC .5 ( 1 drop)
Ph 7.2
TA 90
CH 160:
CYA 0 ( 098-F10-C3-9655-454-C-A7-BA-8-DCB6-B121731 )
We also did a ammonia test and it was between 0 and 0.25
) FC 16
CC .5 ( 1 drop)
Ph 7.2
TA 90
CH 160:
CYA 0 ( 098-F10-C3-9655-454-C-A7-BA-8-DCB6-B121731 )
We also did a ammonia test and it was between 0 and 0.25
I'm not sure about the #s for the ammonia test, or what it's accuracy is at a low amount. But ammonia will zap both your CYA and your FC. If the FC drops considerably in 10 minutes, it's ammonia. So if that 16FC is from previously, you don't have ammonia. If you had just added to It, It may be gone already.
We havent added chlorine since Friday or Saturday , just been letting it sit as is , not even pucks
OK so there is no ammonia then. 
Get 30 ppm of CYA soaking in a sock away from the wall. Return later to squeeze it out.
The Ph is invalid at 10+ FC. Let the FC drift down to 9. Verify its a low 7 and correct it of it isn't with PoolMath and Muriatic Acid. Then it's time to SLAM Process
Read up. SLAM Process. Read, process, and read it again. Ask away at any time.
It's a process and the M(aintain) is critical. The longer it goes below SLAM FC, the longer it takes. Testing and adding every 2 hours is preferable at first. Usually with a similar swamp, you need 2 hour testing the first day, 4 hour testing the 2nd day, and after that it holds 8 hours. (All SLAMs being different of course). If you were to start on Saturday, you can run errands all weekend by dosing before you go to buy yourself the next amount of time away. By Monday it's holding long enough to go back to work.
Get 30 ppm of CYA soaking in a sock away from the wall. Return later to squeeze it out.
The Ph is invalid at 10+ FC. Let the FC drift down to 9. Verify its a low 7 and correct it of it isn't with PoolMath and Muriatic Acid. Then it's time to SLAM Process
Read up. SLAM Process. Read, process, and read it again. Ask away at any time.
It's a process and the M(aintain) is critical. The longer it goes below SLAM FC, the longer it takes. Testing and adding every 2 hours is preferable at first. Usually with a similar swamp, you need 2 hour testing the first day, 4 hour testing the 2nd day, and after that it holds 8 hours. (All SLAMs being different of course). If you were to start on Saturday, you can run errands all weekend by dosing before you go to buy yourself the next amount of time away. By Monday it's holding long enough to go back to work.
Thank you for looking my results over and getting me started . I can get pool stabilizer ( I believe this is how you add cya) from Canadian Tire here General PDP Template | Canadian Tire
Or Walmart here
How much should I buy and how do you know how much 30ppm is ? Pool math calculator?
Or Walmart here
hth stabilizer, 1.81 kg - Walmart.ca
Buy hth stabilizer, 1.81 kg from Walmart Canada. Shop for more Pool Stabilizers available online at Walmart.ca
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Are you sure about this? The picture you posted shows the level really low in the tube. That would indicate really high CYA, not 0. Can you check this again or post a better picture?