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Today is day five. my test kit arrived and the fas-dpd was at 5. Have not added any additional chlorine over the past two days. Today I have turned the pool pump system back to normal. All the green stuff that was hiding in areas that I did not scrub out looks like its gone. The pool look very...

Ordered my FAS-DPD test kit this morning. I guess in the meantime it use the ancient and time tested method of detecting chlorine. The old smell test. If you can smell it, it must still be around and fairly strong. Since we do not plan on having a chlorine bath there will be no swimming for a...

Got 10 gallons of Walmart pool bleach, 10% at $2.50 per gallon. Poured in 5 gallons over a period of one hour. Going to run the VS pump at high speed for the next couple of hours and then turn down one speed level. I think my PPM might be about 30. Have the water going into the pool and the spa...

I have a Taylor K-2005C test kit. There is something in this test kit on page 25 about subtracting one result from another. Would this do for the FAS-DPD and get the same result? Since I am new at this I did not know that I had to keep the chlorine level up for several days. Going to try again...

Had the pool covered with a solor cover and the vs pump only on for four hours a days with a salt cell. Came home after being away for three weeks and uncovered part of the pool and spa and it looked loke some green stuff was taking over the pool. The prior weather was cooler and we were not...

Thank you , Thats good information to know.

My pentair SWG says its low on salt and that it is not producing chlorine. I read someplace that if the water temperture is in the 60's that this unit does not function. We live in Discovery Bay, Ca. and its been cold. The water temperture is about 62 degrees. This is my first winter with a...

Thanks for the answer to reply #4. It really opened up a lot of information that took the tread south. I do not think I will be adding a hose to my pool equipment for the idea of fighting a house fire in my house. Just need to make sure my homeowners insurance covers everything. Thank you...

I am/was thinking about connecting up some type of fire hose to my pool pump? Did you ever connect your equipment and if so what kind of pressure or stream did you get from the hose? We have a two story house, they closed down the fire station for this town and now the fire trucks need to come...

I was bored the other afternoon and decided to monkey with my solar installation. I bought all the pieces so I could test for leaks, so why not install it. I cut the 2" riser pipes, assembled the 2" quarter turn valve, 6" lenght of 2"pvc pipe then a 2" tee with a treaded 1/2 mpt. Placed one...

Yesterday evening I tested my chlorine levels and it was a bright yellow, the color os higher on the scale at least a 4 or 5. the CYA has all dissolved. I will test that level in a couple of days. I also tested my ph and that was still too high. The results said I needed to add anothe 2.5 quarts...

Thanks for sending the links. I will shoot for a CYA of 70. I added a few pounds of cya a few day ago and used the scok method. I will test in another couple of days when it maks a week and adjust accordingly.

After a lot of small poures of muratic acid got the test to read 7.2-7.6 The color difference is close and I can't tell which is which. It close enough and better than it was. My cya was about 30 so I am going to raise it a little by adding 2 pounds od powder acid ot stabilizer. This site...

I put hole in one of my jandy valve that diverts the water to the solar. The panels do drain down and it tales a long time. Currently I have no VRV on any part of my solar plumbing. The check valve on the return line is 2' above the ground and the water drains out to that level. My system does...