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I've been reading these articles about pee in the pool and a lot of them only talk about the immediate chemical reaction. Is it just me or does the chlorine not break down the urine / urea and remove it from the water column? The urea does not remain in your pool forever. I heard someone in a...

Did you ever get this fixed? I'm having error code 170 now.

I'm a little concerned I can't test for pH because of all the chlorine. Been adding small amount of acid daily to keep pH down.

Results today coming down from SLAM. CH - 425 TC - 14 CC - 0 TA - 80 CYA - 70

Have you guys found a solution? I'm having the same problem.... Spa Temp set to 102, but cuts off at 98...

I've been told my 10 year old Jandy LT natural gas heater is on its last legs and not a good one to begin with. What brands should I be looking for? Which ones to avoid?

Looks like he does have a raised spa though... For the levels in the spa and pool to reach equilibrium they would have to go through the drain / jets etc so it does seem like a very relavant question

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Sorry, did you see my picture? It was from a label of bleach. Ok... so I added 2 gallons of 8.25% bleach to my pool. I waited 30 minutes and tested again. 52 drops = 26ppm TC. Based on pool math going from 1 ppm to 26ppm means my pool is about 6500 gallons. Is it OK to reverse engineer...

I assume this is 8.25 bleach in pool math? I don't see 7.86, but shouldn't that be it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Since TA has such a big influence on pH wouldn't the first step be to get TA right? Seems it would be easier to manage pH once TA is correct.

Thanks everyone for all the useful information. Working on a SLAM plan. Figured the first step was to add stabilizer so I just added 4lbs of dry in pantyhose to my skimmer baskets. Ph has gone up to 7.2. TC holding tough at 1. I also bought 2 gallons of bleach to add once CYA comes up...

Yes. I've got that part down pat was well as how airation effects ph etc. I've kept salt water reef tanks for over 10 years and managing alk and ph are crucial for the inhabitants and coral health. I was more confused on how alk could effect the outcome of a test. In my mind It is what it...

I understand TA effects Ph, but how is it relevant when testing? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk