Recent content by Charliemike100

So I've been Slamming for a little over a week now (pool had que a bit of debris that either got under the cover or filtered through). Water is finally quite clear and yesterday morning's OCL was 0 or close to. Reading at 13.5ppm. Encouraged I added some missing salt and engaged the salt...

I'm pretty sure that is the ridiculous amount that was already in there. I had been adding copious amounts of chlorine every day for a week by the time i posted because the dpd test kept reading 0

All correct except that I used 2 scoops

So I continued adding 5ppm per day since my first post and today Got the fas-dpd test and So...... If I'm doing this right my FC = 65ppm (I'm guessing I probably shouldn't swim in it) Water color is a significantly lighter shade of green and in the morning before I brush it is actually fairly...

Thanks for that. I should say that I mistyped. CYA did not go to 0.FAC did. CYA since I stopped vacuuming had stabilized around 30. Should I be concerned about the PH having gone back up? I'm going to see if I can get hands on a fas-dpd from a friend and will report back.

Thank you. I just took that picture. I've not added any chemicals since last night. I'm testing with a Taylor DPD (couldn't get my hands on a FAS-DPD when I started though given the amount of time I should have had amazon deliver) and also since I don't trust things running it through an...

Been trying to slam for about a week now. Started with ph at 7.2 but that's now up to 8.7. I must have added too much stabilizer as CYA was around 90 after 1st couple days. Pool is ~24k gallons. Been adding shock per pool math for a slam. Initially the calculator had me adding 8 to 10...