Recent content by DaveC

My CYA is spot on at 50ppm, so I don't want to continue using Chlor-Brite or Tri-Chlor or anything that will continue adding CYA. I'm adding about a gallon of 6% liquid bleach each week to keep the available chlorine in the 3-4 ppm range. My pH continually creeps up into the 7.8 - 8.0 range...

Okay, I continued to use tablets in my floater and using Chlor Brite powder to maintain my pool's chlorine level. Now my CYA is right at 50ppm. To prevent CYA from going too high, I have started using Sodium Hypoclorite (liquid chlorine bleach). Based upon what I've read and learned: Sodium...

I've been lurking on the forum for a short while gathering a bit of information to help me now that I fired my (worthless) pool guy. I'll give a bio of myself and my pool in another post, but for now I'd like to know why any amount of cyanuric acid is needed. If my understanding is correct...