Recent content by davey6693

No silly questions here. We all start somewhere and the vast majority of us are still learning. Yes CYA of 30-40 is a good place to be so that is one thing to adjust. If you consult the CYA and chlorine chart on pool math, then once you get to CYA of say 40, your target FC is 5-7, so you’ll be...

Thanks for the rapid response. All working!

This is a slightly on the edge of dragging up an old issue, but as I'm having exactly the same problems as the users above (home page loads instead of followed links, but only when logged in) may I ask what resolved it? Thanks.

Cheers for the info @CRAD_oz, I’ve had difficulty finding out much about the 3500 so that’s a big help.

Thanks very much @jeffchap. I had the same initial thought as you and did a 5 minute soak in 10:1 water:acid to remove what I could without it lingering too long. What I believe the lighter spots are now, especially in the middle plates, are bare metal where the surface coating is gone. I think...

Hi everyone. New pool owner who has finally started to learn about pool chemistry and just come out of a successful first SLAM. tldr - based on the attached images, does my salt cell look as bad to you as it does to me (my untrained eye is telling me that is not good, but it's an untrained eye)...

Haha got to come clean and say keeping me quiet for 9.5 years is probably unlikely. Think I registered and searched for info back when my Dad owned a pool, but have only been in charge of one myself for 18 months. Sorry, back to the thread..

Possibly a strange first post from a serial lurker who generally will stay well underground until I've spent ages trying to learn something new. What you guys have done to help a person starting out and willing to learn pool maintenance is highly, highly commendable in this thread. There are so...