Recent content by dcb98f

I'm new to this, but I have that exact same model, and a similar experience. Salt level is 3600, but it was reading 2600ish in diagnostic mode, and the salt light was solid red, indicating low salt, but not red flashing low levels. I took it to a pool store that performed something on it, not...

After reading the draining wiki and doing that math, it seems very similar to what I did. Pumped from the deep part and put the fill hose as far away in the shallow end as I could, matched the flow/refill rate almost exactly. I did an actual fill rate test with the hose this morning, and I...

1600 gallons drains it down to where there is is still a few inches of water on the sun ledge thing, or shallow end. When our pool guy closed the pool down last fall thats as low as he wanted to go so there was still water on that ledge. I didn't think it would be good to go lower than that. If...

Thanks everyone for the advice. If anyone is still following, the results don't appear to be great so far judging by my new CYA level. I think I'm still around 80, somehow, not sure how that is even possible though. Unless I was way over 100 to start, which could be because the dot disappeared...

Wow, thank you everyone for the responses. I already ordered the FAS/DPD test kit. I guess now it's time to bite the bullet and dilute this pool with some fresh water. I think that's my best bet at this point. Thanks again!

Hello, We are new to pool ownership and had the pool opened 12 days ago. The water was very dark green and full of algae when we started, and after just a day it improved a lot to a blue green color. It has only improved marginally since then. We can see the bottom step, but still can't clearly...