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THIS is what I have been going by!

Is this information in writing somewhere on TFP?

Yes - Overflow. I try to keep salt at 3,000+

Fill water (lately) has been rain - TA & CH not measured. I am working on boosting CH. One other note. During the Winter I kept my FC around 11. Within the last month, I have reduced my Chlorine generator to allow FC to drop. Not that FC is in a decent range, I need to increase my CYA (in...

With the addition of 50 ppm of Boric acid two years ago, the battle was lessened. However, this Spring I'm back at it again. My TA is 50 and my pH is 7.8 - both at the extremes of acceptability according to the TFP "Ideals". The rest of the chemistry is as follows: CYA: 62 FC: 6 CH: 270 Salt...

Sheepish Grin. You are correct. Obviously, I'm no mathematician ! This makes more sense! Thanks!

Back in late July of this year, I ordered this test kit as my digital photometer only had an upper range of 8.0 ppm. I have not had good results with the Taylor kit and it's only getting worse. Today, I did a test with my digital meter and it gave me an "Over Range error" (>8.0). I then did a...

Thanks!

Thanks!

Just over two years ago, I replaced all my pool equipment - pumps, filters, the works. The attached picture shows rust staining on a "Stainless Steel" band inside a Pentair "Clean and Clear Plus" 4 cartridge filter. I clean the filters twice a year. The rust has been getting worse. Pentair...

Sorry for the delay in updating. I had to let the Chlorine level drop to a point where a ~4ppm increase wouldn't cause my colorimiter to be overrange. I ran my test last night. I started with a Chlorine level of 3.9 and ended 9 hours later with a level of 7.4. The difference is 3.5. The...

Oops! 0.5 inches of rain btw: 5:00 & 6:00 PM Circ pump run from 7:00 to 8:20PM, Chlorine generator off Sample taken at 8:20PM, Chlorine generator set to 100% FC: 6.0 Morning Sample taken at 6:20 AM FC: Overrange! Here's the "Oops". My colorimeter max range is 8. I was expecting a 4.3 rise...

OKJ. Thanks. I was correct. Will test tonight.

OK. How do I calculate how much Chlorine "should" be added by my SWG running at 100%? I think I have read somewhere the IC60 produces 2 lbs. of Chlorine in 24 hours. If I plug in: Chemical Additions: SWG 24 Hour SWG Output: 2 (lbs.) What would you like to calculate: Free Chlorine Generated SWG...