Recent content by dgstevenson

I've been asked by several in the forum to give my latest test readings from MY kit. Here they are from today as of 15 minutes ago: Alkalinity: 80, pH: 7.1, Calcium Hardness: 225, CYA: 50, Free Chlorine: 0, Total Chlorine: 0, Combined Chlorine: 0. The three chlorine readings might be less than...

Correction on my test kit. It's a Taylor K-2005 Complete test kit.

My current readings as of yesterday were: 7.0 pH, 179 Calcium hardness, 81 Total alkalinity, 45 CYA, no metals, 835 phosphates, 0.11 FC / 0.43 TC / 0.32 combined chlorine. These came from my pool store's water analysis department but my personal test kit yielded very similar results (but not to...

Long time pool owner, TFP newbie. Glad I found this forum. Hoping I can get help for an issue I posted in the Pool Chemistry section that has my pool store stumped. Thanks!

Opened my pool by vacuuming minor debris to waste. Added startup kit that included 2 lbs of 68% cal hypo shock. Pool looks good, is now clear and free of debris but it won't hold chlorine. I added about 4 lbs more of cal hypo shock. Still no chlorine reading. Puzzled. My first full test readings...