Recent content by ejs873

yeah.. ill try that. seemed extra fast today.

Thanks. the HTC recently went way up in price here, so If I am adding that daily it might be worth it to use the liquid. So the term "shock" is meaningless? I could add a pound a day and it wouldn't hurt anything?

I recently switched from liquid chlorine to HTC Cal Hypo shock since I am not around as much this summer to add liquid twice a day. Initially I had good results, with 1lb lasting almost a week. Recently I have been using a pound every other day. Is this normal for a shock to burn off that...

No clue! Lol. That's what the pool company told me to do. However after dealing with them, I should know they don't know anything! How many hours should I run it a day in summer/winter? 930-6 seemed to work fine this summer. Never any water issues.

Thanks! Yes.. I got lucky last year.. drained everything about 3 hrs before we went black for 3 days! One thing I noticed about my Jandy pump is that it kicks on at about 45 degrees.. which is crazy. I have no idea how to change that and apparently neither does the pool installer. 45 seems high...

Thanks. I don't have a SWG so that speed should be plenty ..

I have a Jandy variable speed pump and run it at 3000 rpm from 930-6 daily in the spring-fall. How low can I go in the winter? I think last year, which was my first winter I did 2700rpm for about 6 hrs a day, but I have read some things where people go down under 2000 rpm...

I agree. If they cant be used with a decent chlorine level, then they are worthless. I will get a cheap one for this season and see if it helps, maybe extend the swimming season into October!

This is great, thanks

Will do. Checking the CYA seems pretty subjective to me. How do you check it? I make sure Im outside with good light behind me and add the solution until i cant see the black dot at all with 1 eye. Looking down through the liquid. I know test strips are the devil on this site but i still...

Cool, I will try and bump up the CYA, if I can find any tablets! thanks again!

So, Friday night I did the OCLT test, results below. It must be that my pool is blasted with sun from sunrise to around 630pm that the chlorine burns off so fast. I think ill do 1/2 the chlorine in the morning and 1/2 around 6 to keep the levels more stable. Friday 9pm: FC 5.8, CC 0.2 Sat...

Sounds good, ill do that test tonight. That would explain why i cant get the FC up even with adding all that chlorine yesterday. Thanks!

I will do the OCLT tonight to verify. When they say FAS-DPD test, that is just the FC test in my K-2006 test kit, correct? You are in the same area as me, do you use close to a gallon a day of chlorine? Is that a realistic amount?

When I bump the CYA up to 50, the app uses my 0.4 FC and automatically puts in a target FC of 6. Changing the CYA to 50 raised the chlorine to 77oz. It just seems odd that adding 64oz only took me from 0.4 to 2.8. Maybe I waited too long to re-test and it burned off. Was sunny and 97 yesterday.