Recent content by ethan1244

i run a route for about 30 pools in alabama havent had to many issues all year but recently we had a bad storm about 5 days ago and it caused about 6 of the 30 pools to turn green in their own ways and im confused as to why all the chems are good and check them on a weekly basis but honestly...

I used a spin disk as a backup test but i also tested the chems at the pool using my taylor 2006c kit and the PH was 7.4 with that however the cya was about 30 ish compared to the 58 on the spin disk 2 weeks ago i shocked and flocced had the pool crystal clear and blue 0 algae anywhere, and the...

i used a taylor 2006c testing kit as well to verify all the numbers and they were all valid per taylor testing kit

i currently have a route of 30 pools and i use my clorox chlorine tabs on 25 of them and they all have a normal cya and go up about 30ppm a year however the 5 pools that supply their own chems use sams club for tabs and after testing cya last week all pools were normal other then the sams clubs...

Sams pucks contains so much more cya then any other tabs on the market

i just had a costumer call me and complain that her dogs that are over 70lbs Darn in the pool, what do i do? i have a portable waste vacuum i could bring and vac it out? but from what i read vacuuming isnt recommended? need advice here right now my plan is to scoop as much as possible, then vac...

long story short if the pool cant be back right theyre gonna fill in the pool! it has struggled for a minute due to bad filtrations becuase there is a crack underground somewhere and only 1 skimmer is working and the pools is 40k gallons. but 2 weeks ago i vacced to waste had the pool 100%...

i usually perfer liquid stabalizer on my route even tho its more costy i like instant results however i now have a new 60k gallon pool with cya of 5 and its recomending almost 5 gallons of liquid which is way to much, it says i can do 12lbs granular however only one skimmer works and i need to...

What exactly causes combined chlorine? and can it cause a cloudy pool? pool has 0 debris, vacuumed the entire pool which caused the cya to drop some, but pool is very blue just very cloudy if i leave the pump off the water clears up great but everytime i run the pump it gets very cloud and its a...

i run a route of about 20 pools currently but on my startups i am struggling with cya! i have tried raising it with the sock method in the skimmer and the jets but with me backwashing daily since its green and then vac to waste im losing alot of water and its so hard to keep the cya high! im...

anyone else use spin disk to test chemicals? if so are they accurate alot? i have add mine over a year the 203 series 11 way test but sometimes im worried theyre not very accurate epically in a SLAM or a green to clean in general!

i am using cya granules and have tried the sock method but i swear its still a 50/50! i had a cya of 21ppm it said to add 2lbs of cya up so i put 2lbs in a sock and put it in the skimmer basket came back a week later on my route and the cya is the same level! and the sock was empty but i did...

I service this 14k gallon above ground pool once a week and when i stop by i do either 2 pucks or 1 gallon of LQ TO have a FC of 3-4ppm but for some reason this past week it went from perfect to almost swamp green and having running a spin disk test i noticed the phosphates are through the roof...