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Installed the Apex P60 (intelichlor 60k) cell on Wednesday last week, my pump runs 24/7 and even on the lowest setting keeps the flow switch on and producing. I have it set to 60% and it’s been steady at 2.5-3.5ppm since the day it went in. This cell claims 2.4lbs a day. I did have a heavy load...

Last year we battled mustard algae in the middle of the season and nothing worked because my CYA was 80-90 so after the winter I pledged to NEVER let my CYA get that high ever again. I’d rather spend a little extra on chlorine then have to shock at 40+ppm to clear out an algae bloom. That was...

Oh I’d definitely say I’m into the peak demand season here right now, I’m adding a minimum of 1/2g 10% liquid every evening, sometimes up to a full gallon. It’s gotten ridiculously expensive and annoying lugging a shopping cart full of chlorine every week, if chlorine prices don’t come down I’ll...

Me next question would be run times. I run my pump 24/7 usually between 1000-1500rpm, I have an extremely low head with a short plumbing run, 2” plumbing on a 3hp VS pump so even at 1000rpm I’m around 40gpm, I doubt I can even run the pump at the lowest setting and not trigger the flow switch...

I’ve got an ic60 being delivered tomorrow so I added salt yesterday to 3400ppm, my pool has never looked this good honestly but my only concern is the CH at 320. Anyone think that will be an issue I need to address? It shot up through the COPIOUS amounts of calhypo i used “opening” the last 2...

It’s finally beginning to clear up, I can see the third step and a hazy robot chumming around the ground. By Sunday it should be clear but for anyone following I stopped the slam 3 days ago when my combined chlorine dropped to essentially zero and my OCLT was almost non existent. The scale on my...

Alright folks… my chemistry has been spot on for a week, chlorine levels maintain at night, I’m around .5ppm CC or less now, I bought 2 brand new sets of cartridges to be able to swap and clean….. and my pool is still extremely cloudy. I’ve got roughly 12-18” of clarity. The walls of the pool...

I went to waste when there was something to vacuum, but I’m walking around in the pool to brush everyday and there’s nothing on the floor, it’s squeaky clean, I’m essentially just vacuuming just to do it at this point. I left the pump off overnight the other day and nothing settled either. See...

Definitely cal-hypo. I bought 3 boxes of HTH cal-hypo from Costco 15lbs each box and have gone through around 25-30 gallons of 10-12% liquid over the last week also. My reagents are all new, aside from the 0003 to test for CC

The first 3 days I was out there on a lawn chair checking constantly it never dipped below 10 but once. The last few days I’ve been checking morning, 3pm and sunset. Something isn’t adding up here.

Guys…. I’m losing it here. Zero improvement whatsoever for the last 4 days. Brand new filters, dumping 2 gallons of 10-12% chlorine in every sunset and launched a floater in there with 3 pucks wide open since Tuesday, sometimes I’ll throw in an extra gallon or 2 in the morning. I’m waking up to...

While vacuuming lastnight I hit a patch of leaves while standing next to the filter and return, I watched the discolored water go through the pump strainer and watched as it spewed the same discolored water right back out into the pool through the return. I must have a hole(s) in my cartridges...

PH 7.4 (I adjusted to 7.2 prior to starting SLAM) FC 16 (I’ve maintained between 10-20 for 3 days now, only dipped below 10 early the first day, been as high as 28ppm (obscenely high to me) with cal-hypo shock on day 1 as well) CC ~1.5ppm (highest tested was 4ppm) TA 70 CH 350 CYA ~25 (I can...