Recent content by Green Goblin

You are right about that. Thanks for taking the time to look at it and reply. I have had two independent folks test it out, both conclude that the compressor is broken-- part of the issue here is that I didn't really trust the first person. I don't know him that well, and I just kinda got...

Thank you for your help with this. In my area, getting someone to install a new heater/heat pump is easy, but getting someone to even look at a broken one is nearly impossible. Just trying to make sure that the compressor is actually the problem before I replace the whole thing. I may go...

My Jandy JE2000T heat pump is 5 years and 1 month old (compressor warranty is 5 years). It worked perfectly until last week-- now it runs, but doesn't heat the water (water flows through fine, and the fan runs, and the display works, etc..., just doesn't raise the temp of the water). I had a...

Perfect, thanks!

I am planning out a pretty big water exchange. I'm trying to get my calcium level down, and I know there is some iron in my water that I'm trying to get down too. I have had some issues over the past few years with scale and iron stains, reasonably mild, but trying to do better. I have a 15,000...

You're absolutely correct about it being the stuff you don't think about. I had all kinds of ideas, but the testing vial wasn't even on my radar. This was why I turned to the forum to do a "public" slam, different eyes on the problem see different things. Thanks a million.

So, with a little testing-- it turns out that it was the testing vial. It took two cleanings with 91% isopropanol to get it back to testing properly, the 2nd time I let it soak in isopropanol before scrubbing it out. The take home for me is that I'm going to replace my testing vial...

looking like it was a dirty test vial: 3PM New vial: FC:22 CC:0 Old vial: FC:18.5 CC:8 I'll try cleaning the old one with alcohol and see if that gets a different result.

You may have solved it-- it may have been the test vial or the spinner. I had to take the kids to the shoe store, which took longer than expected, so I wasn't able to do hourly tests for a bit, but... Old vial, at 10:30 FC 18 CC 8, added 1 gallon of chlorine New vial, At 2:00 FC 22 CC 0.5...

Also, will mention that I put brand new filter cartridges in the filter before starting the SLAM.

Will do on the beaker. Cover has not been on the pool for the past few weeks and was professionally cleaned about 2 months ago-- visibly it's the best it has looked in a few years. I can scrub it again, but I don't have a reasonable way to scrub the surface of the cover that would come in...

This morning's numbers: FC 27 CC: 8.5 CYA: 40 So, maybe some clues here-- maybe my CYA is being broken down, the CYA amount looks notably lower than yesterday-- I tried to do my CYA testing today at the same time as yesterday, standing in the same position, with clear skies both days. The...

10ml of pool water is taken about 1 ft below the surface of the pool near one of the returns, but not directly in the flow of the return. The water is tested in a vial used only for FAS/DPD chlorine testing, with a speed stir that is also used only for this test. They do look a bit grungy- my...

I added a gallon of chlorine at 8PM 9PM numbers: FC 22, CC 9.5