Recent content by GregTR

No I did not! I did let them test my water, pH 8.0, TC 6.0 CYA 40, CH 175 which was vastly different from my measurements at the house, pH 7.5, TC 4.5, CYA 30, CH 220. I'm going to stick with my numbers for now...

If it's $18/bottle then I walked away with 12 free bottles the other day without them ever saying a thing, even helping to carry the 16 gallons to my car...

Jim, They are not refillable, they're the Blue Whale Shock Chlorinator like this one on amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Whale-Shock-Chlorinator-4-Gallons/dp/B01J4ERF3W/ref=pd_ybh_a_24?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4ZZSJD20PPSQV69SM289 ) only for $18. I dilute them down to 6% before putting...

HASA store is about $22/4 gallon after initial deposit for the jugs. I found Leslie's on HWY 26 in Colleyville is selling 12.5% for $17.99 for 4 gallons. Bought 4 cases of the stuff, it should last me a while. Cheapest liquid I could find in this part of the woods.

Update: Now that the pool has been going for 3 weeks, all the trichlor tablets gone, I'm seeing a constant steady climb in pH with bleach that is to be expected. Oh well, the no acid was fun while it lasted...

Richard, BINGO! I forgot that I've been steadily adding 5 lbs of trichlor through the inline chlorinator to use them up and increase my CYA. I guess once those are gone my acid demand will go up with it.

Jim, It was 150 and I couldn't get the darn thing to come down ever. On this one I started at 70 and added 8 lbs of baking soda to bring it up a bit. I have bubblers and fountains so my TA drops every time I use it. Th eonly disappointmnet I have so far is that I have a 15 gallon stenner setup...

I have a new pool, 16 days going now, and my pH is sitting at 7.5 with nothing being added. I'm used to pouring in acid by the gallons on my last pool but on this one I have only added about half a gallon total after the pH crept up to 7.6. Is this a good problem to have? How come I don't see...

Thanks Tim for the tip! I shall do that. This retail bleach pricing is killing me! I just paid $18 for 4 gallons of 12.5% stuff. I need to find a cheaper source.

I don't even have 30 ppm of CYA so I bought some stabilizer tonight and dropped 4 lbs in the pool. I'll see how high it goes in a few days and re-adjust accordingly.

Side discussions are fine, I think the takeaways for me so far are 1) Ozone does not make a difference in FC level requirements no matter what the Ozone manufacturers claim. 2) Ozone may help with water bodies that have high bio residuals that can be reduced via oxidation but it does not help...

This is why I think running a 3GPD Stenner setup with a variable speed pump at super low speed setting 23-24 hours a day makes sense. I can dispense chlorine to the pool during the day at the same rate as it's getting consumed essentially and always maintain a relatively constant chlorine level...

OK, just as I promised, here is the test data from my measurements. No Ozone: 9PM - 5.6 PPM 4AM - 5.0 PPM 8PM - 1.0 PPM Ozone: 9PM - 7.6 PPM 4AM - 6.8 PPM 8PM - 2.0 PPM The second day the sun and temps were a bit higher, my pool reached 95 degrees itself and I started with a much higher TC...

Tim, Make no mistake, I'm a bleach guy myself. The ozonator I have (DEL Ozone 50 (EC-20)) does not have UV, only Corona Discharge. I will not be replacing it once it serves its expected life, about 5 years. I should have asked for a discount rather than an install of the system, I think my...

CYA is just under 30. Last night with ozone on I lost 0.8 PPM so the ozone cost me an additional 0.2 PPM compared to no ozone from the night before. Hardly the excessive loss some anecdotes claim. We'll see how much it drops by tonight to get info for the full day.