Recent content by IsaacFL

I will probably revisit this after I talk with the pool builder next Wednesday.

So seems like SWG is the recommended. What about cleaner bot? I just vacuumed before manually, which went to the filter. I am concerned about sand here though and if it will harm the filter.

I did follow the TFP method, and lowered the TA to 50 and also used boric acid but still having to add 3 cups acid a couple of times a week when salt cell was active. In the winter the pool was in the shade and salt cell was turned almost off. Then I supplement with liquid bleach and pH did...

I haven't received my first water bill yet, so don't know the rate yet. I have heard that the water in Rancho Mirage is more expensive than Palm Springs, so I am curious to see how much it will be. I am in the process of getting a whole water softener Currently at the calling vendors stage.

I haven't had a pool in a few years, but new house and looking to have a pool put in. I am meeting with a pool builder in a few weeks and trying to get ideas and questions ready. I am in the Palm Springs/Rancho Mirage area, so extremely alkaline water with high evaporation rate leads to CH...

Thanks, that is what I thought, but sometimes my knowledge gets old.

I have a neighbor who is asking me to help him with his pool (spouse volunteered me). He says the pool store told him his CYA was about 180 but they have a potion to lower it. I haven't been to a pool store in a long time, so do they really have a potion to lower CYA. I am thinking it will...

I have always kept my FC in 5.0 -6.0 range since I run the cell during sunlight hours and FC doesn't go up and down as long as cell is at right level. But pool math says I should be keeping it at least 8? It seems it will be hard for my cell to keep it that high, so should I lower the CYA and...

I notice that changing the Pool Math from SWG to Bleach or anything else for that matter does not change the Target Range, so probably a problem with PoolMath. I think I am going to follow Pool School recommendation of 5 FC, unless I hear that there has indeed been new thinking on this.

Trying to figure my FC goal: SWG 70 for CYA recommendation according to Pool School at http://www.troublefreepool.com/content/128-chlorine-cya-chart-slam-shock CYA (Stabilizer) 70 Minimum FC 3 Target FC 5 However, if I use Pool Math, set for SWG, Plaster, it recommends...

My TA is currently at 70, so lowering would probably help. I just did a complete drain about a year ago, and the water bill was only increased by $10. My pool is not set up to drain easily though. What I am going to try to do, is get a fitting for my cartridge filter so I can connect a PVC line...

I am not sure either but I am assuming it is due to the high CH in my fill and our high evaporation right now. We have had are about 110F everyday now. Where is my CH coming from? I posted a thread but never really got a good answer. I am probably going to have to do a partial drain in a few...

I just stumbled on this thread, but I also have this same problem with piles of white flakes forming in piles. I believe it is definitely produced by the salt cell, because I can see the flakes coming out when the cell is on. It tends to form in piles in calmer areas near the returns. My cell is...

It is never negative to the point of being out of balance on the acidic side. My pH constantly goes up and then I have to add acid to bring it back in balance. The most negative was in the winter when the water temperature was around 50-60, but it was always just in balance. I just didn't add as...

Test Results on 6/12: FC 5 CC 0 pH 7.8 TA 70 CH 700 CYA about 70. Salt is at 3760. Test Results on 6/11 FC 5 CC 0 pH 7.6 Test Results on 6/10 FC 4 bumped up cell production CC 0 pH 8 R 5 1 drop pH 7.7 2 drop pH 7.4 -> added 12 oz acid I monitor the CSI on the Poolmath Page religiously. It...