Recent content by Jeffhe

My wife now thinks I've turned into a full fledged geek with the number of times I pulled out the test kit yesterday! I tested at 3:00 PM yesterday: FC- 24 CC- 3 I was cleaning around various parts of the pool and put the solar cover on to get the goo off of it so I figured my chlorine level...

Re: Stuck in conversion Looking at other threads makes me really wish I had taken pictures as the process got started! Who knew?! Last night my FC was at 11 so I added enough bleach to bring it up to about 18. This morning I am at 17 with a CC of 3 the entire time. With a CYA reading around...

Re: Stuck in conversion [attachment=0:c3zsqa4m]DSC04460 (800x600) (640x480).jpg[/attachment:c3zsqa4m] As you can see my pool never got very cloudy, I have been able to see the bottom the whole time. I took this yesterday afternoon and since then it has turned more of a yellow color and is even...

Thank you Leebo and Jason! I will pick up a bunch of bleach on my way home tonight. Should I wait for my test kit to come before I do any more so I can accurately tell what my chlorine levels are, or should I should I go ahead and dump in several gallons a day to keep the process going slowly...

I wish I had found you guys a while ago! We bought a home this spring that has a 26,000 gal. in ground vinyl pool. We have never had a pool before so this is all new to us. A previous neighbor had a salt water pool and it sounded like a good idea to convert, especially after we heard how much...