Recent content by jimmycat

I know this is an old thread. I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice. If you don't remember. My water was really hard. It still is. It was over 900 when I started. I haven't done anything to treat that but in just using Liquid chlorine and Myriatic Acid to keep things balanced...

First time the plaster has been 'white' in a year and a half. Yes, I can see the screws in the drain cover and I can read heads or tails on a quarter in the shallow end. I didn't feel like fishing the quarter out of the deep end. Still not warm enough to swim. I am not a photographer. Looks...

Early work tomorrow. I will try to snap a few in the morning and post tomorrow evening.

I only lost 4ppm of FC all day yesterday when I was gone for 12 hours. Tested at about 12:30 last night. Tested again at 7am and lost nadda. Does this mean I am done slamming. Pool is beautiful and clear. I am assuming, since I live in Arizona, I am still going to have to use 2 or 3 gallons a...

I think the timing worked out perfect for me. I am back to a long work day tomorrow from 4pm to midnight. So I will be gone for 11 hours or so. Good news is I haven't even dropped 1ppm of FC in the last 4 hours. Sun is down now. So I get to leave it alone tonight and check it in the morning. I...

I catch on pretty quick. I have been calculating the FC ppm loss per hour. I lose less at night than during the day. I am even fairly up to snuff on how much chlorine I should be putting in without the calculator. The process definitely does not run on an even sliding scale. The differences...

Well, I just ran out on drop 41. Sample is still pink. So it's safe to say that I have lost less than 3ppm over the last 5 hours. Which is awesome. Since I don't know what the actual number is, I guess I will just throw in enough chlorine to raise it up 4ppm and look for somewhere locally to get...

Another question: I still have plenty DPD powder but am running low on R-0871. I will get through this process of slamming but will probably be out by the time I am done. *How much aprox will I need to get through the season (my season starts now and will run 'sometimes' to the end of October...

Still losing about 2ppm per hour during sunlight hours. Lots of sparkling dirt floating around in the pool today. Looks like little sparks in the sunlight. I have never seen that before. Water is a lot cloudier than yesterday but the color gets better and better. I will just keep doing what I am...

I have a question about the FC test. What has been happening is I test it and lets say I get a reading of 16ppm but I want it at 20ppm. I check the pool math and when I walk back to the sample it's pink again. I tried putting a few more drops in it and it took 4 more drops to turn clear. Should...

At 7pm FC already dropped from 22ppm to 16ppm. I went ahead and pushed it back up to 23ppm to give me some room. I just tested now, it's 11:30pm and it is still sitting at 21ppm. So it hasn't lost near as much, of course, the sun is down now. I will test and replenish in the morning. It's doing...

I threw the last jug in and restocked. I am at 22ppm now. Will continue to test every 3 hours and replenish until I go to bed. Will that be sufficient for tonight?