Recent content by jmgossman

I too am a person that likes things as exact as possible. I am always aiming for the middle of the range! If the chart says 50-70, I'm shooting for 60. I learned very quickly youwill drive yourself absolutlely crazy if you are aiming for perfection in your pool numbers! Its hard for my OCD...

I agree with Bperry, needs chlorine. I might would go ahead and shock it, but using liquid, not powder shock. Or look up how to SLAM a pool on here. Phosphate provides food for algae. It is my understanding that is the main reason phosphates are a concern. If you add Borates to your pool...

will do re: share poolmath/poolmath logs. I want to add borates because it sounds like there is some upside in terms of water quality, feel and appearance and no real downside. There is the benefit of helping to stabilize the pH as well.

My pH used to hold steady at 7.6, now it seems to be staying at 7.4, even after a good bit of rain yesterday. According to the chart my ideal pH is 7.6-7.8, although 7.4 is acceptable. My TA, on the other hand, is 110, which is over teh max level. Id like to get TA down into the ideal range...

Thanks guys! The reasoning behind keeping it higher makes total sense! Now, if I could get my pH to rise so I can add more muriatic acid to bring my TA down!

how do you do that? Do you control when the SWCG is on by the water flow, or can you turn yours on and off? The only way I have found to turn off the intellichlor is to kill power to it either by disconnecting it from the automation panel, or by killing power to the panel itself.

I was shooting for 5 FC because when I use pool math and input a CYA of 70, that's the number it says is my target free chlorine with 3-10 being ok. I assumed since that was the number pool math gave, it was the number to shoot for!

I read that its 1850 RPM, but I havent tested it yet.

Hey all! I have a 15K gallon, Marcite pool. SWCG. Im using a K2006 test kit and my readings this morning were: pH7.4 FC 10 Comb Chl 0 CYA 70 Cal Hardness 400 TA 110 I'm changing the settings on the SWCG to get it dialed in, so I'll get the FC down to about 5. My question/concern is with...

Would it be best to run the SWCG overnight so that chlorine has time to build up and work without being "eaten" away by the sun? Or is it better to have it producing chlorine throughout the day? I run my VS pump 24/7, but it only runs at 1500 RPM overnight so there isnt enough flow for the...

Hello all, quick question - I have a 15,000 gallon SW pool. All of my levels are great, except alkalinity, which is about 110 and CYA was between 60-70. I had a little over a pound of stabilizer ~1.3 pounds that I added. So my question is regarding the alkalinity. I know I can dump a bunch...