Recent content by Karthas

Thank you. I appreciate all the information from everyone. I found TFP 4 years ago and have learned a lot about caring for our pool. Now I only have problems when I have had other people take care of the pool. I only use tablets with the liquid chlorine in the heat of the summer as the chlorine...

Thank you. My CYA level was 60 before we left town. I will retest the CYA level. Do I need to do anything about the TA level or is it ok? I retested the CYA level using the diluted pool water and distilled water and the CYA level is 140. I doubt we will be getting any rain, so we are going to...

We just got back to Tucson after 2 months and our pool chemistry is a disaster. We had someone come once a week to clean and test the pool. Our floating tab holder had 4 tabs in it and the skimmer had 4 tabs as well. I immediately removed all the tabs. I only use Liquid Chlorine except in the...

Thank you. I have been keeping FC 7-9. I decided I did not want to risk a SLAM again.

Thank you for all your replies. TF test kits sent me new drip tops and my 2 bottles of R-0871 are similar in results.

I am hoping to lower CYA level to 50 prior to allowing chlorine to drop to 5.

Thank you. I wondered what the margin of error is in testing. I am going to let the chlorine level drop to 5ish and use the other chlorine test that is side by side with the pH test and see if the results are any different.

I cannot swap out the tips as they are different sizes. The garbage pickup was today or I would have fished the first bottle out and swapped the tip as it is the same type as the bottle that is reading low. I retested FC and CC again at sunset and FC is either 12 or 17 and CC is .5. I could not...

Thanks Nate. I have removed the tip and reseated it. It came off easily so that might have been the issue. The drops were pretty big, and I think the reagent may have been coming out below the tip as well, but I am not sure. Yes, I keep the bottle vertical. I will be testing a little later...

The Taylor bottle from Amazon exp 6/24. The bottle from TF test kits does not have it however I just received it last week. I just got back from the pool store and the FC reading was17.7. also, my CC was .5 on both and the pool store was 1.1 ppm. I use 10mm of pool water for testing chlorine...

I am just finishing up a SLAM. During the SLAM, I had to order more of the R-0871 reagent. There was a significant difference with the results of 1st bottle and the replacement. I have since run out of the first bottle and continued with the second bottle. Today I received a new bottle, and the...

We are considering a SWCG. There are no neighbors that would be able to check on the pool. Our street is known as "God's waiting room." LOL.

I just donated to TFP. I have been a member for a just a short time. The education I have received has been incredible. I have read all the pool school articles and many of the forum questions. I am performing all the chemical testing and becoming more confident with our results except the CYA...

Thank you for the information. I read the TFPC for beginners. I will add more information about our pool when I get back to Tucson. We are in Washington state right now. I am not sure I understand how to enter a signature. I have added the PoolMath app to my phone and I am ordering the test kit...

Thank you for your prompt welcome and the information about the test kits. I could not remember where to find that information and now I have a link. I plan to order the TF-100 and have it sent to the house. Our son will be there for the next month and hopefully he will be keeping a close eye on it.