Recent content by kermit7012

Downloaded the app into my phone but it asks what I want to track and I am unfamiliar with the terms CSI, Borates, Flow Rate, Filter Pressure (well sorta on that one) and all I want to do is be able to keep up with my chemistry and know how much of whatever I need to add, but I can't get to a...

It seems the main line DOES adequately feed the pump. Thanks

Want to be sure I understand: You drop water level 4" below skimmers. After you have done so, you slightly open the skimmer valves for a few minutes, THEN install the plugs? Predicted low tonight is 16

That makes sense, but how do I "blow out" the skimmer lines?

I replaced all the tile at the waterline of my pool over the summer because every time we have a really hard freeze multiple pieces of the tile are cracked by the ice that forms. Could I drain the pool enough to get the water level below the tile (and subsequently below the two skimmers) and...

After many years of using clorox, I installed a swcg in the middle of the season this year, WOW. Wish I had done it years ago. But now I'm in uncharted territory. The pump runs and the pool remains open throughout the winter. Do I shut the swcg off or continue to monitor and keep the salt level...

Dave and Kim, there's no doubt any other company would have just sent me new chemicals. It speaks very highly of TF Test Kits that they would go to the trouble to investigate what was really going on and that they had the necessary product knowledge to provide the solution. Your recommendations...

Great news, indeed. If the test weren't so simple I probably would have convinced myself I was doing something wrong. When I talked with the lady at TF Test Kits, I had called to order new test chemicals thinking I was wrong about my chemicals just being a year old. When I told her what was...

I called and talked to a lady at TF Test Kits about the bad and varying readings l was getting on FC of my tap water. She suggested the problem could be caused by a lot of aeration in the tap water and suggested I get a sample and let it sit for an hour, then test it. HA, I thought. Sure. But...

For sure, toofast, I have no knowledge in that area, but from what I see on the internet (and you know how dangerous that can be) it is not. I see on one place that WHO (World Health Organization) recommends up to 4ppm for potable water. But what really baffles me is the reading went from 3 in...

Thanks, pooldv. hopefully I'm beginning to get close. Pool looks great right now.

My CH is at 120. Am I reading PoolMath correctly and I need to add about 50# calcium chloride?. If so, should I "sneak up on it" by adding maybe 10# over a 5 day period or just go ahead and add 50? - - - Updated - - - Dave,et al: I have added one and a half gallons of 8.2% bleach, about one...

I have borax and will add now. Adding bleach to get to 3ppm. Can I go ahead and add cya?

Disquieting news, actually. Utility company just left. While my FC reading this morning had gone down to 3.5, his reading was 2.1. We both rechecked using the TF100 kit and both got readings again of 3.5. He has pretty sophisticated testing equipment so I'm assuming his reading with his tester...

Hi Kim---Knoxville hasn't had nearly as much rain as parts of Tennessee to our west, but that doesn't mean they haven't boosted the chlorine level. To you and toofast, I just got off the phone with the utility company and they are "dispatching a crew" to investigate. I'll let you know the outcome