Recent content by LCSJersey

Nope, we use 10% liquid. I will probably throw some tabs in for the week I'm on vacation in August but that's it. I'm looking at that target FC of 5-10 like 😍😍😍

I have no idea if this is allowed or not, but I wanted to provide an update, in case this might be helpful for some other new pool owner looking for answers. We didn't do the drain at the end of the season, we waited until mid-October to close and just kept the FC in the 20s. We opened early...

Yeah, I'm trying not to be intimidated by the volume of water I'm about to remove. I'm going to time it with a 5 gal bucket to get a better estimate, but I'm not sure if I should expect this to take..... days?

First of all, thank you to everyone here who has given me feedback this pool season and answered my questions. Here is a link to my most recent post. We have since gone on vacation and then had a family emergency that required some travel, so I'm finally home and circling back. I picked up a...

So I feel like I'm missing something, and that's been my source of confusion this whole summer. That link says drain to waste but stop once you get below the skimmers, but also, it might be ok to go further with the main drain. If I turn off the skimmers once it drops, can I drain more (down to...

The previous owners used the pool company and tabs, which is how I assume it got so high over the years. I am chlorinating with 10% liquid chlorine and the chlorine dispenser has been empty and shut off since we took over mid June. I know that I need to get rid of 2/3 of the water, but I guess...

Yes! Should have specified. I'm diluting.

The CYA has been a work in progress all summer. I have been letting out water to the bottom of the skimmer and then adding fresh from the hose, but obviously its very slow going that way.

It came with 3 known buffers and I followed the instructions to calibrate it with those. When I was done, I stuck it in distilled water and it read 7.03 which I was fine with.

I bought the tester because I believed it could be trusted regardless of what the FC is. As you can see with my ridiculous CYA, I can't let the the FC get that low. Do you think the color test is still my best bet?

Hello again- I'm a new pool owner coming to the end of our first pool season. I have been using my test kit faithfully but struggled with really deciding what my pH was based on color. I needed a new magnet stir thing so wound up back on the website and saw the digital pH tester so I of course...

Another dumb question, and that I should have put in the absolute beginning - there's a.... chlorinator? A little tank that we were told to just keep filled with chlorine tabs. I was just rereading through the pool school content and realized that the tabs probably have chlorine and CYA? So...

hoooooo boy lol. that's what I assumed. thank you! Should i be testing and adjusting things as I go while doing this? I am assuming it will take me a few days of draining a bit, filling a bit, draining a bit, filling a bit to get this corrected. Or just wait until the CYA is where I want and...

My diluted CYA test result was 120

Thank you for your reply! I was.... 75% sure that I was on the right track, but I wanted experienced opinions before I did something that seems so drastic. Yes, the FC of 13 was via FAS-DPD. Good to know that its safe to swim in - we definitely did (briefly) this week even though I had a...