Recent content by mchimes

Thanks for your help! That makes sense. I have read conflicting things and listened to a podcast with Bob Lowry that target FC for SWG is 5% because it is constantly being generated vs. being dumped once every few a days. So I should shoot for 7.5%? Florida sun and rain and I have a decent...

Tested last night and this morning and both came back at 29ppm. Ran the filter in max nist of the night and I can see the bottom drain now and water is about 50% more clear. Going to get my CYA up to 80 today and set the SWG for 50% for vacation. It’s rated for 45,000 gallons and my pool is...

I'm SLAMMING my pool now to deal with some cloudiness, but want to make sure the other chems are balanced. I think the pH test is useless during a SLAM... is that right? Which others? Thanks, Mike

Thanks for your help. The water is still not clear but improving. The pressure on the filter has not really moved so I don't think it is getting gummy with the phosphate remover (a ran the old filter and cleaned it to catch most of that before installing the new filter). This is what I used...

I actually tested twice last night (10mL) for that reason- same result. Then again this morning and it took 80 drops. Don't know why it spiked so high. I do have the speed stir, but I did this by hand swirling with one hand adding drips with the other. I was very careful for all 3 post SLAM...

Thanks for your feedback. I retested and it is now at 40ppm (80 drops), but that doesn't reflect an OCLT, because I panicked last night and drained out some of the high chlorine water and put in fresh water. I just don't know why it spiked so high. Are LC levels boosted when in salt water? I...

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Hey- hoping to get some help with this. I've been using the TFP method for 5 years and I'm very familiar with the tests. Short version: SLAMMED the pool due to cloudy water last night (nothing green or yellow). Pool Math told me that adding 3 gallons of LC would bring my FC to 24. But the...

Thanks- I would have to change the configuration of the intake piping... would draining the pool down allow me to cut those pipes without water coming out everywhere?

Hello, I finally decided to upgrade to a salt system and bought a Circupool rj45. The pics below are my very humble and simple set up. I added the C1200 filter a few years ago but did not move any of the pipes runs. It looks like I will need to move the filter to make a longer return pipe...

Hello, I'm strongly considering the switch this summer from LC to SWG, but I am concerned about galvanic corrosion which I have read about. The pool is plaster and built in the 1975. I understand that if the metal components were not bonded, then the metal (rebar, pump, etc.) may corrode...