Recent content by mechanikmike

I mean a gallon extra each addition too, not just one time

Over the weekend the last puck was gone in the floater, checking the CYA just like everyone said, the pool water to 7ml, add reagent to 14ml mix it and check on nice sunny days, back to the sun down at waist level, look away and look back so I'm not fixated on the dot, my previous kit was...

Hey everyone, is anyone familiar with HTH shock and swim? It doesn't list stabilizer or CYA or any variant of it as an ingredient, but besides 12.5% liquid chlorine, the shock and swim is all I have added and my already high CYA went higher, it was at 80 and now it's at100, I stopped adding...

I would say you definitely have to kill all the power out there and do some digging, sometimes people do strange things to save money and they share neutrals to everything, if they have a neutral spliced off of the pool or spa light to something else, like the pump, then you would definitely...

I did some checking as far as the low voltage side and NEC regulations state that a GFCI is not required on any circuit under 15V, so you wouldn't need one after the transformer, but it also states that any transformer used in pool or spa lights for underwater lights must be rated specifically...

I actually have the exact same question as you, my bulb just burnt out and my fiance does not like the 120v since the pool guy says our ground is missing. As far as the GFCI goes that depends on where your transformer is located, as far as protecting the equipment goes inside your basement by...

I am just as new here as you are but after reading a bunch of threads on this site you sound like you are in the same predicament as me, my pool liner was replaced last year, all new water, the pool guy did the original chemicals and then sold me pucks, ends up the pucks and the granulated, not...

Just scrubbed it down and added the 3+gallons of chlorine the pool math called for, in between the rain, gonna cook dinner and eat and go check on the levels

Ok, ended up getting the K2006, had trouble with both my laptop and Droid following everyone's links for the TF100 and here are the results, first off I will say I fully understand everyone suggesting these kits, super easy to use and get results. My only question was doing the CC test the very...

Thank you! I will look into it, where does everyone here buy pool hardware?

Hey everyone, just realized when I added chlorine last night that my light is burnt out, I believe it is a Hayward light, I should be able to remove the light assembly and pull the cord up and out of the pool and open and replace the bulb and then reassemble without draining the pool right? I...

Thanks for the input, I'll stop the algaecide, going to get the tf100 kit, and hopefully the extra reagents one. I really don't fully trust the results I get now so I will just add chlorine daily, I cleaned the algae up Monday and added half a gallon of the 12.5% sodium hypochlorite, the water...

Hey everyone, I am brand new to the forum, my pool info is in my sig, I am really new to pool chemistry I used to clean my friends pool almost every day but his dad did all the chemicals, here's my trouble I keep getting algae growth on the sides and floor of my pool, no full bloom, but it has...