Recent content by Midwestdude

I think I'll start going the route of gathering one larger sample of water vs a fresh sample of water, it would make the process quicker and easier. I'm really bad at dumping out just the right amount of water to get my sample in the tube at the correct fill line it gets frustrating lol. My...

Can't speak to the SWG questions, but there are plenty of knowledgeable people on here that can address that. Like Orion said that with pucks your CYA might not be a problem yet but it will be. There are basically two kinds of Chlorine. Stabilized and and non-stabilized. Puck, and granular...

Back with another water testing question. This may be a preference thing. What's the general process you all use when testing water chemistry? I test mine pool side (usually standing in the pool but away from steps or areas of low circulation), gathering a fresh sample of water for each test...

I received my 2006C kit replacement reagents from tftestkits.net. What's the consistency of the powder supposed to be? The powder in my container is chunky almost like it's clumped together. I tried breaking it up a bit to make it more like a powder.

Same thing happened the last two days this week. Don't know the amounts but we got a ton of rain and flooding here in northern Indiana. Even saw a car submerged in the ditch along the road on the way home yesterday where the water had been across the road. I had to laugh at the infinity...

Sounds good I'll go with the powder and drop FAS-DPD test going forward. My comparator that I've been using is the red gradient but same principle applies as far as color matching as the yellow one mentioned. It can be a bit of a guestimation and it can easily look different at different...

The Taylor 2006C reagent refill set comes with R-0870 powder, R-0871, R-0003 Which the directions pictured in the attached image go with the FAS-DPD test option to determine FC and CC. From your reply I take it that the better of the two tests for Chlorine is the FAS-DPD vs the one on the left...

Apologies for the long post A little background as my signature shows in 2021 we had renovations done to our pool and fresh filled with pre balanced water from a local supplier. The following two seasons I admit I wasn’t the best at staying on top of testing, and added chemicals more in a...

There should be a drain plug at the bottom of your filter. What is your process for blowing out your lines? For our pool our return jets are pretty low near the floor. We installed a jandy valve that allows us to airlock the returns. My process is set the multi-port to circulate, drain...

So I'm planning to open our pool in the next few weeks. This will be our third season after buying the house in 2019. This opening makes me the most nervous as this will be the first time opening the pool after having closed the pool myself last winter for the first time. Previous two season...

Pictures and a some more info would help us be of better assistance. The more details you can provide the better like inground/above ground, filter, heater (if you have one), SWG, dimensions of the pool, volume, depth, general plumbing info, electrical info, etc. I feel your pain and sense of...

I'm a little hesitant to remove the pump, I would need to undo the electrical connections as well since it's direct wired. I know people around here who just put antifreeze in the pump, I'm guessing they just put the plugs back in the pump and pour in some antifreeze. Currently the pump is...

Yep that’s how was wishing I had done it. I think was too much in a hurry to get it off. My future self didn’t appreciate that. Only other question I have is I hear some people put antifreeze in the pump, but, wouldn’t you need to re-plug the pump so the antifreeze stays in the pump? Right now...