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We have been working on solar photos with our Celestron 8SE, solar filter and canon mirrorless camera in preparation for the eclipse. Got some good sunspot pics. We've been excited for this one since the last one.

We drove to a great spot north of Charleston for the last one. We're pulling the camper to Arkansas for this one!

I thought it was its own topic. Is it subtopic somewhere?

One thought on that (moot now. SLAM is done, pool is great).... If I don't run SLAM level water through the spa jets, couldn't algae lurk there? I spent most of the SLAM with pool and spa together, but I'm kind of glad I spent some time running the high chlorine levels through the spa jets, too.

Good news, bad news (well, mostly good 😁).. despite all the rain we had, FC is drifting down really slowly (like .5 per day). So I won't have a lot of time to dial in the SWG before we leave for 5 days next week. I'll probably set it to raise FC by 1 ppm per day while we're gone if the daily...

I can't believe they can't fix the programming so that the bot turns one and then the other. We just replaced our dead A20 and ran it a lot (SLAMing). Dang if the cable wasn't twisted already. sigh

I'm dialing in my SWG, and coincidentally was looking at the solar energy app. It maps the electricity produced every day, which should be closely correlated to UV. I'm thinking of putting the data into a spreadsheet and using it to help keep the SWG dialed in. Has anyone done this?

Everything except pH tested. I tested the pH, too, but don't trust it. I'm going to keep the SWG off until I'm near 10. I'll retest pH then, too.

I wasn't doing an SWG slam. My CYA had dropped to 30 🙄, so SLAM was 12. It'll drift down to 10 pretty fast! Guess it's time to put on my fuzzy crocs and go get a sample.

I'm just getting everything going after a SLAM (first one ever, blaming the holidays). I added CYA yesterday, will do a full test in a bit. I need to get my SWG going again, and need some initial target numbers for percentage and run time. I'm targeting CYA of 70. I'm going to let the FC drift...

Passed OCLT, crystal clear, no visible algae, dead or alive. I'm ending the SLAM. Not quite back to normal routine yet. I just added 4 pounds of CYA (sock method, now fully dissolved), so am running the filter on high overnight to get it mixed in well. Will do a full test tomorrow. I need to get...