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Re: Need new jar of R-870 powder - Different versions availa The letter at the end just indicates the size of the reagent. Either would work with R-0871 and R-0003. In particular: R-0870-I 10 g of powder R-0870-J .25 lb of powder For reference, the TFT kit includes the 10g size. .25lb is...

Wow, thank you for all the replies. This is going to be a wall-o-quotes. For that I apologize tcpii, Yep, if all the values were off I'd be inclined to disregard the pool store results (I already disregard most of the "dosing" advice they give me unless it falls inline with what I read on...

Rangeball, the drops come out in very controlled controlled manner and are uniform in size. Looks like that issue was also regarding the reagent for the alkalinity test (R-0009). Currently my solution turns pink on the first drop of R-0003 and is vibrant pink by fifth. Dave, sorry, I was...

Hello all, I received my TF-100 Testkit about two weeks ago and have been doing a full set of tests every five days or so. So far my weekly results seem to be precise, (I have been also taking a water sample to the pool store, to compare results, since I'm not completely confident with my...

Sustain Jason, thanks again. Helpful, as always. I got another set of test results from the pool store, when I went to pick up stabilizer 25,000 gal, 18x36, Vinyl Alkalinity: 100 pH: 7.6 Calcium: 220 CYA: 10 FC: 1.1 TC: 1.2 My Stabilizer has been 10 for quite some time, but everytime I go...

Alkalinity results, stabilizer, thermaswim Cruzmisl, JasonLion: Thank you for the information on the bleach and baking soda. My question seems silly in hindsight, but I just wanted to make sure I had the right stuff. JasonLion, your PoolCalculator is amazing. I've learned so much, just...

Calcium Hypochlorite That would be the powdered "shock" (the kind with chlorine, check the ingredients) they sell at pool stores Bleach and the liquid kind they sell is Sodium Hypochlorite

[Begin long-winded story] Well, it seems as though I've been delegated the task of pool care this summer. Since I'm new to the area, I initially just went to the pool store and had them diagnose and prescribe a treatment plan. On today's visit, my test returned the following numbers...