Recent content by Raiken3712

Does anyone know anything about the fragrance/moisturizers added to the product http://www.proteampoolcare.com/index.php/products/spa/gentle-spa/ I e-mailed them but figured I might be able to get an answer quicker from here possibly. I think I'm a bit sensitive to scents as many times I've...

I have a Vacanza Series spa and e-mailed the manufacturer e-mail that's in the owners manual asking if I could use Borate/Epsom salt and how much if so. They said if its not in the manual that it would void the warranty. Is there really any way for them to tell if I make sure its drained...

Well they use a test kit that looks much like the FAS-DPD...of course I don't know what kind it is so it might not be as good. CYA can't be measured more precisely? 30-100? That means the measurement for it isn't even precise with a good kit. Hmm I'm not sure what size the bottles used for...

Good to know I guess I have to do 20 just for a test than..wish the tests were more precise. I thought the kits you could buy were similar to the ones the pool stores use? One of the kit is a Leslies kit I thought..

Just want to verify how much pH will lower with CYA. I'm probably going to start with 10 CYA to test how fast we lose it because I still have one verified leak we aren't quite ready to fix until fall/winter at the earliest. If it doesn't lose too much after a week we'll probably up the number...

Thanks will do.

0 I'm using 2 pool misters/coolers to cool the pool which will raise pH. I suppose it won't raise the TA, but if that gets too low I can raise it if needed right? I had a leak that got rid of all the CYA. We fixed the two leaks we had...I think air bubbles are coming out of the return that...

Anyway I don't want to let them go to waste and I'm not going to sell them to someone. http://www.intheswim.com/Pool-Chemicals ... e-Tablets/ This says 25 tabs per 10000 or 55 tabs basically for my 22000 gallon pool. Does this sound accurate? It doesn't mention if thats with a certain CYA...

Thanks much

How fast will the Trichlor lower pH without anything aiding it? It depends on how much Trichlor I have to use I guess...so I guess there isn't a way to know. Guess I'll just have to monitor it with the strips and see if its going down too fast or not enough. If I use Dry acid to lower the pH...

No fresh plaster. Why that question did I say something that made it sound like I might have freshly applied plaster? The leaks? They were in the pipes. One behind the skimmer nearest to the pump and one behind the return that is near that. FC is 0 pH 8.0 TA is 100-140 Its hard to tell I...

I need to lower the pH add CYA and shock because of algae due to not using chlorine because of 2 major leaks. I got the leaks fixed and now I need to adjust. The pH is 8.0 because of the fill waters pH. I need to get the CYA to 30 and I'm not sure where I should lower the pH to. I have two...

Well the filter recommendation is 6 pounds so I guess I would still be off by a decent amount. You have a point. 15 was what the starting clean pressure was after my brother backwashed. I backwashed it again and it was down to 9 again. I think he just didn't backwash it long enough or at...

Makes sense. Doing 7-10 like we were had the returns with barely any pressure and the suction was much less too. Therefore the filtering capacity would be quite a bit less. I wonder how they came up with the 7-10 psi amount. My clean pressure is 9 so 25% is 11.25. I weighed the scoop and it...

Well he didn't weight it out. He said he was adding 9 pounds. It was 9 scoops worth. If it wasn't packed well it could have been less. If clumping at the bottom is normal than he probably didn't add too much just thinking of possible reasons why its requiring more cleaning. I've seen that...