Recent content by rednecked

yup. plan for now is to let the automatic chlorinator doodad do it's job and keep track of the chlorine number and CYA number to make sure they both move/stay where they belong. I have liquid chlorine so if it starts pushing the CYA number too far too fast I can shut off the automatic. if it...

thanks folks! it might be actually be warm enough this evening or tomorrow evening for a swim!

I wonder if that will work though. I tested my tap water and got these readings: pH 7.8 CH 100 TA 350 so if I want my CH to be more in the ideal range of 350-550 it seems I'll need to add Calcium Chloride and if I want my TA down to 50-90 I need to do the acid/aerate dance. correct?

OK, so still working through this. 4/20 readings: FC 4.0 CC 0 pH 8 TA 140 CH 275 CYA 30 CSI 0.53 I'm working on refining my testing techniques and I think that may have changed the CYA reading. We got some rain too, which may be affecting some of the numbers as well. I added 32 oz of 10%...

I was at my local Lowe's the other day and noticed that they have at least 1 pallet of Kem-tek chlorinating liquid. I'm thinking about buying a few bottles this afternoon

For the CYA I was just going of the test tube markings and it was between 30 and 40 but closer to 40. on the chlorine since I have the automatic puck doodad andliquid chlorine is hard to come by I figured to just let it do it’s thing. Iwill “turn up the volume” on it and see what happens.

So the pool has been done for a couple of weeks now and I have my TF100 test kit. I’ve been measuring and learning the kit. I don’t think anything is too far out of whack but I have a few issues to tackle. Wondering what order I should take them on? FC 3.5 pH 7.5 TA 160 CH 250 CYA 37 CSI .03...

We got lucky. When we put our initial deposit down they were running a special and we got 2 ledge lounges for free.

moving right along!