Recent content by rick32086

Taking a poll. Do you drain out the bottom plug or some other way? Where do you send the water? Tx

See comments to find out what she was doing. Enjoy... I mean yikes, be safe out there.

Thank you, will give it a try

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Can anyone recommend a reliable meter that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? I remember buying one a few years ago for about $14 but it failed in about 4 months --- looked like corrosion --- made me wonder how credible its readings were up to that point.

Ah yes, I understand, makes sense to me --- Thank you!

Howdy, I use the Taylor K-2006 kit to test my water. I've always had trouble pinning down pH when it's in the purple range, meaning 7.6 and up pretty much look the same to me. But once I starting adding the R-0005 acid demand reagent, I can see when I hit 7.5. I want to start using TFP's...

Hmm, I see. What about letting the chlorine temporarily drop to zero, like an induced coma?

Tx yes, will be checking out that option, recommended by a couple of people already

Tx, gonna check that out

Thank you, will study these!

Temecula. BTW, what's the make and model of your water softener? Tx

CH = 525 TA=90 Ph = 7.8 CYA = 50 Temp = 76

I live in SoCal and calcium hardness is increasingly a big problem. Combination of no rain + increased evaporation from higher heat. And with the drought causing water restrictions, the old drain+refill option may be restricted... or even forbidden. I'm researching the reverse osmosis option to...

I need to replace the swivel assembly (see pic - upper part yellow highlight) on my KK. Is there a trick to removing the old assembly from the 2 drive tubes (lower parts yellow highlight)? I can think of a way ---involving a dremmel to split the female parts of the assembly so they loosen their...