Recent content by s0cr4t1c

That language is on the website. Not on the box or display in my local store. Also, whoever keeps changing my thread title please stop. I didn’t post here to ask a question. I posted to warn forum members who may be in the habit of buying MA at Lowe’s that they’ve deceptively swapped products.

I perused the threads and yes, there have been many discussions over the years about sourcing, pricing, and concentration of MA. My point in posting this is to warn anyone who has been buying the Kem-Tek brand from Lowe’s recently that they’ve swapped the 31.45% product for a 14.5% product. It’s...

Just recently visited my local Lowe’s to buy some muriatic acid. They had the same brand I was buying last year, in the same packaging. At first, I was surprised to see that the price fell from ~$20 for two gallons to about $16. That is, until I noticed that they had swapped 31.45% for 14.5%...

Just purchased a Niya 50 and ran it through its first full cycle. I’m very impressed with how throughly it cleaned the pool, particularly the bottom. It moved methodically back and forth across the bottom of the pool in a lawnmower-like fashion. We have an 8ft deep end and the Niya had no...

Shopping around online, I see many places selling the head of this cleaner for about $200, while full kits are ~$500. Does anyone have experience with purchasing the head, necessary hoses and fittings separately? Which components are needed for this to function properly? Our pool has a dedicated...

Now I’ve dosed about 6 cups of MA into the pool (~20k gallons). According to Pool Math, that should’ve dropped the pH from 7.9 to 7.5 which is exactly the readings my meter was giving. Now the drop test looks like 7.6, so close enough. These results are diverging at higher pH for some reason.

Braxlee Poolmeter from Amazon. I do have calibration solution. Recent replaced the solution and readings haven’t changed.

I feel like this divergence in results happened after I added boric acid to the pool. Can borates interfere with the drop test?

Drop kit is about 8 months old. Has been stored inside in a cool dark place.

I use a TDS meter for salt and pH. I have a TDS meter with salt and pH functions. There was little disagreement between the meter and phenol red for months. Now they’ve diverged. As I edited up top, another test kit I had available reads closer to the TDS meter.

Second Edit: Now this is really weird. TDS meter reads 8.4 in neighbor’s pool but phenol red test reads 7.4. In my pool, the TDS meter is reading .3+ LOWER, but in his pool it’s reading a full 1.0 HIGHER than the chemical test. I can’t make any sense of this. Edit: I just tested with a second...

I’ve been trying to dial in the VSP speed for our Jandy TruClear SWG, and I’m getting this bubble forming in the top of the chlorinator. I assume this is chlorine and hydrogen gases that aren’t being dissolved or carried down line. The VSP is set at 1750 which is about 50%. There’s no air in the...

So today our AquaLink TCX system has just gone completely crazy. Pump shutting off, chlorinator set to boost, heater turned off (from on), and pool lights toggling on/off on their own. Anyone else having issues now or experienced anything like this?