Recent content by SavannahDan

I have been backwashing a on regular basis. My sand is also only a year old. I have not tried the deep cleaning process, but, I will if I do not see any progress soon. The 24 test I referred to was actually the overnight loss test. Sorry for the confusion.

I am currently doing the SLAM process on my pool. I had a lot of green algae when the cover was removed. I balanced the pool chemicals first. PH to 7.5, CYA to 70, TA to 70, hardness to 250(nothing added) and slowly brought chlorine level to 4.5 prior to SLAM. I put in roughly 15 gallons of...

Thanks for the advice! I really did not consider turning off my SWG to preserve it's life! That is very good advice and the reason I ask questions! My thanks!

I apologize in advance if this issue has been addressed, but, I have been unable to find any information specific to my area. Let's face it, we do not have hard freezes down here. I normally put a mesh type leaf collector cover with water bags over the pool, run the pump a couple of hours a day...

Received my new board and my SWG is now working like a champ! SLAMmed my pool up to 27 and have been letting it settle back down. After 10 days it has dropped to 10-11.All of my other readings are well within range. Going to start experimenting on SWG run times to keep the chlorine at proper...

Oh yeah, I have been doing that for sure! Thanks!

Just wanted to update my post! After fighting my chlorine levels for a few weeks and after my water warmed up to about 79 degrees, I started noticing that my SWG didn't seem to be working correctly. Lots of talking on the phone confirmed my suspicions that my unit was not putting out hardly any...

Jason, I tried ONE more test of the FSD-CPD. I came up with the 6.5 number again, but, I only added ONE drop to turn it back, so I am at the .5 ppm range. I tried it twice just to make absolutely sure of the number. I thought I might have gotten an extra one in there the first time. We are...

Jason, Yes, I agree with you about the pool math. I am studying it very hard. I used the pool store initially to start adding the chemicals. I had no idea that they would be radically different from what this site recommends. I told them the size and what I had for a liner, SWG, etc., and their...

Jason, I very carefully did the tests again. My FAS-DPD tests came out at 6.5 (13 drops at the 10 ml level) and 1 ppm (2 drops to remove the pink)respectively. I tried the diluted method you described for the CYA and came up with 90 this time. Will the CYA come down over time and, if so, what do...

OK, now I am thoroughly confused! For my FAS-DPD test, I used a 10ml sample. I added 15 drops until the color went from pink to colorless. I then multiplied 15 x .5 = 7.5??? What am I missing? I then added a total of 2 drops of the reagent and that equates to .5 X 2 = 1ppm, right? I also...

Roger that! I will just let it go and monitor. I added the recommended amount when the pool had zero readings for chlorine. Hopefully it will slowly come down and will surely keep an eye on the FC and CC! - - - Updated - - - OBTW! I will NEVER set foot in a Leslie pool store again!

The recommendations I was told for CYA was 60 to 100. I am testing at 96 right now.

Patrick, I did indeed use the 10 mil! Figured it would save some test material!

A quick update of my readings. After adding the recommended amount of bleach and obtaining a FAS-DPD kit. I now have Chlorine readings of 7.25 FC and 1 PPM CC per my test results. Getting some rain here and tons of pollen, so I have let the pump run 16 hours a day to keep it clean. My SWC output...