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Amen to that!!! 48 degrees and heavy mist in June is not my idea of a great day! Oh, well, know it is not ideal for others as well... 8)

I would love to share the rain with you! We have had it for over a week, with wind and more on the way for the next several days! Stopped heating the pool because swimming is not existent. We are a little grumpy here as summer is no where in site... :(

Hi, So, I have been testing with the Taylor K-2006. For fun, took a water sample into Aquaquip (only pool store around) and here is what they get for readings: Ph 7.8 (I get 7.6) FC 3.2 (I get 5.5) CC 2.2 (I get .5) CYA 59 (I get < 20) So of course they wanted us to buy 5 bags of "Burn-Out" to...

Thanks for the tip! :)

Skimmer socks? No, I have not heard that...

While maintaining 15 FCC it would drop between 1 to 1.5 overnight. It was very warm Friday (90-that's warm for here :o ) and I noticed it had dropped 10 from friday morning test to Saturday morn test (did not test friday night). We had been backwashing/vacuuming, so needed to add water which I...

Finally warm! So, it has been awhile but thought I would post some numbers and get thoughts: water temp 72 and climbing :-D 5 FC .5 CC 7.8 pH (just added a pint of mur acid to tweak down) TA 125 CYA <20 The pool looks clear during the day, but when i turn lights on at night I still see a...

Oh Mighty Gurus, your advice will be followed :-D Will post in the morning, have a good evening!

Thanks for the advice! Been awhile since a post. All week the pool has been FC 16 at night, 13.5-14 in the morning with 1 CC. Looks clear during the day, but turn lights on at night and it is slightly cloudy. Just vacuumed again and checked numbers: 58 degree water temp (we will not be swimming...

new numbers in Seattle Well, after 2 days-in a row- of dry weather here are the numbers 2 weeks after start of conversion: 60 degree water temp 12 FC 1 CC 7.3 pH 130 TA 210 CH (?) went up CYA not sure, got a reading of 30 (dichlor had been added during conversion-not my idea) Pool place read 0...

New to forum. Posted my intro already :) Just finished conversion to Chlorine. Yea! Here are the stats: AG, 18x38x4 (16000 gals) numbers this morning: 55 degrees water temp 175 TA 7.4 pH 30 FC 2 CC CH 100 (vinyl liner) CYA 30 water slightly cloudy, about to change sand filter today What do you...

:-D I've been reading the forum for a little over a month. It's been great! Am wondering if many people from Seattle are part of this... So, here's my story----just converted from Softswim to chlorine-wow was patience needed! AG pool 18x38x4 (16,000gals). I've never seen so much Clorax :) About...