Recent content by soundguy

Hi All.. Here in south alabama, for the month of june, we are up to over 6" of rain. To avoid using my cya test kit so much can I estimate the cya based on salt level? For example: The measured salt level is 3200 ppm ±200 The measured cya is 70 ±10 In a give amount of time I measure salt to...

I had no idea the chlorine would be more harsh. Thanks for letting me know.

No real reason for no cya... just hoping I could get away with putting none in. Thanks for the info.

Hi All. After 2 years of having the pump off and no cover I recently reopened the pool. I'm getting really good at turning a frog and mosquito pond back into clear sparkling delight! :) I was thinking about removing the swg and manually dosing the pool. Currently there is no cya or salt and I...

I found a Century for $264 shipped. Thanks.

Hi all. My pump motor has bit the dust. I'm looking for a replacement. The cheapest I have found is $289 plus shipping. I'd like to find a cross reference that may be a bit cheaper. Can anyone help? Or, is there a cheaper place to find an original replacement? Specs: Hayward Super Pump 2...

I'm about to install a stenner pump in my g/f's pool. It's approx 30,000 gal. I also plan to purchase chlorine by the 55 gallon drum at 12%+ strength. Some questions. Question 1 All things being equal... Drum #1 has both 2" bung caps off so the chlorine is open to the air Drum #2 is sealed...

The barrel has been exposed to direct sunlight several hours a day for probably 3 weeks now. Most likely the temp of the liquid has risen above 90 degrees. On another note... The polaris (3900) had not been working properly. The drive chain would constantly come off and it didn't have enough...

That's good news. A friend who has a power washing business gave me a 55 gal drum that is over 3/4 full. When he purchases the drums, they are listed as 12%. I've seen the chart that has the concentration curves. I'm thinking about purchasing a 55 gal drum for my g/f's pool at the beginning...

Just to be sure I'm reading this correct. I mixed 1ml chlorine in 100ml distilled h2o then mixed 1ml of that in another 100ml distilled h2o. I took 10 ml of the final solution (10,000:1) and tested it using the FAS-DPD method. It took 11 drops make it clear. So, does that mean the chlorine %...

Too late. :P Well, I didn't spend big bucks though. I already purchased a set of 5 beakers and 100 1 mL pipettes which was way cheaper than the taylor test kit. My purpose is to get a rough idea of the strength of chlorine and to have fun with some chemistry. Besides, I do not use liquid...

Thanks for checking your cylinders jj. Wetchem, I wish could spend $335 on a 2 mL pipette. I would have all kinds of cool chem lab stuff if I could. In my case, I need to both deliver and contain. First deliver 1 mL from the pipette into 100 mL distilled water. My purpose for testing is not...

I just pruchased some 1mL plastic pipettes and some glass graduated beakers for testing chlorine concentrating using 10,000:1 dilution. Just for kicks, I took a 1 mL pipette and filled up the graduated containers that come with the tfp test kit. I filled the pipette up to the 1 mL mark and...

I was shocking my pool and the cya was around 70 so it required a lot of chlorine. Also, I wasn't able to maintain the shock level because of work so the process took longer. So this one day the pool store guy said, "you sure are using a buncha chlorine." I told him I have mustard algae to...

thanks. yeah, cut just a small amount like a typical grecian style pool.