Recent content by stringrazor

So the only course of action is to change the water? Crud, that's expensive around here especially at this time of the year.

OK, ran all the tests again: Basic, as already reported Chlorine > 5PPM (orange), pH ~6.8 (yellow) CYA w/ 50% tap water ~90 CTD 82 drops - 41ppm TA 18 drops - 180 CC no change/none CH 90 drops - 900 (we do have hard water here) Water is crystal clear, swam yesterday, no ill effects...

I have distilled water. Should I use that instead of rap water?

CYA test... Gets only a little more than halfway to 100 before dot can't be seen anymore.

I suck at chemistry. FAS/DPD..... Pink never gets clear with R-0871....? Stopped at about 45 drops....

OK, got my tf-100 kit. While waiting, I added 1 box of borax the other day. What tests should I run?

How much Borax should I put in at once?

OK, the west coast link for the TF-100 drops the shipping from $21 to $8 which is reasonable. I'll get that ... and do nothing to the pool until it arrives and I can post test results???

Would the HTH 6-Way Test Kit be adequate? I can probably get that locally today and post test results this evening. OK, I see you say it's "drastically inferior" ... but I can get it quickly vs. wait for mail order..... decisions, decisions....

Ouch... $21 for shipping? Guess I'll look for other options. That's a bit outrageous.

ok, that's even easier than driving around. Which kit should I get from that site? EDIT: nevermind, I'll get the TF-100, diff in prices isn't enough to quibble about. From my reading, it seems I should be ok swimming in the pool as it is, maybe I can expect a little eye irritation. I'm the...

Thanks, glad to find all this info - better late than never! I'll read up, get a decent test kit asap, hopefully today, and post the accurate readings. No, I didn't get an analysis from Big L. The floater has been out of the pool for 4 days now and the basic test kit hasn't registered a change...

Long-time pool owner here but I must have gone brain-dead. Have been keeping my gunite 17.5k gal, DE filter pool clean but the chlorine and PH have gotten whacked. On the 2-part test, the chlorine side is orange - over 5ppm and the pH side yellow, ~ 7.0. I took the floater out last Friday and...