Recent content by ThomsPool

Why buy when you can build one at twice the price. Im a long time member . I cut the pool store cord after my first season as a new pool owner. This group has always been helpful to me and i appreciate all of you. I made this after having my calcium hardness tested about a month ago at the pool...

I understand how the group feels about pool stores. Ive been to this place before. Same guy. I believe he is correct. He was using the same reagents. Tyalor brand that is.

Thats a super idea. Making a sample batch. Im not going to add any additional chems until I make a few more tests. I was going to take a sample to the pool store to have it cross referenced. Haven't been there in a while. When I see my chlorine level drop my first thought is to test my CYA. I...

So I'm not nuts. That good. I just got this supply of r0013 from ebay. Could be fake?

No leak. No autofill

Nope no salt added. Pool temp 68°

Taylor R-0013 7ml pool water 7ml reagent Shake 30 seconds. Drop into vial with black dot until dot just dissapears.

I purchased Pool Mate brand from Amazon. I added 7 lbs to get my salt H2O pool to 70ppm. Within 2 months its zero. Shouldn't it last longer than that?

I don't usually test stabilizer until it's been in the pool for a week but I did this morning. It is just at 70. I only added 4lbs. That would have raised it 35ppm. I'll test it again in a week. My swg runs 15 hours at 40%. (Pool temp maintained at 89°) At that rate I was struggling to hold a...

No.no. I may have my acronyms mixed up. My cc is 0 and my tc is 10.5