Recent content by toddb

Thanks chem geek. I didn't realize hardness referred to Calcium and Magnesium. The test results of my fill water make a lot more sense now.

Thanks Jason. The hardness of my fill water has had me confused. It tests at 200, same as the pool. I was expecting it to be much higher than that. I did some reading on the city water department web site and they say the hardness here varies between 5-20 grains per gallon with an average of...

Thanks for the quick responses. I played with the numbers some more and I see what a difference temperature makes. I won't worry about the TA for now and I'll watch CH as we get into summer and expect that it will climb then. With a CH of 200 does it make sense to raise it a little now or let...

I became a pool owner a couple of weeks ago and I've been learning, testing, balancing and everything seems to be going well. The salt cell was very scaled so I cleaned it (with guidance from TFP.com) and over the past few days FC jumped to 6.5. I've reduced the pump run time and SWG % to let...

Thanks so much for the help everyone! I did mix 50-50 on the CYA test and it never got cloudy. Followed the same procedure on the 50ppm sample and got the expected results so I'll trust my results. I've started the CYA targeting 30 and I'll see where I am in a week. And thanks for the tip on...

Hi All. We just bought a house with a pool (our first pool) and I've been spending a lot of time on this site to learn how to take care of it. I finished my first set of tests and am a little confused by some of the results. FC 2.0 CC 0.5 TA 140 pH 8.0 CYA 0 (I think) CH 200 I was surprised...

Speedstir it is then. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Hi All, This is my first post but I've been lurking for about a month, reading a lot of threads, reading and re-reading pool school. This is such a great site and an amazing community of knowledgeable and helpful folks. Thanks! In about 10 days I will be a new pool owner and I am ordering a...