Trying to Get Rid of the Pool Cleaning Blues with Robotic Cleaner

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I see your logs. Great job.
There is the free version, which you have, it allows you to save one complete log entry, and I believe it will not allow you to log chemical addition. But the calcs work.
The premium version allows you to save all the test data, chemical additions, etc. It's $8 per YEAR.
I think it pays for itself.
YMMV.
 
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Great. Add 1 gallon per day, pour it in a pencil stream slowly in front of a return. Brush a bit.
Brush the entire pool once a day.
Run the robot if you want, keep pump running 24/7.
Clean or backwash your filter, note clean pressure. when pressure rises 25% clean/backwash again.
Do nothing else, add nothing else until your kit arrives,
Then post a full set of results to your math logs and prompt us in this thread.
 
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PoolStored said:
Great. Add 1 gallon per day, pour it in a pencil stream slowly in front of a return. Brush a bit.
Brush the entire pool once a day.
Run the robot if you want, keep pump running 24/7.
Clean or backwash your filter, note clean pressure. when pressure rises 25% clean/backwash again.
Do nothing else, add nothing else until your kit arrives,
Then post a full set of results to your math logs and prompt us in this thread.
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I think I'll leave the robot out until the algae is gone. :)

I tried to upgrade to premium version of Pool Math, but my Kindle keeps looping back to home screen. Will have to delve into this further.
 
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PoolStored said:
Ha, I ran mine the entire time of my ONE and only slam that brought me here.
Running it will not be a problem, that is what it is made to do...
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Maybe I'll try it out this weekend, then. As for now, though, I will let the pump run 24/7 and add one gallon of bleach to pool daily until test kit arrives and receiving further instruction. I got an email saying kit had shipped.

I'm like you. Wife and I purchased a house (1963 brick split-level) in 2019 so I could renovate it as I find time. Killer F4 tornado passed within 6 miles of home we were living in and I decided then to move to a brick home. Pool came with the house. I do swim in it when I can keep it sanitized.
 
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Take a picture of the hopper from a corner of the deep end down.
Get 115 and 204, I'll go from there.
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Measurement 115 is 74" and 204 is 141", closest I could measure with tape measure. I took photos from each corner of the pool's deep end. I was thinking the corners were 90 degrees, but I see they are 22. Just not very large.
 

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Pro testing kit arrived Thursday. Complicated-looking, and I'm going to have to study it a little before using it. Looks like it's well-worth the cost. I haven't used kit nor robot yet. Seventeen gallons of 10% liquid chlorine
on standby. Pool is still clear, but looks like traces of algae on floor. No green bloom or green water.
 
thomas kleaton said:
Complicated-looking, and I'm going to have to study it a little before using it.
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Dive in. Read any 1 line from the rocket science instructions. Any. One. Step.

Its laughable.

'Fill vial to 10ml'.
'Add 5 drops of XYZ'.
'Swirl'. (And have a smart stir to swirl(y))

But zoom back out to see the whole list and BOOM. Rocket science again
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Looks like it's well-worth the cost
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We recommend it for the value and it is literally packed to the gills with value. We wouldn't do you dirty but you don't know us, so thank you for the leap of faith. :)

And its a one time hit for the parts. The refills are mid $40s each March.
 
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