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No I did not! I did let them test my water, pH 8.0, TC 6.0 CYA 40, CH 175 which was vastly different from my measurements at the house, pH 7.5, TC 4.5, CYA 30, CH 220. I'm going to stick with my numbers for now...

If it's $18/bottle then I walked away with 12 free bottles the other day without them ever saying a thing, even helping to carry the 16 gallons to my car...

Jim, They are not refillable, they're the Blue Whale Shock Chlorinator like this one on amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Whale-Shock-Chlorinator-4-Gallons/dp/B01J4ERF3W/ref=pd_ybh_a_24?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4ZZSJD20PPSQV69SM289 ) only for $18. I dilute them down to 6% before putting...

HASA store is about $22/4 gallon after initial deposit for the jugs. I found Leslie's on HWY 26 in Colleyville is selling 12.5% for $17.99 for 4 gallons. Bought 4 cases of the stuff, it should last me a while. Cheapest liquid I could find in this part of the woods.

Update: Now that the pool has been going for 3 weeks, all the trichlor tablets gone, I'm seeing a constant steady climb in pH with bleach that is to be expected. Oh well, the no acid was fun while it lasted...

Richard, BINGO! I forgot that I've been steadily adding 5 lbs of trichlor through the inline chlorinator to use them up and increase my CYA. I guess once those are gone my acid demand will go up with it.

Jim, It was 150 and I couldn't get the darn thing to come down ever. On this one I started at 70 and added 8 lbs of baking soda to bring it up a bit. I have bubblers and fountains so my TA drops every time I use it. Th eonly disappointmnet I have so far is that I have a 15 gallon stenner setup...

I have a new pool, 16 days going now, and my pH is sitting at 7.5 with nothing being added. I'm used to pouring in acid by the gallons on my last pool but on this one I have only added about half a gallon total after the pH crept up to 7.6. Is this a good problem to have? How come I don't see...

Thanks Tim for the tip! I shall do that. This retail bleach pricing is killing me! I just paid $18 for 4 gallons of 12.5% stuff. I need to find a cheaper source.

I don't even have 30 ppm of CYA so I bought some stabilizer tonight and dropped 4 lbs in the pool. I'll see how high it goes in a few days and re-adjust accordingly.

Side discussions are fine, I think the takeaways for me so far are 1) Ozone does not make a difference in FC level requirements no matter what the Ozone manufacturers claim. 2) Ozone may help with water bodies that have high bio residuals that can be reduced via oxidation but it does not help...

This is why I think running a 3GPD Stenner setup with a variable speed pump at super low speed setting 23-24 hours a day makes sense. I can dispense chlorine to the pool during the day at the same rate as it's getting consumed essentially and always maintain a relatively constant chlorine level...

OK, just as I promised, here is the test data from my measurements. No Ozone: 9PM - 5.6 PPM 4AM - 5.0 PPM 8PM - 1.0 PPM Ozone: 9PM - 7.6 PPM 4AM - 6.8 PPM 8PM - 2.0 PPM The second day the sun and temps were a bit higher, my pool reached 95 degrees itself and I started with a much higher TC...

Tim, Make no mistake, I'm a bleach guy myself. The ozonator I have (DEL Ozone 50 (EC-20)) does not have UV, only Corona Discharge. I will not be replacing it once it serves its expected life, about 5 years. I should have asked for a discount rather than an install of the system, I think my...

CYA is just under 30. Last night with ozone on I lost 0.8 PPM so the ozone cost me an additional 0.2 PPM compared to no ozone from the night before. Hardly the excessive loss some anecdotes claim. We'll see how much it drops by tonight to get info for the full day.

So I tested the pool chemistry at 8PM tonight and my FC was 1.0 so my pool dropped 4 PPM since 4AM. I added 3 lbs of cal-hypo 70% and at 9PM my FC was 7.4 PPM. I turned on the Ozone and I'll take measurements in the morning as well as tomorrow night and see how the Ozone affects my values. It...

Tim, I left ozone off for the remainder of today and I will test the levels at 8PM tonight again to see what my FC consumption was today during the day with no ozone. Then I'll add chlorine, measure again at 9PM, turn on the ozone and perform the same test tomorrow for consistency to see what I...

Well I did a test last night. Shut off the Ozone, removed the tri-chlor tablets and from 9PM until 4:30AM I lost 0.6 PPM, went from 5.6 to 5.0, Me and my daughter did spend an hour in the pool last night just before I took the evening measurement, I'm not sure if that would have any effect on a...

Thanks Marty! I will run night time chlorine consumption tests with and without the ozonator in the next two days to see what it really does to my pool and act according to the results. I can't wait to get the Stenners up and running so I can somewhat automate the feed and not worry about my...

Stenner feeder location/timing question Duplicate

Jim, I guess I didn't perform a true OCLT, I estimated my FC after my last add at night based on a pre-add reading and the chlorine added and I measured in the morning around 11AM so it was already full sun for a good couple of hours. I'll perform a true test tomorrow evening. I've been so...

I just noticed I posted this in the wrong forum. This should be more appropriate in the "deep end".

Thanks for the feedback. I found those posts already (I do use the search feature) but as you know, I was hoping for a different answer so I asked anyway :) I lost 1.4 PPM overnight with ozone running. I guess nothing is really out of the ordinary here, my last pool was an SWG with a "mere"...

I added two stenner pumps with 15 gallon grey jugs to my pool for acid and bleach. I have a Nature 2 system installed by the builder and The only way I could add the feed ports to my plumbing with relative ease was to add one just before the Nature 2 and one just after it. I am planning on...

Builder installed an ozonator and I'm not sure if it's helping or hurting. I have a variable speed pump which I run 23 hours a day at 38 gpm (measured with a flow meter) so I turn about 52k gallon a day at about 260 W so about $0.60/day at $0.11/kWh. However I'm also having a hard time...