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Thanks! Didn't realize I could do that till just now.

Good idea :)

Everything is now within TFP recommended ranges! Between Pool School and everyone's help here, I've gone from knowing almost nothing about pools to feeling like I have a new super power and my pool has probably never been better :) Other things my "pool service" never did in 2.5 year that seem...

I see how I can do "Effects of Adding" the Calcium Chloride, but how do I see a "what if" based on temperature as well?

The water exchange was successful in lowering my CYA and FC to good levels! Here's the latest tests before adding anything. FC - 4.5 CC - 0 PH - 7.5 TA - 60 CH - 200 CYA - 70 Salt - 2200 CSI -0.61 Looks like I need to add about 25lb of calcium chloride and, if I'm understanding correctly...

Awesome. Thank you very much!

Yep. Makes sense. Doing the full 24 hours estimated to get me to 80. Now just trying to figure out what the best order of operations will be once I'm done. I figured I'll run the pump for an hour to make sure it's all mixed well, then test, input to pool math. Hopefully my CYA will be where...

Still awake and still draining. Also been reading a ton of Pool School and answering some of my own earlier questions :) This is the Way.

Yeah, you make a good point. I'm going to do it all in one shot. I didn't calculate 2x more, but definitely more. Since my CYA is 160 and it will take 24 hour to exchange 50% and get to a CYA of 80, if I stopped at 12 hours, now my CYA is 120. If I then allow the pool to mix, now I have to...

Mine is going into my shower as we speak :) I even had water utilities out here trying to help me find the sewer clearout, but it must be buried. I at least have a much better clue of where to look for it now at least, but I wanted to get the water balanced ASAP, so the shower it is for now. I...

The waste water utilities manager came out today and was super nice and helpful, but we couldn't find the sewer clearout, though I at least have more of a clue of where to look. It looks like it's probably buried somewhere, so I think I'm just going to run a hose into the bathtub. I have some...

Took a bunch of calls to find the right person, but I have someone from water utilities coming tomorrow to help me find the sewer clearout - or at least show me the spot on the street where the drain would lead out to. In the meantime, I still have my SWG at 0% since my FC was so high. Is...

I have a canal but I would presume all that chlorine and salt water would not be good for the flora and fauna, so I considered just going down an internal drain, but wasn't sure if the chlorine and salt would be bad for the pipes... maybe if I'm running fresh water down it at the same time or...

Interestingly, the PH test is giving me 7.8, though now I'm wondering if it's accurate. Just saw the picture of the out-of-ground pool on the draining page and that was truly as terrifying as I imagined! Now I just need to find my sewer cleanout, so I can do this properly. I've looked...

I definitely feel "serviced" right about now.... but also excited to be learning how to do this myself and very grateful to this community for all the help!

OK. Started from scratch this afternoon. Not diluted - Could not see it at 100 Did the diluted test, holding at top of tube, at waist level, quick glances, two sets of eyes (my wife and I), and many re-pours (which some shakes in between) so we could get an average. We both kept getting...

OK. Started from scratch this afternoon. Not diluted - Could not see it at 100 Did the diluted test, holding at top of tube, at waist level, quick glances, two sets of eyes (my wife and I), and many re-pours (which some shakes in between) so we could get an average. We both kept getting...

Yep. I was staring. Thanks for the tip!

Just had my wife do a few rounds and she kept hitting about 85, so maybe 170.

Yep, makes sense. Just had to think about it a minute. So I can definitely see why they say this is the most subjective test and that it can take a couple of tries to "get it"! Sometimes I thought the black dot was gone, but then my eyes would adjust and I'd see a faint shadow. I poured it...

Yes, I can see it's logarithmic, though the difference between the values do seem to get more even as the number gets higher. It was just my best guess. I'm not clear on how to follow the instructions given. I have multiple lines on my bottle (7.5 ml, 15 ml, and 30 ml). I'm guessing all of...

I did not do a diluted CYA test. It sounds like I might have a different CYA test? Mine says: 1. Fill the red-capped CYA to the 7.5 ml with pool water, and the 15 ml mark with R-0013. Mix then wait 30 seconds. Shake once more. 2. Next, get the clear tube marked "CYA VIEW TUBE" and holding it...

Hello. I've had someone maintaining my pool for 3 years and recently converted to SWG a month ago. I'm not sure they knew how to maintain an SWG, because I just decided to maintain the pool myself, started to educate myself here, tested, and things seem very off. For one, my SWG was set to...