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I dumped all my pool water over the weekend, cleaned things up and refilled. I put in new chemicals and now my numbers are: FC 1.36 PH 7.26 TA 85-90 CH 200 ORP 740 Salt 50 CYA 0 I made a mistake about the TA of the tap water so I added too much baking soda and now I feel like the TA is too...

My younger daughter was Air Force and they paid her full tuition for dental school. She spent 3-4 years at JBER. Now she has her own dental practice in Anchorage. She and her sister grew up in Anchorage. I lived there for 35 years and then moved to Homer in 2007. I tried the retirement thing...

Hey Splash, I just dumped out the water in the trash can and refilled with all my supply of ascorbic acid, around 3 pounds plus hot tap water. After just a few minutes, here’s what I’ve got! One picture is worth 10,000 words. The last time these filters looked like this, they still had the...

Thanks Splash. I had open heart ❤️ surgery on November 29 and this staining occurred while I was in hospital. It was a triple bypass and now I feel pretty good. I feel like I got a new pump! Anyway, yes, there’s iron staining in places, photos. My numbers today are FC 1.6, PH 7.30, TA 75, CH...

Thanks Splash. I had open heart ❤️ surgery on November 29 and this staining occurred while I was in hospital. It was a triple bypass and now I feel pretty good. I feel like I got a new pump! Anyway, yes, there’s iron staining in places, photos. My numbers today are FC 1.6, PH 7.30, TA 75, CH...

Thanks Splash, I had open heart Sutton pNovember

I have a Hayward Swim Clear filter and a Hayward 400k BTU heater. The heater has a safety feature where it won’t heat the water unless sufficient flow is in the system. For me, that’s 2250 rpm. Today the heater wouldn’t come on. This happened before and I called Hayward and they said my filter...

Thanks Marty, I would think that in my situation, the only thing that would cause the TDS to increase is salt. At startup in April, I put in the baking soda and calcium chloride and the TDS went from something in the 60's for tap water to about 400 when balanced. So I think the gradual...

There are lots of sites that say this. Here's one from In The Swim: Total Dissolved Solids in Swimming Pools | InTheSwim Pool Blog This article says to keep the TDS under 2000, but there are lots of ones that say 1500.

OK. So I drained the entire pool (10,500 gallons) on April 1, 2021 and refilled it. After balancing the pool chemicals to the usual levels, I checked the TDS with a hand-held unit I bought from Hanna Instruments. As of April 7, it was 402. I check it every few weeks or so and it has increased...

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Don't know. On eBay, they have 12.5% Chlorine for over $16.00 per gallon. It does say free shipping, but to AK? Dream on. I think that when the supply thing gets back on track, the price will come back to planet earth. I tried to add the source here in AK to the Find Chlorine link but it...

I finally found a source for Liquid chlorine here in Alaska. It's in 1 gallon jugs, 12.5%, 4 jugs per carton. I purchased 8 cartons yesterday and it will be delivered Friday. It's at Alaska Pure Water Products in Anchorage. It's sort of a pool store that will also deliver drinking water to...

Nope. I wish they had that but they don’t. We are a Physicaal Therapy business and the pool is open year round. Here’s what is available here at Safeway, Signature Select Bleach Low Splash Regular - 121 FZ - Safeway

My pool uses about 1-½ to 2 gallons of 10% liquid chlorine per week. I currently use the HTH brand (10%) that I have always bought from Ace Hardware here in Homer, AK. I have 12 gallons left and I know that I will not be able to get more any time soon. I am afraid that I will have to switch...

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I add liquid chlorine via a Stenner pump. It runs for 4 hours before I open it up for the day. I check the ORP at 8:30 every day and it is always over 750. I check it again when we close at 4:30 and it's always still above 750. I should add that I also use a Spectra light UV unit and a...

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BTW, my numbers are FC 2.13; TA 80, CH 200, PH 7.47, CYA zero, CSI 0.04

Thanks Mark. Nope, not a well. It's city water from a reservoir near my house here in Homer. I read a lot of articles about ascorbic acid treatments, etc. and I'm pretty sure we have iron in the city water, sometimes more at times. Now that it's not visible anywhere, I really don't care...

OK. So I dumped all my water on Thursday, April 1. Cleaned things up on Friday and filled it back up by 2:30 Saturday. The water was a bit yellow, which it was when I first filled it last June. By Monday morning it was pretty clear but by yesterday it was TFP clear. See photo. Now my PVC pipes...