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Hi there, The last 2 seasons I have been using 12 pct bleach to maintain chlorine. Everything is great but I’m not a big fan of buying bleach all the time. A week ago I installed a 550 gallon rain barrel that collects rain from my roof. The barrel has line that can be turned on to feed water...

Hi Guys, I rarely use my tab except when going on vacation for week or two. I'm wondering if the valve is installed backwards because when I just got back my chlorine levels were really high. I had the feeder set on number 2 ( 5 is max ) and chlorine was very high when getting back. Level...

I'm looking for a chart that would show the CYA vs %FC loss per day, given say water at 85 degrees, and in Texas with full sun on pool. The reason I'm asking is I want to confirm my CYA testing is ballpark and I'm getting the expected loss.

The lawn care guys fertilized my lawn last week, it was pretty windy and some fertilizer blew into pool. The water testing looks good, but should I be concerned and take any preemptive measures ?

It is well known that chlorine is much more effective when cya is low. What would happen say if cya were 0 and fc raised to say 1.0 each evening using bleach after sun went down ? The lack of cya would make the chlorine very effective overnight, during day sun would rapidly drop fc. would...

The ideal range shows 1 to 3 on test strips for FC. What rational is this based on ?

I have low water pressure at my place so garden hose output is not very strong. I like to use the garden hose to move leaves from to to solar blanket to one corner, then I scoop them up. Problem is pressure too weak to do a good job. Is there product where I can attach hose to jet to get good...

Doing my due diligence before buying a cleaner.... I don't get what weekly timer is ? Is this if you want to leave unit in for a week ? what is typical way using a robotic cleaner ? You drop it in and then come back couple of hours later and take it out ? Can you drop it in before bed and...

Hi, I have a new plaster pool about month old. First couple of weeks used lots of acid to lower the TA and finally got it where wanted. Took about 7 gallons of acid. Anyhow I find myself having to add acid now just because of PH. PH creeps up to 7.7-7.8 range and every couple of days...

Hi Everybody, First I would like to thank the creators and maintainers of this site as it has been VERY informative to me and already helped me solve some problems. I'm a new pool owner ( for about 1 month now ). I have a few questions about using the TFP methods. 1. First seems TFP method...