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Good afternoon! My spa has a Hayward 5KW heater attached and I'm instantly blowing the fuse when I turn the temp. indicator up. I suspect the heater element is bad because I'm only reading 10.3 ohms. Not KOhms. That seems very low so I suspect a short. Should add it's 220V. Any insight would...

Hi Everybody, I have a K-2042 test kit I'm trying to understand my results. I tested my FC with the tester and got 8ppm. I then test for CC and got 1.2. Next step was the Monopersulfate compound test. My final result was 0 (zero) TO=9.2 FC=8 CC=1.2 MC=TO-(FC +CC) Does the 0 mean I have no...

Hi everybody, My cloudiness started about a week ago. One of my staff added 2 lbs of ph up to raise my PH from 7.2 to 7.8. I learned afterwards that my CC was at 2! Here's where I'm at today at day two of shocking the pool 10am 11/18: FC 16 - It was at 21 yesterday at 3:40pm CC 1.5 PH 7.2 CYA...

Hi everybody, First off my test results. FC .5 CC.5 PH 7.2 TA 70-80 CYA 0 (I'm using Sod. Hypo for sanitizer) CH 300-400 All of a sudden I can't keep chlorine in the pool. I need to be 4-5ppm because of my temp. Literally a gallon of shock yesterday morning. The water is a "tad" cloudy as...

Greetings, I have dumped over a gallon of sodium hypo in my pool in the last day. I'm still reading 0 chlorine using my new TF-100 kit as of 7am. (Very fast shipping, great kit) I've even used my other kit and diluted the sample by 1/3 with nothing. I put in 90 oz. just yesterday. My water...

Hi everybody, As the subject states I just refilled my pool. When I swam in it the first time , before refilling it, it tasted like I was swimming in the ocean. Very salty. To get right to the point, here are my current readings. TC 0 FC 0 Ph 8.0 TA 210 CH 475 CYA 0 I chlorinated in the past...

Hi everybody! I'm new to the forum, and new to pool care. I have been "drafted" into taking care of the pool at the place I work. To keep things simple, heres a few things not in my signature I should put. The pool is heated to 92 degrees, it's also indoors. I can't get the ph in my pool to...