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Hi, it is the pool pump. I figured that I should manually add the bleach, but was unsure how the liquid MA would mix in by hand. I did drop a little pump into the bottom of the pool, just to give it some circulation. It has been unreliable and will run for at most about 30 minutes. Thanks...

Hi all, I was wondering if any of you have good ideas on how to keep the water balanced when my SWG motor has gone belly up. It will be Tue or Wed before the guy can get here to replace it (as it is supposed to be under warranty), but we are supposed to have a pool party Thursday. It is about...

Finally, I have a night where I actually took the sample about 10:15 PM, and was up at 5 AM and got the next sample. My measurements last night using the TF-100 FC - 3.5 - 4.0 (just a touch of pink before going clear on the 8th drop) CC - 0 pH - 7.6 TA - 80 CH - 220 CYA - 85 Morning FC 2.5-3.0...

I have to thank all who helped me here on this post! Turns out, I should have verified the obvious first, I had a Jandy Aquapure 700 installed which will only service up to about 15,000 gallons. My pool is roughly twice that size, and I was only running the SWG for 12 hours. DOH! I don't have...

Hello, New equipment, 2 months on and I have a service light on my SWG Jandy Aquapure system. I have two error codes, 172 - "Flow Sensor service condition or flow sensor is unplugged" and 185 - (Don't know this one, it is not in the manual...) 172 says contact a service rep, my question is...

I was going to drain today. How long will I need to wait before I can trust the cya value? Do I need to wait a week as when adding it?

Thanks, Mom! I am going to try an overnight test again tonight, but this time I plan on waking up before dawn...sigh...just in case, the other times I have tried this I saw no noticeable drop even after the sun had come up. It has been near 100 degrees here lately, and from other areas on...

About those double digit FC levels, my AquaPure documentation for my SWG says I should not go over 3.0 FC, which seems to match what I should have with the 70-80 CYA value except that my target should be 5. Seems like I have been adding Cl every couple of days, only to watch it drop and have to...

It has been a week since I pulled the socks out, and I can live with it, and the water is clear and sparkling. I have left the chart range for the CYA/Chlorine, and cannot read the yellow color no matter what, so I pretty much use the drop test all the time. I am sure I am nowhere close to Cl...

Should have asked this before, just had the pool installed this year, so the installer brought all the bags of salt for me. My sensor tells me I am getting near needing some more, and thought I would pick up some bags of the Morton pool salt Wal-Mart sells before it goes away there. Any issues...

Hello again, In an effort to get my CYA up to 80, I used the pool calculator and added enough to get there (a little less, or so I thought). Now, my CYA is over 100 if my eyeballs are working properly. I did all this to try to maintain a higher FC value in my 95 degrees days with full sun...

2.5 FC .5 CC 80 TA pH 7.6 ~40 CYA (but I have added 7 lbs of CYA in the last week, it has all dissolved in the socks, but still only shows about 50 when it should be closer to 60-70) Ca Hardness 230 30,000 Gallons Pebble-Sheen pool I have slowly been increasing my SWG up to its current value...

Hello again all :). I have been struggling to get my Cl to stay balanced with my SWG, I have added enough stabilizer to get it to ~70, although I have not seen this reflected on my TF100 test, (that I am hoping I am reading correctly). My Cl continues to drop, and I seem to have the need to...

I understand killing the pool tester, before getting my water tested the other day, I gave my buddy half of my sample and asked him to get it tested. You guessed it, all the numbers were different, (except for Cl which was 3.0 TF100 said it was 5.5...).

Thanks, It was a recommendation on the label about adding the CYA to the filter. I will let the sock do the work :). Thanks for filling me in!

Understood, my CH is 300, I am hoping upping the CYA will show some benefit.

I know it is not sand, it is a cartridge filter. I don't know what DE stands for either?

OK, maybe this should be obvious, but some instructions on my Stabilizer told me to backwash my filters. Not sure how I am supposed to do that. I may have missed this on pool school, and my installer sure didn't tell me. TIA! Louis

I missed these page 2 replies matpat, I did match the strengths of the Muriatic acid with the calculator Butterfly, 31.45% 20o, and PaulR, I have let it settle down, but it just keeps settling, I added bleach so that it went up to 11.5, is has slowly found its way back down to 1.0, with my SWG...

LOL, I knew enough to check that out. It is really hot here, based on what I have read about SWG, what value might I have expected on the return? What is an "average" percentage to have my SWG on? Currently, it is at 60%, I am sure I need more stabilizer as well. I would like to try whatever...

I gave this a try today, I did not see any difference. :(

Hello all, I am thinking I need to raise my CYA from what your advice and pool school tells me. Aside from cost, is there an advantage over one or the other? I have read it could take a while to see a change when using the powder, does the same hold true for the liquid? Thanks!

OK, maybe I have no worries here, it is a new SWG, and the gauge does indicate it is ready for cleaning. I don't have a good frame of reference on these things :)

Yes, I did have the SWG off when I took the reading last night in the dark. The sun was up for an hour or so before I got the reading this morning, not direct, but the pool was getting sunlight. The SWG was off until after I took my morning reading. It sounds like I am not too far off...

I understand that it is consumable, but I did not expect at such a great rate when my SWG was running every day. That too is expected?

Hello again, On another thread, I had asked about pH, and as the discussion went on, I was told to get my Cl up to 8. I got it up to 11.5, last weekend, and it has been steadily dropping over the last week. I performed a drop test last night and got 3.5, this morning it was 3.0 The other test...

LOL, primetime, our pools are very similar, my pools has been estimated from 28,000 - 34,000, from my earlier post you can see I don't know what to believe any more. I don't feel like breaking out the integral calculus to be sure :). I am curious if you have any problem with Ca Hardness, as...

Thanks for the helpful replies!!! I must admit, I have (way) overshot the 8 FC I was told to target, I think it is 11.5 (- .5 for CC is that how that works). I used the pool calculator, but I must not have the right number of gallons. These too have been estimates, but I now think the 30,000...

OK, forgive me for what me the obvious, by rasing to 8, I assume you mean to use the pool calculator to tell me how much bleach to add, and add it :). Just making sure

OK, I think if I am reading your posts and pool school, what I think I should do now is get my FC up by using the pool calculator to tell me how much liquid bleach to add to reach the desired shock level, and shock it according the the process at pool-school/shocking_your_pool. Or should I...