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  1. Bordertown

    adding the salt today

    salt added, brushed the pool, all desolved. will take a reading in 24 hrs.
  2. Bordertown

    adding the salt today

    the the question is: if I add my recommeded (pool math app) amount of salt this afternoon. How long before I do a follow up salt test for it to be accurate using my Taylor K-1766 ?
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    test CYA question...still raining

    can I realisticly get a fairly accurate reading on a CYA test today, its cloudy and raining ? Would it be ok to get a water sample and test it in the house in a well lit area, like under a lamp. My water is clear after sweeping & vacuming numerous times. I have put liquid chlorine to it and...
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    Advice needed for return water repair patch

    repair consisted of cleaning up the rust, then sprayed the wall with flex seal, then glued a metal patch with flex seal glue, let it dry up for 48 hours. Then proceeded to fabricate new gaskets out of rubber. Lubed the gaskets and reinserted the light housing & bulb. Then for good mesure, a...
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  6. Bordertown

    another year, late start

    battling last 2 weeks with a repair to the return jet area of my AGP. Frost / ice pulled the hose to witch the pool light/return jet was attached. A round hole streatched and now oval shaped, causing a leak and repairs to be done. Finalizing my patch work later today.... and fill it up again...
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    Advice needed for return water repair patch

    I had a similar issue last year with a rusty return, what i assume was caused by frost during winter months. The hole was streatched almost oval. My buddy made a similar patch out of aluminum. It lasted great for the duration of last summer. Yesterday, I went under the deck to inspect it...
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    Aquarite thermistor replaced

    sorry for the delay in my replying, Saturn94, first of all my power indicator was not stable sometimes showing on sometimes off with the switch in the "ON" position. Then discovered that it was not generating chlorine even at 100% output selection. the replacement was cheap and relatively...
  9. Bordertown

    Aquarite thermistor replaced

    Perfect I was thinking it may be hard on the plumbing equipment and t 9 cell
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    Aquarite thermistor replaced

    Took a week to receive replacement thermistor via Amazon, my Aquarite is now back functional. I really did not know this was a common thing. I almost took the plunge and buy a new Aquarite panel. Actually it was fairly simple and cost me less than $20 instead of $650. Anyway in the mean time...
  11. Bordertown

    Can i test salt level while SLAM

    I just completed overnight test with less than 1 ppm loss, my FC level maintained at 20 slam level. Time to move to my SWG for chlorine. QUESTION do I wait till FC is below 10 to test and add salt ?
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    timing next tests

    my question is, after adding muriad acid to drop the PH, how long do I wait before taking another reading to see if my PH is at proper level. I'm guessing 45 minutes...but unsure can someone please chime in ? now what about adding stabilizer (sock method of course), im thing 24 hours, before I...
  13. Bordertown

    Hayward GLX vs T cell difference - only warranty?

    I need to replace my T9, do I order the W3T or GLX ?
  14. Bordertown

    POOL MATH APP

    thank you, the sign out and then login again worked to sync both devices together.
  15. Bordertown

    CYA level after long winter

    happy to report Slam was successful, waiting for FC to drop below 10 and raise water temp so we can swim this coming weekend. Every year I lean something new about pool chemistry....hopefully it wont always be the hard way lol. Summer begins :)
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    POOL MATH APP

    I don't see a tread on the Apple APP Store mobile app. Can someone tell me how to sync my results that I just did on my IPAD to my IPHONE. I re authorized the ipad on the weekend, now it's asking me to re authorize my iPhone when I try to log test result. I would think that you should be able...
  17. Bordertown

    T Cell small water leak

    weirdest thing, it's a small leak right along the outer side of the connecting cable, I have it mostly contained except for a little pin hole now seeping through the bead of silicone I patched yesterday
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    Taylor K2006C test kit for fellow Canadian people

    Lowry Associates I believe have distribution rights for Taylor here in Canada and your local pool store can buy from them and resell to you
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    T Cell small water leak

    May try pvc glue instead
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    T Cell small water leak

    must have a small hairline crack along the back side of the TCELL....thinking a bead of silicone might fix it, wondering if it hold. Anybody else ever had this issue ?
  21. Bordertown

    CYA level after long winter

    oh well gonna have to re think my slam level, I have no idea where I got the notion that my starting point was 0 CYA.
  22. Bordertown

    CYA level after long winter

    would CYA be all gone after 8 months of fall & winter ? I was at 60 when I closed the poll. 2 days ago I added 77 oz, that should have gotten me to 30 ppm so that I can start the SLAM process. However I'm reading like 50 today. Or is it too soon to get a proper CYA level reading? I did...
  23. Bordertown

    SPIN BAR / SPEEDSTIR

    ordered as you suggested they are on the way TY for the help
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    SPIN BAR / SPEEDSTIR

    Tftestkits.net....does not ship to Canada. But thanks for the reply Msch99
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    SPIN BAR / SPEEDSTIR

    so I lend my speedstir to my co worker and he lost the magnetic spin bar that came with the kit. I looking to replace it and get an extra one. Looking on Amazon and cannot find a replacement. And not sure what type / size. Do any of you have any help to offer on where and what to buy ? TY
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  27. Bordertown

    How old is too old ?

    Yes I just now noticed a best by date: 09 19. Feeling silly lol .....l remain committed to get better at this. Must say that my pool is now somewhat clear. l removed so much leafs and pine needle like 20 lbs. I am going to keep filtering and need to slam again this weekend. I could not...
  28. Bordertown

    How old is too old ?

    Bought K2006 1 year ago, what reagent in the kit should I replace. I’m thinking some test may not be accurate .
  29. Bordertown

    Is it better to slam at lower CYA

    Pool math is telling me to slam at 26 so I need to go add 2.6 more gallons of bleach on top of the 2 I added 20 minutes ago