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    Pump broken pool cloudy

    My robot has the filters for fine sediment and works great but the pool after the robot get cloudy again so I stopped using it May be better use the robot more because this little filters are way smaller than the pool one ?
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    Pump broken pool cloudy

    I stopped the slam when FC stopped going down at night (FC 30 at 6pm and FC at 30 at 6 am next morning and water was clean and clear and I thought the robot was going to clean up all the garbage without getting water cloudy again but it did Now Fc level is at 18 I’ll keep it at 20 ( slam...
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    Pump broken pool cloudy

    I thought slamming the pool with FC at 30 for 3 days straight straight was enough even without the pump working , in 2 weeks I’ll buy the controller (1.500$!) In the while is there something I can do to clear the water without the pump running?
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    Pump broken pool cloudy

    Hi I broke my solar pump last April and till December I kept the pool clean with liquid chlorine and Cya at 30 and everything was ok than I left home for a1 month and my wife used only tablets and CYA went up to 80 and pool got cloudy So when I got back home I drained the pool refill it with...
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    wait after add soda

    No i put a little too much muriat acid and the Ph level went down to 7...so i added some soda to rise it up at 7.2 and i just retested after 30 minuts and seems working ...Ph level is 7.2 now ...can i trust this test?
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    wait after add soda

    How long i have to wait after i added bakingsoda to rise Ph levels to test ph again?
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    Slam the pool twice in 2 weeks

    I go up to 25FC couse if i do it at 16 FC as recomended it take like 1 week and it never get really clear also becouse bathers, with FC 25 i put a cover on the pool for 2 days ,nobody swim no sun and it works . Taylor k2006 instructions manual says to reach 30FC to slam the pool ,so i...
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    Slam the pool twice in 2 weeks

    Hi, i had cloudy water and so i SLAM the pool with CYA at 40 and Ph at 7.2-7.4 with chlorine up to 25FC for 3 days(i slam at 25 becouse i have a solar pump so during SLAM it can works only during the day about 11 hours only) and the water got super clear and clean but after 10 days got...
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    How long a cartridge last? I have a Hayward. C150S

    Hol long. I should keep the cartridge in the TSP solution?
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    How long a cartridge last? I have a Hayward. C150S

    What Tsp? I use the hooze to clean
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    How long a cartridge last? I have a Hayward. C150S

    After 2 years my filter get dirty very fast usually i clean the cartridge once a month but now after a week the pressure get to 22 25 psi.
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    I know but was raining no stop for 2 weeks and i thought that a 400 ml was just enough......
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    Ok i try to explain it better ,i was not at home for 1 month and my wife test the pool with k1001 and added about 400 ml of liquid bleach at 12% every day to keep the level above 5ppm ,now i'm back and i bought 0870 and 0871 brand new .... i tested water with k1001 and the color was...
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    Sorry i tested with k1001 and got 5ppm but with k2006 i got 18ppm
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    i tested FC for 1 month with K1001 and the color result was always around 5ppm, but when i finally could buy new R-0870 and the big bottle of R-0871 , i added water to 10 ml mark and put 1 big dipper of 0870 and than i had to add 36 drops of R-0871 to get colorless ,doing the math i...
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    Triton Maytronics robot can't work with FC level over 4ppm?

    Ok so i also can use it during a SLAM ? That will help a lot if i can use the robot with a FC of 16 with CYA 40 during the sSLAM process at night time ,becouse i have a solar pump and at night doesn'r work so i can put the robot inside instead ? Well if you had it in your pool with FC at 20...
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    Triton Maytronics robot can't work with FC level over 4ppm?

    Manual of instruction of the triton say don't use it with FC over 4ppm, but with CYA at 40 i keep the FC level at 7 ppm , minimum 5ppm ....any advice?
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    when can i swim after slam ?

    i run out of 0871 reagent on my k2006 ,i have 0870 and all the other reagents so i can test CYA ,TA etc etc but not FC over 5ppm and no CC test at all is there a way to test CC only with a k1001 testkit ? and the 0870 salt or something ?
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    when can i swim after slam ?

    last 2 days was rainy ....so no chlorine loss ,but today is sunny and the pump is running strong ,so FC level sould go down a bit with the sun ? the water looks perfect ....... CYA 40 ... FC around 10 ppm ....... i think is save to swim ?
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    when can i swim after slam ?

    I had to slam the pool with no proper FC test kit and with only 10 hours solar per day pump running .....i know that is bad but tropical storm is coming and i had to do a SLAM for algaes and becouse the virus lockdown i finished my 0871 taylor reagent k2006 for FC levels ,i have only k1001...
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    10 minuts wait before test FC?

    After adding liquid chlorine 12% ,how long should i wait before testing?
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    they sent me a picture of the big barrell and seem like it is stored outside under the SUN !!!!! Ok i will ,they sent me a picture where they store the bigger plastic barrell and seems like is outside under THE SUN !!! No comment !!!! we talked yesterday about my FC level problem , slam...
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    Bingo! First of all here in Costarica the last 3 months temperature was always over 90 F so what can i say to the store that sold me the chlorine? i'm in the jungle and there is only this new little poolstore so no other option to get liquid chlorine ....so i can't ask the money...
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    I bought liquid chlorine at 12% from the poolstore but seems like is only at 6% i usually add 1liter of liquid chlorine at 12% in my pool to raise FC level from 0 ppm to 6 ppm with CYA 50-60 but the last bucket i got adding 1 liter FC level raise from 0 ppm to 3 ppm , is there a test i...
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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    Is a Tile pool , no i didn't say my pool is cloudy,is NOT cloudy...is clear ,loss of 7ppm of chlorine every day i test the water with k2006 ,but i run out of reagent so now i can test only with k1001 The water looks good ,i just don't know if is the case to slam or not ,FClevel just go down...
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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    OK no one will swimm, How many days do you recommend to slam the pool considering the pump doesn't work at night but my pool is even green or cloudy? 5lt of 12% chlorine liquid in the morning to start the slam will give me 30ppm FC level, How much shlould i add at night to keep the levels high?
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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    brush the pool before take water sample?why?
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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    Ok i 'll try the overnight test ..... the pump run ONLY during day time so from 6am to 5 pm, so if i don't pass the overnight test i have to slam? what do you mean for a few days? 3 days? I finished my reagent 0871 a week ago and i can't get any ,so i can't test the FClevel till 24ppm ,but...
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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    no cloudy water , CYA is 60 ,is just burning 7ppm every day.....i can try to test the chlorine loss at night ?