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I bought one one ebay a week ago or so...

I have the same frustrations as you are describing. Temps at 100+ here for weeks now and water temp at 94 degrees. SWG can't keep up with demand, so every morning (or evening), I take a FC reading and add enough clorox to get my FC to 5 or 6. If the kids remember to run the SWG, it goes for 9...

Crookm11: I have the electrical conduit couplers from Lowe's on order and everything else setting on the kitchen table...I appreciate your willingness to illustrate what you did to get your fountain set up. I need the fountain to both cool our pool water down (now 94 degrees) and to help get...

Hello: Now that I have figured out how to keep my pool chemistry where it should be (thanks to this forum), I would like to make a couple of modifications to my AGP. I like crookm11's set up, but I need a little more information than I can garner from the great pictures posted here and from...

OK--will do...I'm in the boondocks with the nearest HD store about an hour and a half away so I try to use the internet as much as possible...lol...I'll call HD and see if they would consider shipping me the parts...

I too want to plumb my Intex pool with PVC...I have searched Home Depot's website and they do not list the E950HG conduit reducer...any suggestions?

What FC value should I expect to see in the evening? I finally started using the SWG today after manually adjusting the FC all week with clorox. This morning I added 39oz 6% clorox and ran the SWG during the afternoon. I tested the water every couple of hours. Starting values (11AM) AFTER...

Thank you for the info....the pH stayed down at 7.3 today...I turned the water jet so it breaks the surface with bubbles and have started using the SWG to chlorinate the pool again, so the pH should rebound...I'll just keep checking pH and once it gets to 7.8 again, I'll add muriatic acid to...

I am trying to reduce the TA in my SALT WATER pool to 70. The level as measured with the TF-100 test kit has flucuated between 150-230 since I opened the pool a few weeks ago. I added a LOT of muriatic acid and got the pH down to around 7.3... 1.) How long do I need to keep the pH this low...

Thank you for all the great advice...for those just turning into Trouble Free Pool, these folks know what they are talking about...I all ready feel MUCH more comfortable managing my pool...Have a GREAT 4th everyone...

After a couple of tough weeks trying to figure out the new pool, tonight's 11 o'clock Test Results are: FC 3.5ppm CC 0.5ppm TC 4.0ppm pH 7.6 CYA 70 TA 160 I have NOT been running my SWG all week but instead have been manually adding 96oz of 6% clorox to my pool every morning before I go to...

OCLT results (although I took readings this morning well after the sun hit the pool): AM readings: FC 1.5 CC 0.5 TC 2.0 pH 7.4 Water is Clear and Sparkly. Compared to last night at 9PM FC dropped by 1.0 to 1.5 CC dropped by 0.5 to 0.5 TC dropped by 1.5 to 2.0 This tells me I PASSED the OCLT...

I feel like I'm going around in circles...get the CYA up...get the pH down (which will lead to lower TA)... keep the pH in certain range...make sure the TC is in a certain range... Why does my pH fluctuate so much...in the morning it's 7.3 and now it's close to 7.8...can't add stabilizer to...

Where can I read about OCLT?

OK...got home from work to find my TF-100 test kit in the mail box FINALLY. 6/25/11 3PM readings: FC 6.5ppm CC 0 TC 6.5ppm pH 7.4 T/A 200 CYA 30 Temp 87 degrees The water is clear...I have NOT shocked my pool yet because I've been waiting on this test kit. Instead, I have been pouring 2 or 3...

Used 1.25-1.5 quarts of muriatic acid over a 24 hour period...got the pH down to approx. 7.4 and the alkalinity is STILL 170... Been running the filter pump 24/7 and have NOT had the brown, bubbly film on the skimmer water since Tuesday...water is not crystal clear or sparkly though... Still...

I did cancel the back-ordered kit...which is made by the TF-100 guys but was more expensive and called a K-2500 (I think...)...

Well...got a call from the hardware store that was ordering my Taylor test kit...it's on back order so it won't be here tomorrow afterall...I ordered another test kit from the website recommended on Trouble Free Pool USPS Priority, but I don't know when it will get here... Sooooo, I'm getting...

Thank you for the added information...I'm feeling more confident. Again, I am very careful with the testing...always rinse the tubes before, always take the water from the same depth, always hold the bottles upright and squeeze one drop with agitation at a time...and take the reading outside in...

One observation about the pool calculator I just noticed...if I don't enter my current TA and then the desired TA, the amount of muratic acid calculated to lower the pH from 8.0 to 7.2 is only 26 ounces...but if I enter the current TA and the desired TA along with the pH values, the muratic acid...

Thank you, fuzzy... Taylor test kit is on order for Thursday delivery...in meantime, I'm using HTH 6-way drop test kit...and, you're right in your observation that the readings are all over the place although I'm very careful in using the kit. I take the water sample about 18 inches below the...

I can't get my pool water to that clear, sparkly stage--most likely because I can't get the chlorine up past 0.5ppm. I think I've got brown algae because the water is tinged a very light shade of brown and the skimmer has a brown bubbly film at times. I don't know what to do about the...