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I'll clean my vials again. I could read a book that's at the bottom of my pool while I sit on the diving board. Its crystal clear! Ok, hold off on testing pH, TA will still be high as usual. I have people coming over this weekend to swim. Should I let the SLAM drop then? I'm so confused...

I'm at 28.5 FC and 2 CC today. Why does the CC stay so high? Water is crystal clear. Side questions: Is it ok to swim in a pool during a SLAM? Should I hold off on testing pH and TA? I think I read somewhere that high chlorine skews those readings?

LOL Yes, today I haven't added chlorine but I assume its best to do so. I've been trying to keep it at 28. I've scrubbed the drain as best as I can from the surface (meaning I didn't dive down to it). Steps are fiberglass and sealed. Sunlight? HAHA. Its been a mix of clouds and rain and...

Hi all. I opened my pool at the end of April and it was milky/cloudy so I started a SLAM and have been doing so for what feels like 3 weeks. I know sand filters are hard to clear, but in the last week my water has been crystal clear. I've been brushing daily or at least every other day and I...

Thanks for the info on that. I've read through the forum in search of which is better between them and it appears that IC40 is slightly more favored over Hayward? I've not heard of Circupool before. Anyway, thanks for replying.

My IC40 died last fall so this spring I ordered a new one and sadly it came defective. A crack in it sent a plume of water spurting out the top behind the gray cap that sits under the flow cover. Anyway, I'm attempting to get this resolved with Amazon presently but I was tossing around the idea...

So there's been a change. The light now flashes to indicate check cell. Also, I learned if I press and hold the "more" button, it will give me a percent and that number is 40%. Presently, it appears my swg is not producing chlorine. Homebrewale - thanks, and I figured as much but there was...

Any tips on how to do this?

Hi James, Dec 14, 2015 is the date on the back. I did the overnight chlorine loss. Last night it was 10 (6pm) and this morning, late unfortunately, it was 8.5. We had cut power to the SWG and turned off the pump over night and restarted around 11:30 am today which is when I took the sample...

Thanks for the info. We'll look at this and report back tonight.

The light stays solid all the time. The other two questions I will have to have my husband look at. I'm down an arm and can't do much.

I learned my lesson with that last year and that's exactly why I've kept my FC between 7-9 all summer this year.

I've not added any water in 10 days, though I'll say that we did fill it more than previously, but then I tested the next day to see what needed added/adjusted. I'll order new salt water testing and see if that's the issue. Maybe its gone bad? The rest of my kit is new this May so it should...

Understood. I would figure that I would at least have salt in my pool that isn't dropping. That part puzzles me too. Like I said in an above post, I will try the OCLT. My pool chemistry has been pretty good all summer with no issues. I literally test my water every other day. I don't know...

Pump run time is 24/7. I use TF-100 test kit. I have to run the test again this evening and I can try the OCLT and retest in the morning. As of last night: FC 5 pH 7.3 CYA 60 TA 90 CH 425 Salt 3000 (seems to be dropping) I've added no water or had any rain water in the pool. I added 40 lbs of...

A photo today

I hear what you're saying but I have literally checked all the hot spots for algae and prior to my surgery, I brushed all the walls, etc. The only place that might have it is that *&#$ light niche but it was clean last week. I'll have to have someone check it for me. I can tell you that over...

No bubbles. Water is crystal clear and yet FC tests keep dropping daily and I have to add liquid chlorine to keep it stable.

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Hi all. I believe my SWG has died. 1. I've cleaned the cell with the water and muratic acid mix this week. It tried to produce chlorine I think, that night, but then has dropped off since. I've added liquid chlorine to keep my pool water nice. I've been running my SWG at 100% with the cover...

I'm pretty new to this but I would have opted NOT to have a light in our pool at all. The light niche collects gunk and yellow algae. I also would have done more research (pity I didn't know about this site!) about pool liners versus fiber glass and SWG Intellichlor options.

I tried what you suggested. I believe my CH is still around 450. My definition of blue and the color this test displays still makes me question it but I stopped my count at 18 then added more drops to see if it would become more blue and it didn't seem to get bluer.

Ok, today the FC came back up so I backed off of the SWG output from 100% overnight to 60%. The pool is open and we have full sun, hot day. At least my SWG is producing chlorine still. That question is solved. TA is 80, CH is 450-500 depending on when you determine it went from red to "blue"...

or maybe my SWG is failing? I did turn it up to 60% last night and still lost a bit of FC over night. I've recently scrubbed/vacuumed and checked the light niche for algae and until today my FC hasn't dropped like this.

I leave it open all day since I'm home. Maybe I should leave it closed more?

Presently I run my SWG 24/7 and usually at 40% until its 90 degrees here or higher and then I bump it to 60% so my FC doesn't drop too low. If it gets to 5 or below then I am at risk to having mustard algae growing behind my light niche. I have to open it up every 10 days or so to clean it out...

Yes I do have flakes in the pool something fierce. I recently did what you said and washed it out but it builds up again quickly. As a side note, I struggle to get my TA at 90 or below due to the fill water TA being so high. I've had it at 80 lately during these photos.

So, being new to having a pool...is this normal and is simply washing it away with water acceptable? I've read that using muratic acid and water will decrease the life of the SWG and I don't want to do that.