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Thanks for your advice. I had done more reading and thinking last night and recommended to hubby this morning that we check that we could manually rotate pump (as you mentioned above). He went out and came back in and said that there was some of the stringy stuff that came off the inside of...

Hi, Our brand new Hayward Power-Flo Matrix 1 hp pump that, after a wait of a couple of months of it being on back-order, the FedEx seeming to be circling around Rocklin, CA for 3 days before finally delivering it to us yesterday, it has stopped working. After getting proper fittings to get our...

Thanks so much for such a quick reply!! You're awesome, and I REALLY appreciate your advice. So, I'll set the SWG to approximately 4 tomorrow and see how it goes. I will test the TA and CH again... I could have been 'drop' blind or something - kept getting interrupted by my granddaughter so...

Hi again, I believe I've successfully completed my first SLAM -- last chlorine added was 32 ounces at 5:40 Saturday afternoon, when FC tested at 22 (SLAM rate was 24). As it turned out, I could have added less as when tested at 8:15 p.m. Saturday evening (just after sunset) it was at 27, so...

Great. I picked up Muriatic Acid an the 8.5% Germicidal Bleach today, have the PH lowered to 7.2 now and just about to go out and add in 2 gallons bleach.... Thank you for all your help - it is MUCH appreciated. I'll be back once the slam is completed, unless I have questions before...

Hi Marty, I received my test kits a few days ago. First time testing I'm fairly certain I goofed on some test. I think I did all the tests correctly today, and the results are below. FC = 5.5 CC = 1.5 (too high, correct?) TC = 7.0 PH = 7.5 TA = 120...

Thanks Dirk, Actually, our SWG is mentioned in my sig, but is easy to miss. It's a new Hayward AquaTrol Salt Chlorine Generator . I did also test with both Taylor K-1766 kit as well as a Taylor test strip, both of which I just received from TFTestKits today. The K-1766 test I think I blew...

Thanks Jeff, This was my first time ever testing the water myself so I'm very likely to have done something incorrectly. On the CYA, I wasn't sure exactly when I thought I no longer saw the black dot at the bottom of the tube as my eyes seemed to still vaguely see it for a bit, so I kept...

Hi, I tested my pool for the first time with the T-100 test kit. I have the following readings and am wondering where do I go from here? FC: 5.5 CC: 5.5 PH: 7.8 TA: 110 CYA: 48-51 Salt: 4,400 per SWG The pool was horribly brown a week or so ago, after we'd had to empty...

Thanks! It's set to that now and turned back on. Plus my TF100 kit is ordered and I'll anxiously await its arrival. So glad I found this site!

Thanks SO much for your advice. just a few questions back. 1.) So I should add liquid chlorine or plain bleach every evening until I can get the test kit, even though our pool is showing at a high salt level (currently at 4400, up from 4000 last night)? Won't that be making new chlorine...

Hi, New member here as over the past few days, I seem to have found the place where I can get some good help and learn everything I can absorb (not saying I don't hit info overload easily with my ol' brain). We have an 18' x 52" Ultra XTR frame pool, with a new AQUA-TROL AG CHLORINE GEN. added...

Hi, We are in northern CA (Nevada County), and in the midst of a very HOT summer. Temps at our place have been in high 90's-low 100's for the past few weeks now. Very unusual for us... 90's in the summer are normal, but this many days/weeks hitting 100's for days in a row is not normal (but...