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    Slamming my pool

    I have finally gotten my Taylor 2006 test kit and am in the process slamming my pool because we never get a good FC reading and always have CC. My CYA is about 47 and the pool math app says my shock level is 18. I added the suggest amount of liquid chlorine last night and checked the FC early...
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    Problems getting a free chlorine reading.

    Its a 24x52 so we believe its close to 14,000 gallons. We usually use an HDX 5 way test kit and recently bought some test strips one is a pool time brand and the other are hth test strips
  3. J

    Problems getting a free chlorine reading.

    We have a basic dpd 5 way test kit but it isn't giving us an accurate free chlorine reading so we are relying on strips and unfortunately they are showing no free chlorine. I thought maybe the strips were garbage so I put fresh water in a bucket and added some liquid chlorine and it showed the...
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    Problems getting a free chlorine reading.

    I have been trying to clear my pool for almost a month now and have had 4 water test done at a local pool chain. My latest numbers are 0.5 Free Chlorine 5.96 Total Chlorine 7.3 ph 128 Alkalinity 41 CYA 168 phosphates According to our paperwork we need to lower the Alkalinity so we added 1 cup of...