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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Happy Monday, friends. :wave: I wanted to follow up on my initial attempts with some post-10/28 updates and questions. I went ahead and removed the Chlorine tablets, stopped using the comparator block for FC readings, and adhered to the tips about the R0871 static charge and CYA readings. My...
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Thanks for the advice. I did in fact wait over a minute the first couple of attempts with no droplet being formed or falling from the bottle.
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Not a coffee drinker, so I may need to better understand the implied directions here. Buy any standard filter? Wet it with re-agent until its saturated and creating a drip into the cylinder? Here's my concern. Then is the TF test such a more accurate test than what's being used by my...
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Pool Friends - (@PoolStored & @JamesW particularly) I re-attempted to test my pool water with your tips and guidance, and I also took pool water to the pool company for them to test as well. Here are my and their results. (see attached) First, the Comparator Block. As you can see, while I did...
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Yes. I made sure to fill it to 10mL without the SmartStir pill. Then added the pill and placed on the SmartStir to mix. It may be due to what @PoolStored pointed out above around wiping the tip with a wet paper towel due to possible static charge from shipping...ans squeezing VERY slowly to let...
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    I knew I shouldn't have overthought the "should I really fill it up over the supposed 'MAX' line?" Thanks. :cautious: Ah! Awesome insight. Will try these ~3 tips and report back. (y) Genius. Outdoors and sun behind me. Obscured = number + 10. The general indoor recommendation threw me off...
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    Looking to be Pool-Schooled

    Hey all. New to the world. Recent first time homeowner which came with a not so recent pool. Looking to be educated by this group on how to clean/test/maintain/troubleshoot, rather than fleeced by the previous homeowner's pool maintenance company. Thanks for the opportunity. :cool:
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    Brand Spanking New Homeowner with Old Pool - Tested Pool with TF Pro for 1st Time - Help!

    Hey all. New to this world. Looking for some guidance given what I believe to be skewed test results. Please be patient with me. I just received my TF-Pro yesterday evening and started testing right away. I am a new homeowner that came with an older pool and questionable maintenance. A bit...
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