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& mine was brand new mid June :(

Both kits are Taylor's. One ordered through the link here and the other picked up at Leslie's. I also grabbed some strips. All test the same. I always add acid to the pool in the deep end. I've had a pool for 10 years, and I've never had a PH issue before. Other than waiting longer than...

I thought it was odd, but I double checked my readings. I even got a new test kit and tested one against the other. The readings matched and are consistently high. The tech that replaced the heat exchanger says the copper is getting thinner and thinner. Could I have gotten a bad one...

The water in St. Louis County, Missouri ranges from 9.7 to 10 according to the water company, and it measures off the scale with my basic Taylor test kit. When I opened our pool just after Memorial Day, I found out that our heater was shot (bad sensors; repair cost too high and repair...

Another five and a half bottles of 8.25% bleach this morning. The chlorine is just being eaten up, but the water is clearer... This is getting old :-( --Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok. The water is looking clearer with a little sudsing on the surface. I thought I'd. Take advantage of the low CYA and I'm doing my slam at about 16. I've given it four treatments at 12 hour intervals. I'm thinking it will likely take two more :-( After the slam should I add CYA, do another...

Wonderful. So that is where a couple hundred bucks of stabilizer went :-( and now i have the stain back. I wanted to close after labor day. Maybe I should close now :-( Thanks-- Al

And the slam or lowering the pH has brought back the stain; so the sequestrant seems to have done nothing... Or maybe that's what ate my CYA :-). --Al

Ok. This is getting crazy. I added sequestrant Friday and started a slam last night. I got my pH down to 7.2 first. I then went and checked my CYA; it was completely clear, and I tested twice. Filling all the way to the top of the tube, there was no sign of CYA. I have not had any water loss...

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Coming back from the "Testing concerns" thread. I'll keep the conversation here. I have added sequestering agent, but now that the pool is cloudy how long do i need to wait before starting a slam? Last time the slam brought out the iron stain. Thanks-- Al

Re: Testing concerns I am moving this thread back to "Bright green pool, metal?" I have added sequestering agent, but now that the pool is cloudy how long do i need t wait before starting a slam? Last time the slam brought out the iron stain... Thanks-- Al

Well I did move it to "Testing concerns" :-(. I guess I could cut and paste it back together. Let me know. The one reply said not to worry about my SWG not complaining about the low salt levels. Unless there were "other signs that the SWG may be having problems". Could my low FC be a sign...

Re: Testing concerns I was thinking of dropping one off at another Leslie's just to see.... :) But even if they're off, and my 2400-2600 is right, why isn't my SWG complaining of low salt? Thanks-- Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Testing concerns I have a TFT 100 test kit as well as the L-1766 salt test kit (new kit this Summer). I am getting concerned particularly with my salt readings. Almost two weeks ago a tech that came out to check my pump and I got 3400 for a salt reading. The tech added a bag of salt. A...

I think my stain problem is resolved, but I am still concerned with my testing. I will start another thread. Thanks-- Al

I meant to say I use liquid bleach to raise FC. --Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks again. I will pick up the sequestrant. The AA got rid of the stain and the water is crystal clear; so I'll add sequestrant. All I have access too is the Leslie's Metal Free :(... I do have my own test kits--TFT 100 and the additional K-1766 salt test kit. I got the pool store test...

Thank you very much. On closer inspection I had a stain on the pool liner. I went to Leslie's and bought ascorbic acid. I had them test the water while I was there and it showed 0 metal; so I held off on the sequestrant. The ascorbic acid cleared the stain right up. I'll have the water tested...

Leslie's sells something called Natural Chemistry 14834. Will that do what I need? Also I read on the forum that I should have zero Chlorine when I do this, or I risk oxidizing the iron and turning the water chocolate. And the slam article implies I likely need to add more chlorine and...

Thanks! I'll go see whether local Leslie's has a good sequestrant. I presume follow the label for the amount. How long does it take to work? I'm still concerned about my low chlorine. I put in the amount of chlorine last night for my CYA of 40. This morning it was showing 2, but the...

I've been having trouble keeping my chlorine up, and I treated with ascorbic acid earlier this week because of a stain on the liner (my liner is blue and it looked green; so I'm guessing iron, but I don't know where it comes from. I'm not on well water; I first got the stain last year...). My...

Well, the R0013 reagent arrived, and I did my own test. I got less than 30. Actually, I was able to fill the tube and still see the black dot. This is basically the same result I got with Blue Devil reagent. It actually might have indicated a very slightly higher CYA. Anyway, any idea what...

:). Well I'm still waiting on new reagent; so I took a sample back to Leslie's. They say I'm just below 60. Either their test is off or my volume estimate is way off. I'm going to wait on my reagent and redo my volume calculation. --Al Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah not thinking too well that day. I'll remember that next time. An earlier test had indicated that my volume estimate for the pool in the calculator was low, but (in retrospect) probably not low enough for two gallons. Leslie's wanted me to use three... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

OK. Thanks. I guess it is either order that or order the Blue Devil test kit (is it as accurate?). On the other hand could I go to Taylor and order the R-0013 there--https://www.taylortechnologies.com/products_reagent_Info.asp?MarketID=-1&ReagentID=2317? They sell larger sizes than the 8...

My CYA according to a water test at a pool store was 30; so I added to gallons of liquid CYA. This was because I was out of Reagent. The pool calculator said I needed about 180oz. I added 2 gallons. I bought some blue devil reagent off of Amazon. When I tested I got 30 again. Are there different...

Thanks! I've got my salt back up to 3800 (3500 is recommended on the SWG; so I'm going a little higher as recommended). Chlorine after 242 oz of 8.25% Chlorox is only at 0.5; so I'm going to add another bottle. Today I hope to get to the pool store with a sample to check the CYA. --Al

A lot of rain and extenuating circumstances have caused me to just now be opening my pool. My salt is down to about 2000 with the dropper test kit. Chlorine is virtually nonexistent (nothing on either the quick test or the granule test). Should I just add salt and kick the SWG to its highest...

Thanks! That worked, and when I got the panel off and followed the harness, it turned out to be more complicated than I thought. It snaked behind another panel with a lid attached with at least one screw. But, it was cheaper to buy the entire harness for about $38 than it was to buy the...