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    wait after add soda

    No i put a little too much muriat acid and the Ph level went down to 7...so i added some soda to rise it up at 7.2 and i just retested after 30 minuts and seems working ...Ph level is 7.2 now ...can i trust this test?
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    wait after add soda

    How long i have to wait after i added bakingsoda to rise Ph levels to test ph again?
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    I know but was raining no stop for 2 weeks and i thought that a 400 ml was just enough......
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    Ok i try to explain it better ,i was not at home for 1 month and my wife test the pool with k1001 and added about 400 ml of liquid bleach at 12% every day to keep the level above 5ppm ,now i'm back and i bought 0870 and 0871 brand new .... i tested water with k1001 and the color was...
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    Sorry i tested with k1001 and got 5ppm but with k2006 i got 18ppm
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    testing FC with K1001 is 5PPM but with K2006 ( 0870-0871) is 18 PPM, CYA 35

    i tested FC for 1 month with K1001 and the color result was always around 5ppm, but when i finally could buy new R-0870 and the big bottle of R-0871 , i added water to 10 ml mark and put 1 big dipper of 0870 and than i had to add 36 drops of R-0871 to get colorless ,doing the math i...
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    10 minuts wait before test FC?

    After adding liquid chlorine 12% ,how long should i wait before testing?
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    they sent me a picture of the big barrell and seem like it is stored outside under the SUN !!!!! Ok i will ,they sent me a picture where they store the bigger plastic barrell and seems like is outside under THE SUN !!! No comment !!!! we talked yesterday about my FC level problem , slam...
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    Bingo! First of all here in Costarica the last 3 months temperature was always over 90 F so what can i say to the store that sold me the chlorine? i'm in the jungle and there is only this new little poolstore so no other option to get liquid chlorine ....so i can't ask the money...
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    manufactured on 26 feb 2020
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    How can i test the % of liquid chlorine?

    I bought liquid chlorine at 12% from the poolstore but seems like is only at 6% i usually add 1liter of liquid chlorine at 12% in my pool to raise FC level from 0 ppm to 6 ppm with CYA 50-60 but the last bucket i got adding 1 liter FC level raise from 0 ppm to 3 ppm , is there a test i...
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    K0006 chlorine testing problems

    CC TEST Added 2 dippers of 0870 in the 10ml sample of the large comparator,than added 4 drops of 0871 till colorless( 4drops x 0.5 =2ppm) , but after 40 second the sample's water got pink again so i added other 2 drops till color less but than after 40 seconds got pink again ,lighter than...
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    no pool math , i bought k2006 but i didn't get it yet, so i borrowed k2005 from a friend to test the CYA ...
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i bought taylor k2006 but i didn't get it yet ,so i borrow k2005 from a friend i want to keep the CYA low so in case i have to use tablets or tricloro that contain CYA ,it will not increase to much and i won't have to drain the pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i think at the lower level around 30 is the best what do you think? my pool does not recive a lot of sun....
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    about 5.000 gallons or 19.000 liters in the pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    till november a lot of rain than from dic till may dry ,fill water is expensive, water here got EC around 400 cal/mg so yes a lot of calcium in the water
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i don't know i have to read the instruction on the bucket at the store , but is the common household bleach to clean .....they all are at 3% but i find one at 3.5% ....so if i double the dose i can reach 7% and put it in my pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    Hi, i can't find household bleach at 8% like the poolschool say ,the only one available is at 3.5%, if i double the dose can i put it in my pool?
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    If tricloro contain CYA ,can i use domestic liquid bleach at 3-4% instead? is the only bleach i can buy at the store here in the jungle.
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    HI,thank you for your reply, OUTDOOR POOL APRIL 2019 COSTARICA 20.000 liters 5mt x 3mt x 1,20mt CHEMICALS I USE : CHLORINE: i use tricloro (tricloro-s-triazinetrone 99%) direct in the pool (at the store i could find only domestic liquid bleach at 3-4% so i didn't buy it )tricloro instead...
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    I have a new pool in costarica , i raised the CYA levels from 0 to 30 adding CYA ,only once at the beginning ,now after 5 months CYA level increased till 100 ...but i didn't put any more in the pool ...