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  1. jj

    Thanks TFP for BBB!

    I would like to add our thanks to TFP, also. Our first full winter and summer with the pool on BBB have been flawless. Many thanks to you all! jennifer P.S. Bryan, I forgot to tell you....beautiful kids, water and pic:) I love looking at pictures.
  2. jj

    Does Running the Pump Cool the Pool Water?

    Thank you. We've been working on Steve's theory. Our air temp has not, necessarily, been much warmer than our pool water. Then add the 10-12 mph breeze, cloudy and you've got a dang chilly swim, for me :-D
  3. jj

    Does Running the Pump Cool the Pool Water?

    Our pump puts out a pretty good swirl in our small pool. So we wonder if it cools the water, when run during the day? We don't need it to be cooled. Brrrr. We're having a lovely summer, but not a lovely summer for swimming, most days.
  4. jj

    Cloudy Water, High TA...

    Well, we've/he's:) added 9 oz. of Muriatic acid twice now. I think he just hated the idea of it (not afraid of it) he's worked with too much 'stuff'. We can see the bottom of the pool. It 'ain't' beautiful but it's 'seeable' again. We thank you all very much! jenn
  5. jj

    Cloudy Water, High TA...

    Good Morning, I haven't been gone, just lurking:) I didn't want to bore you with 'thank you, thank you' and I don't know enough to even discuss it. We can see the bottom step of the ladder now. We added chlorine as per the Calculator. We have areated it once again now. The pump has always run...
  6. jj

    Cloudy Water, High TA...

    Unstablized chlorine. Here is a description I copied...Poolife CHLORINE CAPLETS - CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE - 68% AVAILABLE CHLORINE And this is the Alkalinity Plus description from PooLife. ALKALINITY INCREASER - SODIUM BICARBONATE 5-lb container - Poolife Alkalinity Plus - to balance your water...
  7. jj

    Cloudy Water, High TA...

    Source of chloriine was Trichlor Tabs Test Kit - TF100 Algeacides - PoolLife, Super AlgaeBomb 60, Poly[oxyethylene(dimethlyliminio)ethylene-(dimethyliminio)ethylenedichloride] Right before it turned cloudy the TA was low, the CYA was high. The pool store had us go to unstablized chlorine and...
  8. jj

    Cloudy Water, High TA...

    Hi to All, Our first pool's been cloudy for a month now. Can’t see the bottom. White cloudy. We have exhausted the advice of our local pool store, that isn’t really a pool store:) We have a arsenal of chemicals on hand (Pool Life). Yesterday we drained a third of the water and...
  9. jj

    Commonly used abbreviations for pools

    Thanks I was just hoping I was overlooking it like you do in a cabinet or something. My 57 year old 'pool boy' :-D is allergic to pc so I have to print. :oops: jennifer
  10. jj

    Commonly used abbreviations for pools

    Thank you waterbear. Am I, as a newbie, overlooking the 'print' function on this forum? jj