Hello all! I found myself searching for help on pools and stumbled on this site and was very excited that their are people that are so knowledgeable and ready to help!
I started reading posts and realized that I would purchase the kit before I even registered! I purchased the Taylor 5-2006 test kit. If I thought chemistry was above my head before.... its swimming now, but I think I managed to take my first sample and below are my readings.
Pool: Intex 22x52" Ultra Frame approx. 10,000 gal of water
Filter: upgraded to the Intex Krystal Clear Sand filter 3000gph
Soooo now for the readings:
PH= 7.0 (the color I received was lighter than the 7.0 reading pane but not by much
Total Alkalinity= 100ppm
Calcium Hardness=100ppm
Cyanuric Acid=100 ppm
Free Chlorine= 9ppm
Combined Chlorine= 16ppm
I normally drain my pool and refill during the spring, however this year I decided to close it up and cover it and not drain. The water was a beautiful shade of deep green before I started, and after shocking, chlorine and all the wonderful supplies I was told to get, it is actually blue now but very cloudy.
Thanks in advance for your help, and please if I didn't list anything correctly or need additional info please let me know!! I am attemetping to watch the youtube videos on the test kit now, I want to make sure I actually did it correctly!!!
Thanks again!
Melissa
I started reading posts and realized that I would purchase the kit before I even registered! I purchased the Taylor 5-2006 test kit. If I thought chemistry was above my head before.... its swimming now, but I think I managed to take my first sample and below are my readings.
Pool: Intex 22x52" Ultra Frame approx. 10,000 gal of water
Filter: upgraded to the Intex Krystal Clear Sand filter 3000gph
Soooo now for the readings:
PH= 7.0 (the color I received was lighter than the 7.0 reading pane but not by much
Total Alkalinity= 100ppm
Calcium Hardness=100ppm
Cyanuric Acid=100 ppm
Free Chlorine= 9ppm
Combined Chlorine= 16ppm
I normally drain my pool and refill during the spring, however this year I decided to close it up and cover it and not drain. The water was a beautiful shade of deep green before I started, and after shocking, chlorine and all the wonderful supplies I was told to get, it is actually blue now but very cloudy.
Thanks in advance for your help, and please if I didn't list anything correctly or need additional info please let me know!! I am attemetping to watch the youtube videos on the test kit now, I want to make sure I actually did it correctly!!!
Thanks again!
Melissa