Oh man, what a great web site. My first post. I tried putting my trust in the local pool store guy. Thought he would take care of me.
I took my pool water over to the pool store guy. Asked him to check my salt. He tells me that my salt was at 2500 ppm. He says I need to add salt. I told him that I used AquaCheck strips and they indicated 5090 ppm. So, he completely immerses an AquaCheck strip (against explicit AquaCheck instructions saying that would invalidate the test). After about a minute he pulls it out. It’s at level 1. He says, “See you’re wrong. It’s not that high.†I said, “The bottle says level 1 is like 800 ppm. You’re now telling me that my salt level is 800 ppm? You just threw it in – that invalidates the test.†He says, “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ve been doing this for a long time, sir.â€
(Another pool store, same company, told me my salt was at 3800 ppm. Above 3400 ppm which is optimal for my IntelliChlor IC40).
Then he checks my TA. I didn’t ask him to do the test he just did it. I had done it myself multiple times and it always comes in around 70-80. During the test, he is in a hurry. I know that he is supposed to add drops of R-0009 to measure the TA. He doesn’t add drops. It is more of a continuous stream of R-0009. He tells me that my TA is 120. I challenge him on this and tell him that it is more like 70-80. He says, “Nope. It’s high. It’s 120.â€
He tells me that I need to shock the pool and a bunch of other questionable things. I can’t trust anything he says. Absolutely ridicules. So, I just leave. I’ll never go back to that store.
That’s when I realize that I have to take care of myself.
Sorry for the length of the above. Just needed to vent to somebody that would understand and it’s just my way of saying “Hi†and I am glad I found you guys.
I took my pool water over to the pool store guy. Asked him to check my salt. He tells me that my salt was at 2500 ppm. He says I need to add salt. I told him that I used AquaCheck strips and they indicated 5090 ppm. So, he completely immerses an AquaCheck strip (against explicit AquaCheck instructions saying that would invalidate the test). After about a minute he pulls it out. It’s at level 1. He says, “See you’re wrong. It’s not that high.†I said, “The bottle says level 1 is like 800 ppm. You’re now telling me that my salt level is 800 ppm? You just threw it in – that invalidates the test.†He says, “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ve been doing this for a long time, sir.â€
(Another pool store, same company, told me my salt was at 3800 ppm. Above 3400 ppm which is optimal for my IntelliChlor IC40).
Then he checks my TA. I didn’t ask him to do the test he just did it. I had done it myself multiple times and it always comes in around 70-80. During the test, he is in a hurry. I know that he is supposed to add drops of R-0009 to measure the TA. He doesn’t add drops. It is more of a continuous stream of R-0009. He tells me that my TA is 120. I challenge him on this and tell him that it is more like 70-80. He says, “Nope. It’s high. It’s 120.â€
He tells me that I need to shock the pool and a bunch of other questionable things. I can’t trust anything he says. Absolutely ridicules. So, I just leave. I’ll never go back to that store.
That’s when I realize that I have to take care of myself.
Sorry for the length of the above. Just needed to vent to somebody that would understand and it’s just my way of saying “Hi†and I am glad I found you guys.
