Just HAVE to share this...

[gboulton]

Coworker was skeptical the other day. Said there was "no way" a pool could be kept clear with "just bleach and a filter". Told him I'd bring pictures, he said if I could take a picture that truly showed a crystal clear pool, he'd give 'this BBB thing" another look.

This is what I'm showing him tomorrow.

Taken with an iPhone from 12+ feet away. That's a half dollar 4' deep.

http://i.imgur.com/9kT4F.jpg for Full Res

 

[crek31]

Heads or tails?

 

[anonapersona]

Turn off the circulation and I bet you could tell it heads or tails.

 

[MikeInNH]

Coworker was skeptical the other day. Said there was "no way" a pool could be kept clear with "just bleach and a filter". Told him I'd bring pictures, he said if I could take a picture that truly showed a crystal clear pool, he'd give 'this BBB thing" another look.

This is what I'm showing him tomorrow.

I love it. We can all post our pics to this thread so you can show him more.

 

[woodyp]

You should have bet a dinner and placed a menu for him to read from the bottom of your pool.

 

[techguy]

My avatar is a penny on the floor of my pool. I will post some floor shots when I get on the real computer. You can read the year on my coin in the full res shot

 

[moyer02]

[attachment=0:13i0ce1r]after (640x480).jpg[/attachment:13i0ce1r]well, here's another to show him. BBB works. (Just added borates).

 

[chem geek]

During the day with circulation and a light breeze one can tell there is water in the pool, but it's still clear:

https://www.troublefreepool.com/~richardfalk/pool/PoolDay.jpg

But at night when it's calm, I can hardly believe there's any water in the pool (and that's a 6' deep end and we're looking at an angle so through a lot of water):

https://www.troublefreepool.com/~richardfalk/pool/PoolNight.jpg

 

[techguy]

Heads or tails.

This is 4 feet of water.

 

[supertune]

Here's a shot of mine at 6 FT, so clear that the pattern is the background to the reflection of the clouds!

Chuck

 

[gboulton]

:lol:

You folks are awesome! Should seem him today or tomorrow, I'll have fun with this thread.

 

[Jennica]

The day this was taken my husband looked out the window and said..."The pool looks empty!"

 

[fast1971chevelle]

here is mine

 

[Suziqzer]

Have fun sharing him your pictures! Hopefully he will really try BBB.... He will be glad you showed it to him

I'm with woodyp, you should have bet him dinner at your favorite restaurant!

 

[cramar]

Chem Geek, that is impressive clarity.

 

[gboulton]

We have a winner!

"Wow...all those people use just bleach?"

"Yeah, pretty much. There's pH to manage, off course, and alkalinity like always. Couple of those folks have probably also added borates, but several have not."

"So...no algae stuff, no clarifiers, or anything? Seriously?"

"Yeah. Seriously. My pool is bleach and a sand filter. Period. The rest of them are like mine...we test our water, maintain a few important levels, and swim."

"Ok...tell me how this works..."



I've pointed him over here for reference (Pool School, Swamp->Oasis, etc) but I don't know that we'll see him in the forums, which is fine. He's opened his mind to the idea, and I've offered to bring my test kit over a couple times to show him what we test, how, why, etc.

As I learn more details about his pool, I'll likely post here or encourage him to do so should there be any tricky "conversions" to be done.

Thanks again, guys! This thread really made a point!

 

[MikeInNH]

Good job, I wish I had my avatar picture in big format still. The only picture I have handy has the solar cover on it.

 

[Suziqzer]

Awesome! He will be thanking you soon Such a great feeling when someone will actually listen to the BBB method.