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flopalock

flopalock

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May 25, 2013
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TF 100 is on the way, here are the numbers I have with the kit I currently have, home depot jammie...

FC 2.0
PH 7.6
TA 130

We bought a house with an approx 10 yr old 20x40 inground. This is my first pool, so this is a learn as you go type thing. Already have been to the pool store where I dropped about $100 in "chemicals" to get it opened. Had to shock and add "alkalinity plus". Has an inline chlorinator thats running now, but I am going to go BBB as soon as the test kit arrives. After the shock, pool store said the water is perfect with the sample I brought them. But we will see.
Every toy or hobby I have, I have a forum to go with it so I look forward to being a member here. Thanks already, wish I found this forum sooner!
 
Welcome to tfp, flopalock :wave:

No more alkalinity plus, your TA is already higher than ideal for a bleach chlorinated pool. Not a problem, it will come down on it's own eventually.

How does your water look?
 
Water is crystal clear, which is suprising given I pulled a garbage can full of leaves out of it after I took the cover off. It was a mess to say the least.

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Do you have a measurement for cya?

If you do and since your water is clear, then I would dose to the normal chlorine level for that cya level (see the poolcalculator.com recommended levels section) until your kit comes. Once the kit comes, run a full set of tests and post them.
 
The kit i have has an acid demand test that tells me to add 3 pints of muriatic acid, from what i can tell. Its minimal accordind to the chart in the kit, so i think i might wait til i can test with the 100.

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OK 100 in the mail after work and here is what I have:
CL 1.0
PH 7.5
FC 2.0
CC 0.5
TA 140
CH 170
CYA 50

I thought the CYA would've been a little higher given the auto chlorinator, but who knows what they were using. The CH has me annoyed since the guy at the pool store had me dump a bucket of something in the pool because the water was too hard. Now lemme go play with the pool calculator.
 
flopalock said:
OK 100 in the mail after work and here is what I have:
CL 1.0
PH 7.5
FC 2.0
CC 0.5
TA 140
CH 170
CYA 50

I thought the CYA would've been a little higher given the auto chlorinator, but who knows what they were using. The CH has me annoyed since the guy at the pool store had me dump a bucket of something in the pool because the water was too hard. Now lemme go play with the pool calculator.
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Is the water clear? If so, just jack the FC up to about 6 and go swimming. :splash:
 

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Yep, other than FC, your numbers look good...lucky you on the cya level :whoot:

flopalock said:
The CH has me annoyed since the guy at the pool store had me dump a bucket of something in the pool because the water was too hard.
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Now you have the knowledge which gives you the power...so never let them do that to you again :-D
 
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