Jeez, I am a chemist!!! First Time Testing with my TF-100

[bethers0811]

so first off, my pool isn't quite finished and I thought the pool peeps would be taking care of it until completion. WRONGO! So I have calculated what I think is my pool volume. it is a freeform overall kind of shaped, steps are inside pool and we do have a swim out bench. So it is around 35 feet long, and 16 feet wide at the widest point. 3.5 to 7 foot deep. So I calculated that and got 22k...that should be a little over whatever for now....

Now, I got out my test kit and conducted my experiments. Here are my results:

Clorine test - 1
PH test - 8.2 but could have been higher possibly, the red was super red

CH 125
CYA 20+...I could always see the black dot
FC 1
CC 1
TA 160

what do I need to do now? I have downloaded the Pool Math app. Does that app work like troublefree in regards to the correct chemicals to add??

 

[AftonJeeper]

Is your equipment up and running?

Start by setting your pH goal at 7.5, FC goal at 5 and CYA at 30 all in the pool math app. You will need to buy some muriatic acid, bleach/liquid chlorine, and some CYA/stabilizer. It might take you a while to reach the pH goal if you are higher than 8.2.

 

[bethers0811]

Yes, my equipment is up and running. I have been running it around 10 hours per day and I also have been running my cleaner once or twice a day because there is a lot of grit that has fallen in from the concrete and rock work. I do have a stash of liquid chlorine from ACE (I stalked the other thread about sales). What do I add first? I worry about clorine or getting PH down...or will pool math tell me??

 

[AftonJeeper]

Perfect!

Pool math will tell you how much to add. Start any order you want. Just don't pour the acid and bleach at the same time. Pour them in different spots or wait a couple minutes between.

 

[DrHorshenschwartz]

I don't know how the tf-100 kit tests for cya but the Taylor k2006 kit with the black dot tests as low as 30. When the tube is full and you can see the dot still then it means the cya is at a level less than 30.
If you took distilled water and ran a cya test the tube would till to the top where it says 30. The result wouldn't be that it's 30, it would be that it's less than 30. If the dot is visible at 30 on the tube then the reading is less than 30

 

[Teald024]

I don't know how the tf-100 kit tests for cya but the Taylor k2006 kit with the black dot tests as low as 30. When the tube is full and you can see the dot still then it means the cya is at a level less than 30.
If you took distilled water and ran a cya test the tube would till to the top where it says 30. The result wouldn't be that it's 30, it would be that it's less than 30. If the dot is visible at 30 on the tube then the reading is less than 30

If you run the CYA test on any water without CYA, the tube will be totally clear right up to the top. If the water has any CYA in it, you would see some cloudiness to the water. The amount of cloudiness determines the amount of CYA. That's how the test works.