Results are in. I'm not sure about the chlorine... The color didn't seem to match any of the lines... maybe the highest one. The Pool Math screen shot says 3.0 but that is the last recorded test I did, since I wasn't sure on it today.
My salt keeps climbing, too. It was 2800, then 2900, then 3000 and today it's 3100 over the course of the past 5 or so days, really. I have not added any salt. I do live in a saltwater climate and it's been raining quite a bit off and on for a few weeks.
Maybe I need to turn that down? It's on 50% now.
And for the TA test, I tried using my speedstir and noticed after 11 drops I would initially see a little red, but it would always go green again. So I started over and swirled. On 9 drops it turned purple and I wasn't sure if that was the "red" it meant so I did one more and it turned it hot pink (kind of like the pH test does). So, I counted it as 10 drops. I am not sure how confident I feel in my testing abilities; or maybe the test that was done this AM (by someone else using their Taylor kit) was wrong). But, for the amount of Muriatic Acid I have added, I think my test result for TA makes more sense. See "Effects of Adding" screenshot.
With my TA sitting where it was before, at 120, wasn't that high for having a salt system anyway?
I think I still stink at the CYA test, but I can see the black dot, gray and start to fade towards the top of the cylinder but it's basically gone when the cylinder is full. I have very little-to no CYA but chlorine is possibly super high? I put 0 on CYA because the tube was basically full at the point that the black dot wasn't really visible. I am going to get some CYA at the store tonight because I know in the least, I definitely need some of that. I will get the powdered one this time vs. the liquid and do the sock in the skimmer thing.
See pics for SWG and control panel.
On the SWG cell, there is only one label that I see with any real information. On the body of the cell itself it says "SmartPure Sanitizer and that's it. I don't see any T-anything.
We didn't opt for any automation, nor did we pay for any, nor did they show us any. I don't think we have any. Or maybe I'm thinking of automation in different context.. as in the $800 system we could have added on, but didn't.