JohnT said:Get a new gauge. They are cheap.
Hopefully that is all that is needed, thanks.
JohnT said:Get a new gauge. They are cheap.
anonapersona said:My local pool store has a huge selection of skimmer baskets. Call the stores to see who has a few to choose among.
frogabog said:Trichlor has CYA in it, although I'm sure you're aware of that already. Your swamp may even have some CYA, time to test it if you have the kit. Those pucks won't help clear that pool, they don't dissolve fast enough to shock anything except maybe a kiddie pool (that's where I use my pucks, seems to work and I don't care how high the cya goes, we just use it to rinse feet off under the ladder).
When the pump is fixed, you'll want to use bleach (and if I were you, I'd be looking for that 12% liquid chlorine the pool stores carry, you're going to need a LOT). Too bad about your pump, I can feel your anxiety to start chlorinating the darn thing!
frogabog said:I was able to test the day after I squished the sock out which took about two hours. I'd put 20ppm worth in.
YMMV of course.
JasonLion said:Copper is bad. A little won't do anything, but you are better off not adding any. If the copper level gets too high you can have blonde hair turning green and nasty stains that are very difficult to remove. A couple of pounds of trichlor with added copper won't do anything, but don't keep using that long term.
Hmm, Was just at walmart tonight and could not find it. Was keying on "conditioner" but went through each of their products, they had shock which was cal-hypo, super shock, which was a little stronger concentation of cal-hypo. All their products seemed to be hth brand and the only thing with TRI in it had copper sulfate pentahydrate as well.frogabog said:Walmart carries the HTH stabilizer. It comes in a 4 pound tub.
It is soooooo much simpler to just add stabilizer in known measurable quantities.
I'm a little confused over your trichlor product. Powder or tablets? Adding pounds at a time to get to a certain CYA level seems like it'd overchlorinate (although with that black mess you have there... might not be a problem lol). Tablets take time to dissolve. Powder would dissolve fast.
It would seem like doing straight CYA and bleach would be the best approach. You're in control that way, not your calculations. Save the trichlor for ramping up towards SWG levels perhaps?
frogabog said:Got a pestal and mortar? I'd crush it first. But, after watching those things dissolve I don't know if it'd work. They kind of melt away and get holes like a rock that's been in a creek for hundreds of thousands of years.
If you dissolved it in water first, the chlorine would go into that water, and likely dissipate by half each day you had it in there. The pool wouldn't get the chlorine, only the CYA.
Here's a thought... 5 gallon bucket, drill lots of holes, then sink it near the return just under the surface. Then smash up the trichlor and dump it in in so that every tablet chunk dissolves at the same rate. Lotta work and unknowns here as compared to just adding CYA and being done with it but maybe it'll work. ??? I would not count the trichlor as something that could shock the pool but after it was in for a while it might supplement the shocking and then all you'd have to do is test and add bleach to shock level atop of the trichlor level. CYA would be unknown however until it was all dissolved and you test for the true level.
Realistically, someone who knows something should be answering this, not me!