Hello,
Due to what I'm sure was just a transient error when I tried to buy the kit on the normal website, I went ahead over to Amazon and ordered it there. It arrived yesterday.
Ordered: August 17th
Arrived: August 19th
Very fast!! Especially since Amazon warned me this item might not arrive till Sept 10th!
Initial impressions ... sweet! Nice attention to detail. Lots of bottles of stuff. Reminds me of a chemistry set. I like the specialty vials and such for specific tests.
So... for first use I did the simple FC and PH test - yep, results agreed with my OTO test kit the previous pool owners had left me (namely, 0.5 or less FC) and with PH was about the same as the reading from my electronic PH tester.
Ok, on to a new type of test for me...
I did the CYA test. The results were zero CYA. (I was able to fill the test tube all the way and the dot was still visible) . It's possible CYA has never been added to this pool before.
Now, I brushed again and in a couple of spots I got the slightest hints of green puff behind the brush.
So, I just picked up a bunch of cyanuric (sp?) acid, and liquid CL and am ready to .... well, I'm not sure exactly.
I'm debating between doing a SLAM .... OR ... just bringing FC and CYN level up to what this website recommends then seeing what my per day loss is on the chlorine, or if my SWG can keep up. Need to do a bit more reading.
Due to what I'm sure was just a transient error when I tried to buy the kit on the normal website, I went ahead over to Amazon and ordered it there. It arrived yesterday.
Ordered: August 17th
Arrived: August 19th
Very fast!! Especially since Amazon warned me this item might not arrive till Sept 10th!
Initial impressions ... sweet! Nice attention to detail. Lots of bottles of stuff. Reminds me of a chemistry set. I like the specialty vials and such for specific tests.
So... for first use I did the simple FC and PH test - yep, results agreed with my OTO test kit the previous pool owners had left me (namely, 0.5 or less FC) and with PH was about the same as the reading from my electronic PH tester.
Ok, on to a new type of test for me...
I did the CYA test. The results were zero CYA. (I was able to fill the test tube all the way and the dot was still visible) . It's possible CYA has never been added to this pool before.
Now, I brushed again and in a couple of spots I got the slightest hints of green puff behind the brush.
So, I just picked up a bunch of cyanuric (sp?) acid, and liquid CL and am ready to .... well, I'm not sure exactly.
I'm debating between doing a SLAM .... OR ... just bringing FC and CYN level up to what this website recommends then seeing what my per day loss is on the chlorine, or if my SWG can keep up. Need to do a bit more reading.