Water sample hack

[Newdude]

The cover is still on and the skimmer has an oil slick and I don't have any tennis balls yet this season. It's been running for a day and I just want a round about baseline to get an idea where I'm at.

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

 

[IceShadow]

How did you get the pump running with the cover still on? Just took off the areas that have the plugs to take those out?

 

[PoolStored]

How did you get the pump running with the cover still on? Just took off the areas that have the plugs to take those out?

Yep, that's what I did Monday to get my pump going! Cover will stay on until May 15. Dolphin running happily under the cover also.

 

[Newdude]

How did you get the pump running with the cover still on? Just took off the areas that have the plugs to take those out?

Yeah. I popped the shallow end over the weekend and pulled the plugs / reassembled the eyeballs. Then I put the equipment back together. It lasted 2 days and I fired it up last night.

1st test is GREAT !!!!




Had 4ppm leftover. Phew.

CYA was down half to 30
Salt was down 1/3 to 2200.
TA is right where I left it at 70 and I'll drink milk if I need calcium, because the vinyl pool sure doesn't.

It was the least rain year I remember so that kinda lines up with how much I drained.

 

[Mdragger88]

What’s your water temp?
Ps- you’re not sharing your
PoolMath logs… help us help you

 

[Newdude]

It was 42 yesterday with a meat thermometer. Brrr.

 

[mknauss]

Water temperature? 82F. Oh, sorry, guess you weren’t asking me……..

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Careful with drawing from the filter. When it starts to load up and get dirty you could read higher CC’s.

 

[Newdude]

Careful with drawing from the filter.

Yeah. I was just looking for an early guesstimate of where I was while being too lazy to pop the cover. I'll get real samples soon enough.

 

[IceShadow]

Man I just couldn’t get the intake port deep down the wall when we first took the cover off. That 48° water just sapped all the strength out of my arm. Some heater action to 60° pulling from the skimmer worked well enough though

 

[Newdude]

That 48° water just sapped all the strength out of my arm.

It hurt. Alot. And it was windy that day so I pulled my wet arm out and it hurt even more drying it off.

 

[IceShadow]

We got the return plugs off. Those are only mid-forearm or elbow deep. The shoulder-deep intake reaching down though - that was flat out.

 

[PoolStored]

Maybe it's just that folks from Detroit are built different. You'd have to freeze my arm in a block of ice for it to hurt...or maybe it's just because Jimmy Hoffa is my uncle...(Maccus Red Fox was a favorite as a kid too...)

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I thought plunging into an ice bath was all the rage now with the health-nut types. Something about inflammation, blah, blah, blah … they can all go over and open your pool for ya. Free ice bath.

 

[PoolStored]

I thought plunging into an ice bath was all the rage now with the health-nut types. Something about inflammation, blah, blah, blah … they can all go over and open your pool for ya. Free ice bath.

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[dfwnoob]

I fell into my pool last year in March by accident. Water temps in the high 40s. That was miserable. Anyone who would willingly get into an ice bath has a few screws loose.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I fell into my pool last year in March by accident. Water temps in the high 40s. That was miserable. Anyone who would willingly get into an ice bath has a few screws loose.

You dont Happen to have a video of that by chance do you? Strictly for research and learning of course.

 

[dfwnoob]

It was even better because I wrecked my ankle doing it, too. I literally tripped on nothing, twisted the bujeezsus out of my ankle, and fell in the pool. I got a fancy boot and a scooter for a week.

 

[midlifecrisis]

It was even better because I wrecked my ankle doing it, too. I literally tripped on nothing, twisted the bujeezsus out of my ankle, and fell in the pool. I got a fancy boot and a scooter for a week.

Glad you're okay.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I fell into my pool last year in March by accident. Water temps in the high 40s. That was miserable. Anyone who would willingly get into an ice bath has a few screws loose.

I fell in my pool in January of 2015. It happened to be an early cold winter and the water temp was down to the high 30’s. I was in denim jeans, a long sleeve shirt and a light polo jacket. The day was bright and sunny but in the low 50’s. I was reaching for something in the water near my rock waterfall, lost my balance and fell in. I distinctly remember that there was a delayed saturation of my clothing where I was in the water for a second or two but my body was still dry. Then the cold water made it through and I remember the inspiration gasp reflex that occurs when the face gets hit with cold water. It was a very strange feeling. I was out of the pool in seconds but soaking wet and freezing as I walked to back door and asked my 4 year old at the time to get me a towel. He laughed and ran off. My wife showed up with the towel, tossed it at me and gave me a quite a look of disapproval … I’m very careful around the pool in winters now ….