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Ammonia and a very cloudy pool

by tricia » Tue 06 May, 2008 00:02

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I have a cloudy pool attributed to high ammonia levels. We just opened our pool so it can't be pee. It was closed for the winter perfectly balanced...

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Sometimes when you let a pool go over the winter soil bacteria gets into the pool and consumes some of the Cyanuric Acid (CYA) and converts it to...

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Tue 06 May, 2008 01:31
auto liquid chlorine feeder input idea?

by Guest » Sun 04 May, 2008 10:36

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I read some things on the liquidator and what not.

Anyonw have any of these feeders with goods and bads? Thinking I may want to instal one due to...

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The rate of chlorine introduction is low as The Liquidator is operating the entire time the pump is running. So if you have one turnover per day,...

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Mon 05 May, 2008 14:18
Procedure for adding chlorine bleach

by Guest » Mon 05 May, 2008 10:28

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When adding Sodium Hypochlorite to my pool, is it OK to just walk around the pool parimeter and poor it in?

Or should I only add it to the deep...

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Open the bottle fully to make the pouring easier and you can do this opening with the bottle in the water to avoid splashing. See this thread for...

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Mon 05 May, 2008 14:05
Help I am having a chemical reaction in my pool!

by girldoc » Sun 04 May, 2008 10:58

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New to this site and would like some help. I have been trying to get the chemicals correct in my pool for three weeks. At last test, my alkalinity is...

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yep it looks like you actually have too much algae, not too much chlorine :)

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Mon 05 May, 2008 05:25
CYA re-visited

by tacoma5050 » Sun 04 May, 2008 20:44

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So I am at my local pool store to pick up calcium increaser. I try to support my local store when I can, so I ask them: "do you have any...

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Your pool store is only half right. You can have higher levels of CYA and relatively low chlorine levels and not get algae, but to do so you need to...

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Sun 04 May, 2008 22:24
alt to 3" tabs when CYA is high

by Guest » Mon 28 Apr, 2008 08:20

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I have a hayward chlorinator that I load with 3" tabs. When my CYA gets too high what are my alternative chlorine options to put in my...

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To decrease CYA level in half, you would need to drain half of your pool ;)

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Tue 29 Apr, 2008 05:24
So Im learning the $$ lesson on chlorine, how about clorox?

by justneedsomehelp » Sat 26 Apr, 2008 07:25

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Can anyone tell me how many gallons of clorox ultra I would need "approximatly" to maintain a good 15-20 cl level to shock this pool and...

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You can either have the chlorine level be higher to clear it or you can use OMNI Liquid Floc to try and settle it out faster. This sticky will give...

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Sun 27 Apr, 2008 18:09
4-in-1 shock and 3" tabs Plus

by Guest » Mon 14 Apr, 2008 08:27

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At the start of each pool season I purchase a 40-lb bucket of 3â€ chlorine tabs and a 24-lb box of 1-lb bags of shock from my local Costco...

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I meant bleach for initial shock instead of the shock product, and then tablets afterwards to keep up the chlorine level. :)

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Mon 14 Apr, 2008 11:40
Communication break down

by shell » Thu 10 Apr, 2008 10:30

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Ok I have a pentair intellitouch and a polaris autoclear plus. Everything was working fine with the system until I had lightning hit and I had to...

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I'm not an AutoClear expert, but i would imagine there is an option in a menu which tells one of the units that it needs to connect.

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Fri 11 Apr, 2008 05:46
What voltage should salt-cell be supplied?

by yumingtian » Sun 18 Nov, 2007 02:51

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Hi,

I am having trouble with the salt-cell not producing any chlorine. No bubbles come from it, have checked the connections and it is fine....

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if it was the cell he would have had high voltage and no current

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Sun 06 Apr, 2008 08:29
Low Salt

by The Leader » Sun 02 Dec, 2007 19:10

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I have a salt chlorinator and was wondering how you can tell that you are low on salt other than taking it to the shop for testing as they always...

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If you have to put a lot of salt all the time and you are not losing water the most likely reason is the cell is dead. The second likely reason is...

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Sun 06 Apr, 2008 08:26
How to electronically test FC and TC levels

by Womble- » Tue 05 Feb, 2008 17:48

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Does anyone know where to buy a probe that will electronically test the TC or just the FC levels? I am looking for just the probe so I can interface...

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ORP should not be considered a direct measure of sanitizer level. I think the OP wanted a chlorine probe, to measure FC. They're different than ORP...

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Thu 07 Feb, 2008 21:41
Liquid chlorine

by meatloaf » Sun 03 Feb, 2008 21:24

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I've just switched to using liquid chlorine instead of tablets. Is there some sort of chart I could use to determine how much chloine I should use?...

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Roughly speaking, one gallon of X% chlorinating liquid in 10,000 gallons adds X ppm Free Chlorine (FC). If you have a larger pool, then you need to...

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Sun 03 Feb, 2008 21:51
Chlorine problem

by mr_clean » Sat 17 Nov, 2007 11:54

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My pool is cloudy (after heavy rain), so I shocked it, but it never clear up. I have run the pump continously for several days, it is still cloudy....

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You can do a few checks to see what this problem is.

Firstly what is you PH readings the higher your PH the less effective your chlorine will...

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Mon 14 Jan, 2008 03:17
Superchlorination
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by sparkwatercleaner » Sun 16 Dec, 2007 20:54

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I use chlorine tabs as a sanitizer for my pool. They also add stabilizer.

I bought liquid chlorine (sodium hypochlorite), so that I can shock my...

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Well, I add 2 tabs/pucks to a floater each week. They are 7 ounce tabs/pucks (200 grams, actually). The test kit reads almost 1 ppm FC at any given...
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Wed 19 Dec, 2007 22:59
new swim spa PH wont stay level

by glenda » Thu 22 Nov, 2007 21:33

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My Ph Level is driving me crazy, I have a swim spa 1000 gallon spa, when I get the PH correct the next day it is off the charts again,

I heard we...

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Lower your Total Alkalinity (TA) level significantly down to around 80 ppm or 70 ppm (assuming your Cyanuric Acid level isn't too high) and that...

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Fri 23 Nov, 2007 02:38
What is better? Liquid or Powdered Shock

by dogette » Wed 30 May, 2007 04:40

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Hello:

I was just wondering which is better. Liquid shock or the little individual HTH packets you can buy. I used liquid last year and thought of...

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Thanks long gone. The mystery is now solved. I've been wondering what that product was for a long time and had heard that it was melamine from some...

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Wed 14 Nov, 2007 18:20
How long after using bleach can I go swimming?

by Litoq » Fri 03 Aug, 2007 13:12

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I took the plunge and started using bleach instead of the tablets and such due to high CYA levels. I partially drained and refilled the pool and now...

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Since Im using bleach now, should I be adding it at night and wait till the next day to go swimming or can I add it anytime like the tablets? If I...

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Fri 02 Nov, 2007 23:05
Help!! Ph and Cl are both high

by pooldummyhere » Sat 27 Oct, 2007 09:41

As you can guess from the name I'm new to maintaining a pool. We have a built in 40,000 gallon pool or so I was told. I used an Aqua EZ test kit and...

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Sat 27 Oct, 2007 09:41
Chlorine tablets and granulated chlorine

by sparkwaterceaner » Sat 20 Oct, 2007 18:24

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I've got a 40,000 liter pool (dunno how much in gallons).

The label on the container of the granulated chlorine I use says to dose 80 grams per day...

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CYA is Cyanuric Acid aka stabilizer aka conditioner. It protects chlorine from getting broken down from sunlight, but it also combines with chlorine...

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Mon 22 Oct, 2007 17:29

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