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When I was a surfer (long time ago) the saying went "end your day on a great wave". I can't think of anything better than ending your season on 2 or 3 great weeks of crystal clear, non-irritating, non-foaming, pure water for the trade off of 3-5 days of conversion.
Shelley
I'm doing it. I'm coming up on 24 hours into my conversion to CL. I left the pool open and unattended over the winter. Wow, was it dirty. But apparently the BAQ crap was pretty much gone, because the pool appears to be almost converted. The water is only slightly green now and CL is hanging in there. 17K gal, used only 24 gal of 6% so far.
Why did I do it after claiming good success with BAQ? Mostly because I didn't like the approach of the pool stores, and because I like to experiment (sick mind).
But really, the claims of all of the others about the great success of the BBB approach satisfied me that it was worth a try. And if I don't like CL, I can convert back to BAQ (I hear laughter from future readers who have already switched to CL and liked it).
I wanted to use SGW, but I have a AG pool, SGW not recommeded I guess.
So now I'm configuring a simple tank / pump / timer to squirt 6% in once in a while.
I took your approach and let it go at the end of the season.
So far, I'm on day 3 using about 18 gallons. I'm only losing about 3ppm overnight, but the daytime loss is huge.
I have filter cartridges, so it's very difficult to keep up good pump pressure after about 20 minutes.
A ton of vaccuming along with it. I'm hoping to be done by the weekend, we'll see...
Not true! Goldline Controls makes 4 units specifically for above ground pools. Go to their website and look at the AquaTrol units.Quote:
Originally Posted by baq-n-ia