Re: The definition of insanity

Originally Posted by
DurhamHouses
The silly games we play ...I have a water timer that has 8 programs a day ..I have it set to run my garden hose into the pool every half hour for 1 minute ( the minimum setting) staring at noon when the sun starts heating the water in the hose. It cost me 15 bucks ... I can run my gas heater for 7 hours for that

But where's the fun in that?
I refill from a well that has sulfur producing bacteria in it. Bad smell! We treat it with a chlorine injection and misting system and filter the Cl out via a carbon filter. But I use straight well water to top off the pool. Some days the sulfides are worse than others, especially after a heavy rain. The Cl in the pool neutralizes the stink from the new water, of course. My game is to guess how much additional Cl I have to add to stay at my target level. How much water did I put in? How bad is the smell today? How much chlorine was in the pool when I started? I overshot only the one time when I had a cold and couldn't smell anything.

Originally Posted by
DurhamHouses
aylad ..I didn't say I wouldn't keep the chlorine level up I said I wouldn't test it every day. If you know your pool load and LOOK at and FEEL the water why bother. I really think there is too much scaremongering on all sides.
Not sure about the scaremongering. I think it needs to be "do as I say, not as I do" when we try to help new owners solve their pool problems. There was a time when I was hugely intimidated by CYA and TA because I simply did not understand the role they played in pool water chemistry. Then it clicked. Janet said that CYA is 'like sun screen for your FC' and someone else mentioned TA being a buffer for pH. That's when I had one of those DUH! moments, put it together with all components having ranges rather than being absolutes, and I was finally able to relax into getting to know my pool.
Swimmer load, weather, sun exposure, backwashing, refilling, dust in the air, time of year . . . and testing the basics, pH/FC/CC, every so often. I don't test daily but I do touch and look at my water every day and I know how it's been treated since the day before.
A good test kit, knowing how to manage the results it gives you, and knowing your pool will get you clean and safe water season after season.
Oval 12.5K gal AGP; Hayward 19" sand filter; Pentair Dyn 1 HP 2sp pump on timer
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