greenish and cloudy

[ganny76]

Thanks Watermom. I dont have my good test im yet. All i can check is chl and ph. I did the 1/2 dilluted with tap water and it came out yellow. Slightly darker then the test had.

[PoolDoc]

Pool is clear with no algae, but test is still orange. Is it safe for kids?

It's safe for kids . . . but not expensive swim suits. You must have some stabilizer -- otherwise you'd lose all the chlorine in 1/2 day's sunshine, so it may not be a problem even for swimsuits.

My older son swam for a month, 2 - 3 hours per day in a pool with zero stabilizer (indoors) and 20 - 30 ppm chlorine because their ORP controller was mis-calibrated. I finally had to threaten to call the health department to get them to fix it. It killed two of his swim suits, and turned his hair ash colored (from brown) but otherwise didn't hurt him.

[ganny76]

Thanks again everyone!!!!

[ganny76]

New problem, off subject, i had turned my swcg off while i did the bleach. Today when i turned the power back on, the display is now acting up. Doesnt show salt content or water temp. Shows a few things, but others are blank.

[PoolDoc]

First thing to try, with almost all electronics, is a full power cycle, as in kill the power to the power supply.

If that doesn't work let us know exact make / model of your unit.

[ganny76]

Might be where i screwed up. Instead of just turning it off i turned its breaker off. So it had no power supply. I did this several times when the screen was screwing up. Its an aquarite, but i will get exact model tomorrow, storming outside right now.

[Watermom]

So ............. did you swim???

[ganny76]

Oh yeah, it was about 93* outside and the kids and neighboring kids had a blast!!!! Thanks so much for all the help you all continue to give.

[Watermom]

Ok, now I'm a little envious .......... I'm still awaiting my first swim of the season in my pool! Have fun and you're welcome! We are glad to help!

[ganny76]

Maybe you will get to enjoy it soon enough. We have been swimming since the end of February. The water was cold, but we had 85* temps.