Re: Zero Free Chlorine Reading
A HUGE thanks everyone for your suggestions, I really appreciate it!
@ Big Dave: We just bought the house last October & the pool was already closed, so we don't know the cyanuric acid readings. Had we known more about water testing we definately would have asked the previous homeowner a ton of pool questions. The chemicals in Aqua Blast are 68% calcium hypochlorite. The previous owner did leave a water test kit, but it's the Taylor K-1001 so we're heading out to get the one you recommended (the K-2006 one).
@ Aylad: The water test wasn't a strip test, they used a syringe type thing & poked a hole in a small foil sealed retangular container squirting the water into the container. They then placed the container in a small machine thing which was how they got the water analysis. Is this what's called a drop test?
@ PoolDoc: The Aqua Blast chemicals say 68% calcium hypochlorite & "other ingredients" 32%, contains no cyanuric acid. It's manufactured by a company here in MI called KB Leisure, Ltd. & there's no product # other than the bar code #'s. And yes, the Aqua Blast as well as the Induclor we're using now is a shock treatment. What would cause the high ammonia?
Good news is we finally have freed the chlorine. Hopefully it'll be in the high 70's tomorrow so I can get in the pool & brush the walls instead of walking around the pool & doing it!
~Sue **Domesticated Country Diva**
25K gal 18x36 IG vinyl liner - 4' shallow, 10' deep, new Hayward filter installed 2011, chlorine feeder.
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