new home, new pool, new pool owner

[Watermom]

Gee -- that's never happened before, has it?

I also see your emphasis on the N!

[PoolDoc]

Yeah. I think other people are mis-reading it, too. I can't help being an "old man", but I think I'll try to stay away from owning the "dirty old man" moniker!

I'll have to change it to "Muon inspector" or something. Susan prefers "Quark inspector", so maybe I'll use that.

[Hydrophile]

PoolDoc, said "Your PF is 12" in your response to my question. I tried to Google the abbreviation PF but don't know what it stands for...and how is its value 12?
I added four pounds baking soda by mixing it in a 5 gallon bucket and slowly adding it to my pool. I will test again tonight. I purchased liquid chlorine and plan to add some tonight to bring my level up to spec with the Ben's best guess chart.

Thanks for the timely response.
- The new guy =)

[PoolDoc]

PF is the ratio of your pool to a million pound (PF:1) pool. 1 pound of something with a 100% concentration (like good stabilizer) will result in a 1 ppm increase in levels in a million pound pool, but in a 12 ppm increase in a PF:12 pool.

It's something I've used for years, but only started using here this summer. (I need to write a "How to Use Your Pool Factor" page )