Clear, but no chlorine???

[BigDave]

Rinse it until all the soap is gone.

[FormerBromineUser]

also: just tested TA and pH: pH off the chart (but you mentioned this would happen w/ high FC), but
TA went from green to blue to pale yellow (after 14 drops). ???

Did you dilute the pH sample? If so, what IS your pH?


I asked Mary Jo also to test her TA because her jets have been set to bubble on the surface since opening. (She has very strong flow from her jets and I had her reposition them). As far as I understand, yellow would be your endpoint for TA with high FC.

[mary jo]

OK- tested pH with diluted sample (5:1) and got 7.6 but how do you calculate correct pH from there?
Took TA reading again and went from green to blue to yellow w/ 14 drops=140.

[PoolDoc]

Don't even worry about the TA, till everything else is OK.

[FormerBromineUser]

I was just concerned because of the potential for aeration raising her pH with those jets hitting the surface. Seems like it's okay.

[PoolDoc]

Manage the pH; don't worry about the TA.

[Watermom]

When you use dilution to test pH, you test it as normal. In other words, you don't have to multiply the result by anything. Just read the test.

[FormerBromineUser]

Just to explain why I asked you to test TA and pH:

I hadn’t seen a pH test result on your thread for a while. After seeing your pool the other day, I got to thinking that MAYBE your pH had risen. There was a potential for the “raging waves” (as your kids call the jet action on the pool surface) to have aerated the water. Lots of splashing does it too

Aeration raises your pH. Chlorine loses effectiveness at high or low pH levels. IF your pH had risen due to aeration (and chlorine additions), then getting pH back in range would be VERY important. Does that make sense?