thanks
when the liner was replaced, my TA was in the mid 300 range.
I slowly added the acid in front of the return stream,usually no more than 32oz. at a time,around 4 hours apart if I remember without looking at my log sheet I now have
Then I would brush the area where added and use 2 pond pumps attached to the steps and shoot a jet stream across the pool surface for what seemed like a week, never letting the ph drop below7.2.
My return diffuser just doesn't seem to do enough alone and I cant turn it up to the surface due to a light in it without getting under the deck and loosening the whole unit to turn it.
took about 7-10 days to go from 380 to 110 and somewhere around 5 gal of acid? on 13,700 gal pool.
I guess I will slowly go back to work on the TA issue,and continue with the chemical balance I have been doing lately and assume my 50ppm stabilizer with 6ppm FC is fine and adding bleach or 12.5% chlorinator in front of return stream.The PH always for the most part stays at 7.4,maybe 7.2 after 3 weeks with totally clear water.
I do brush the pool once week but rarely vacuum,every 2 weeks,no real trees, just fake palms.
So I guess I am getting ripped and have no recourse after doing more than anyone else other than the folks on this board and others like this one that do proper down to the bones maintenance.And if I go back to my very first post on this, what I thought would happen actually did
thanks all for your suggestions and input.