Week 4 (1 month milestone)
Been raining heavily for past 2 days and water level in pool and spa both a few inches higher than normal, surprisingly, test results are pretty good! I do notice some effects on my numbers from dilution from the excess water. I collected my samples during a break in the rain this afternoon.
Borates still about 50 ppm....the test strips have division for 30, 50, and 80 and it is much closer to 50 than any other color. I would guestimate that it is just under 50 ppm now. Still within the "good" range and will probably go up when the excess water evaporates.
FC 4.0 ppm (I lowered my SWG output last week after the test and it's also been raining pretty hard the past two days. I really expected the FC to be a bit lower than this after the rains....shame I didn't have time to test it during the week before the rains came.)
CC 0 ppm
TC (oto) looked to be 4 ppm also, more than 3 and not quite 5)
pH 7.7(rechecked this, Used both Ben's kit and Taylor 2005...don't know if it had goneup and the rains brought it down or it's still holding....time will tell)
TA 90 ppm ( I expected this to drop some after the rain...was 110 ppm)
Adjusted alk 70 ppm (CYA also dropped 10 ppm due to dilution from the rain...was 87 ppm)
Calcium 170 ppm (once again dilution from the rain...was 220 ppm)
CYA 60 ppm (rain....was 70 ppm)
Salt 3400 ppm (readout on AuqaLogic)
Salt 3400 ppm Tayor K-1766)
Salt level down once again because of the rain
Pool is still clear and sparkling.

Also tested the spa for chlorine and pH
FC 5 ppm (usually at abut 6-7)
CC 0 ppm
TC (oto) darker than 5 ppm
pH 7.6 (tested this with Ben's kit and Taylor K-2005 also)

I am going to wait for the water level to go down by evaporation before I make any changes to the chemistry. Might have to bump up the TA just a bit by maybe 10 ppm to keep the adjusted alk at aroun 80 ppm. We shall see.
Have also decided NOT to any any acid at this time.
I hope the rains end by Sunday because I need to change the skimmer sock and vacumn. Don't know if the dirt in the pool is from the rains or not....It was pretty clean at the beginning of the week so I suspect that a lot of it is just stuff that washed into the pool.

So far I am very happy that I decided to add the borax to my pool.