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    Default Re: Help.....Im in conversion confusion

    From an earlier post in this thread:
    Stay the course, Test and dose accurately (I cannot stress that enough) and your pool will clear......
    The 8 gallons of Clorox raised your chlorine to 35.6 PLUS whatever was already present.....so your chlorine was probably 40+ppm.

    It's your liner but I would suggest a little more accuracy when you apply the additives to your pool.

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    Cool Re: Help.....Im in conversion confusion

    I said approx 8 gal. It was more like 6 and it wasnt Ultra so Im not sure what the level was but Im sure you "DAVE" have the answer. I guess I should say thank you to Janet. She has support without sarcasm. Thank you Janet and I will pray for my liner tonight. Dave if you have any helpful things to say great. If not, dont bother responding to my questions. You are beginning to irritate me.

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    If we calculate the actual dosage into the pool dave it started at 1.9 ppm

    adding 4 gal of 5.25% raising approx2.75 per=11
    1.5 gal of 6% raising approx 3ppm per gal=4.5

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    15.5 + existing 1.9=17.4ppm

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    Hmmm, I'm sorry that my very blunt caution was offensive to you. It was not my intent to irritate you but rather to give you an obvious, attention-getting "heads up".

    When you posted:
    approx 8 gal
    I thought that's what you meant. Sorry.
    Last edited by duraleigh; 08-02-2006 at 04:59 AM.

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    No problem, I was using an approximate. My fault. But it did work. I apprecciate the warning about the liner. What is the maint. schedule after pool clears. numbers yesterday
    Chl was 8 so I addded bleach
    PH was 6.9 so I added baking soda
    Total alkalinity was 79
    cya was 7

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    I just went through this conversion 2 1/2 weeks ago and I also was feeling like I would never see the bottom of my pool again.

    my only suggestion for you is chlorine, chlorine, chlorine and trust in those of us that have gone through it. My 13500 gl pool took almost a week and 40 some gallons chlorine.

    I am happy to say my pool has never looked better!

    Good luck,
    Leslie

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    Default Re: Help.....Im in conversion confusion

    The baking soda is to raise alk, not pH--if you're needing to raise your pH, use Borax.....

    Janet

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    Default Re: Help.....Im in conversion confusion

    i am in conversion confusion also

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    Quote Originally Posted by chlorinebound
    I said approx 8 gal. It was more like 6 and it wasnt Ultra so Im not sure what the level was but Im sure you "DAVE" have the answer. I guess I should say thank you to Janet. She has support without sarcasm. Thank you Janet and I will pray for my liner tonight. Dave if you have any helpful things to say great. If not, dont bother responding to my questions. You are beginning to irritate me.

    You know, for somebody to spend their time trying to help "YOU" out and to get "YOUR" pool straightened out, you are very ingrateful & condescending. Dave was merely trying to inform the uninformed, yourself, about the dangers of bleaching out your liner. You need to look back and see how many times he has posted on your thread alone to try and help you, then look at his total number of posts. I assure you, he has answered many many more questions than he has asked. Good luck in your conversion, as I too went through the conversion from Baquacil to BBB. Just remember, Dave owes you nothing, and is simply trying to help you out. The "beginning to irritate me" sentence was out of line and uncalled for.

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    Smile Re: Help.....Im in conversion confusion

    Thanks for your input. Sometimes frustration causes madness. Maybe I simply lost my mind. Dave, Thanks for all you do. Voldaddy.......live free and prosper. My time here is over...I am dust in the wind.smoke on the horizon. I have a life to live.

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