Anyone?? Can a large dose of polyquat60 effect the testing results of your pH... possibly make them high, or would it turn the pH high? Thanks.
Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
Anyone?? Can a large dose of polyquat60 effect the testing results of your pH... possibly make them high, or would it turn the pH high? Thanks.
Sincerely,
Donya (huskerfan)
Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
I don't know about Polyquat, but high levels of chlorine can give a falsely high PH test result. With your stabilizer at 35, a chlorine level of 12 is fairly high. Maybe that's affecting your PH test.
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Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
Thank you - that was the culprit. I just left it alone yesterday and re-tested tonight and my chlorine level was down to 6 and my pH just over 7.2, so I added a little more Borax through the skimmer. I remember Carl always saying to add sparingly, re-check after it has had time to circulate, then add more if needed; good advice. Between my pool rover plus, an occasional vacuum with my pool buster (yes, I learned about cool pool "toys" from Carl too), and a small dose of bleach each day my pool was very simple to care for this summer. It just threw me for a loop when my pH was reading sky high, so thanks. Even after my 3rd summer there's still things to learn. Temps are in the 40's now and will get to 30's with frost, water temp is in 60's and leaves are just starting to turn here; so glad it's covered up and ready to hibernate for the winter. Have a couple days coming up back up in the 80's so left my pump/filter running yet. Will drain soon and put away all my equipment and plumbing, then will wish for spring! Thank you again!
Sincerely,
Donya (huskerfan)
Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
Closing who's closing. The pool temps here in south central Texas have been in the upper 80's to low 90's.
I plan to put on the solar cover here in the next couple of weeks or so just to keep the pool at that temperature.
It's beautiful swimming weather...
33' Artesian Echo Canyon Ultra II round with 54" wall 26000 gallon capacity -- 1.5 HP 2 Speed Pump / Pentair 26" Sand Filter with Zeolite filter media
Aquarite Salt Water Generator -- Complete aluminum deck with fence kit
Aqualuminator with Fountain -- Solar Pool Lights
Pool Pictures at the link below
http://community.webshots.com/album/548241672nKeuyR
Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
Not me!!Originally Posted by gwrace1
We're still swimming--water temp today was perfect 86 degrees!!
Janet
Re: It's Almost Closing Time Again
No closing here - Kerrville, Texas where it's suddenly hot!
Um, and I have a confession to make....
The, uh, sofa pillows started to smell like dog...so I added a big jug of bleach to the pool and threw in the pillows.
It totally worked. They have a green jungle pattern and at one time a couple of the tiny bullfrogs sat on them like they were big square lily pads.
Pools, not just for swimming!
TW
Tom Wood
15K IG Plaster, Sand Filter, Polaris 180
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