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  1. Clair Don't you think that the fact that the thread is so long and so full of rants carries a certain implication?? Are Archant not quite understanding this? What part of "we think this is crap" don't they understand? I have respected your contribution to this forum for quite some time. Surely you cannot now become an uncritical apologist for this pagaille.
  2. Those of us who know Archant will understand that their sole motivation is making money (and keeping it). There's nothing wrong with that per se. However, they need to understand that the key to making money in a sustainable way is to deal honestly and openly with their stakeholders and not treat them like idiots. This is about treating us like idiots. The perpetual pop-up box was bad enough. But you -- Archant -- have now just shredded what little brand and reputational credibility you had. Do you really feel you need to do this?? Do you really think this is going to make you more money?? You are deluded. The web doesn't work like this. I'm off somewhere else, and I imagine many of your other readers will do the same. Tough.
  3. This is dreadful. Sorry. Fix it or I'm not coming back.
  4. I use the Scuba+ for all my measurements. It's a bit difficult to do controlled tests, because I top up the CYA from time to time to keep it broadly in the 50-70ppm range. Since posting yesterday, I've found this (rather technical) thread by Chem Geek on the TFP site, which suggests that there are a number of degradation pathways. http://www.troublefreepool.com/degradation-of-cyanuric-acid-cya-t8880.html
  5. Another chemistry question for the experts, please: what factors govern the persistence or degradation of cyanuric acid? I manage our pool using (more or less) just liquid chlor and crystalline CYA. From all the warnings about the danger of CYA build-up from prolonged galette usage, I assumed that CYA was itself pretty stable. But mine seems to drift down by perhaps 10ppm per week. Is this normal?
  6. Nick I have some sympathy with where you're coming from. I'm from south London too, probably around the same age, and we all no doubt took risks we shouldn't have. Perhaps we were hardier then (a peck of dirt and all that). But... there are too many instances of people catching bugs from badly-maintained pools and ending up in hospital. If you're maintaining a facility for family, friends or guests it's your responsibility to ensure it doesn't pose a risk to them. Basically, it's just as simple and no more expensive to get it right, once you understand what you're doing. This is my second full year of pool owning, and I'm more than happy to acknowledge the invaluable information I've picked up from this board. Thanks again to all who contribute.
  7. Great. Keep CCL under 0.5ppm, FCL 40% CYA. Bingo. That's a good rule of thumb. Thanks.
  8. Thanks. Most helpful. For future reference can you give a simple rule of thumb relating FCL, TCL, CYA and active equivalence (assuming that you're not going to drink the stuff!)?
  9. As of this morning, I have: FCL: 10.76 TCL: 10.9 PH: 7.87 CYA: 35
  10. Yes, I'm assuming by this point that TCL is equal to or only slightly above FCL, in other words that CCL is low or zero. So would there be any risk in using the pool at, say, FCL = 10, 6, 5?
  11. At what point during or after a shock process is it safe to use the pool again? Once the shock is complete, and FCL is coming back down from around 12-14 ppm, at what FCL level is it safe for the pool to be used?
  12. Now that makes a lot of sense. I've never seen that explained before. (And yes, I remember moles from my chemistry days at school!) Many thanks
  13. Why is it that one adds sodium bicarbonate to increase total alkalinity: but that one tests total alkalinity by measuring calcium carbonate? It's the bicarb which provides the buffering capacity to resists pH bounce etc. But CaCO3 is chalk. Confused.
  14. Thanks for the advice. I think I need to take this slowly! I already have a subscription to Canal+ and CanalSat, principally for the sports channels. However, I subscribed via Orange (although I pay Canal+ separately), so I don't have a Canal+ decoder, only the regular Orange box (a Samsung SHD85). Le Cube, which Canal+ offer with their higher-end packages, appears to come with an external hard disk. Their regular decoder doesn't. There seem to be two options. One is to get a Sagem DTR 94160S. If I did, would it simply replace my Orange decoder? And without the connection via Orange, how would my Canal+ subscription be authenticated? The other option would seem to be to ask Canal+ for a Cube with external hard disk. Again, how would this work? Does anyone have experience of this box? I'm beginning to feel the Orange triple-play was not a good idea, and has locked me into a less-than-ideal configuration. But I'm reluctant to start unpicking it until I'm confident of the alternative. Advice gratefully received as ever!
  15. I have an Orange triple-play set-up (telephone, internet, TV) including an Orange decoder for the French satellite channels (free ones plus those I subscribe to). One of the things I miss about my UK setup is the Sky+ box: one of the simplest and best boxes for programming and recording to hard drive. As far as I can see, neither Orange nor any other provider offers an equivalent. Am I missing something? I've read a lot here about the Humax PVR but it's still not clear to me that it's what I'm looking for. For example, presumably it does not replace the existing decoder. How does it link to the decoder? Does it have its own programme guide? Can you select forthcoming programmes for recording? Can it record independently of what the TV is showing? etc Just to be clear: I am only interested in receiving French channels via satellite and being able to record them to disk. This is not a query about how to receive Sky or British TV channels in France. Grateful for any advice
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