Hi TFP community. My neighbor has a pool that he has had a lot of problems with, and I was wondering if you guys can help me try to get him corrected.
Please disregard my signature because I am troubleshooting for a neighbor. Here are his specs:
he actually has a very nice set-up and pool with much better automated equipment.
around 25,000 gallon gunite pool
SWG set to 60%
2 speed pump
pH regulator set at 7.5
We used TF-100 testkit on Sunday. His results:
FC: .5
CC: .5
pH: 7.2
salt: 2600 (he had check cell light on).
CYA: ~30
TA: 70
That day, we added:
80 lbs of salt (Pool math said to use 120 lbs to get it to 3200)---this should've brought it to 3000
6 lbs of CYA (Pool math said to use 8 lbs to get it to 70)---should've brought to 60
111 oz of 8.25% bleach (Pool math said to use around 167 oz).---should've brought to 4.5
Today, our test results:
FC: .5
CC: 0
pH: did not test
salt: 2800 (his SWG read 3000).
CYA: ~40 (I know it takes a week to fully register)
TA: 70
He has his SWG running at 60% when his pump is running. Questions:
1. Why is his FC still so low? I know that his CYA is low so that does not help his FC situation, but I would assume that he would have at least 2-3 FC if he's running his SWG at 60%, right?
2. I told him to bump it up to 100% for the next 24 hours to see if it raises his FC. Is this correct advice?
3. Is his equipment malfunctioning?
I appreciate any advice. As you can see from my number of posts, I'm still a newbie, but I've learned a lot through TFP and Pool School. I think I'm steering him on the right track with adding the correct chemicals, but not sure why some of the numbers (especially FC) are still off.
Please disregard my signature because I am troubleshooting for a neighbor. Here are his specs:
he actually has a very nice set-up and pool with much better automated equipment.
around 25,000 gallon gunite pool
SWG set to 60%
2 speed pump
pH regulator set at 7.5
We used TF-100 testkit on Sunday. His results:
FC: .5
CC: .5
pH: 7.2
salt: 2600 (he had check cell light on).
CYA: ~30
TA: 70
That day, we added:
80 lbs of salt (Pool math said to use 120 lbs to get it to 3200)---this should've brought it to 3000
6 lbs of CYA (Pool math said to use 8 lbs to get it to 70)---should've brought to 60
111 oz of 8.25% bleach (Pool math said to use around 167 oz).---should've brought to 4.5
Today, our test results:
FC: .5
CC: 0
pH: did not test
salt: 2800 (his SWG read 3000).
CYA: ~40 (I know it takes a week to fully register)
TA: 70
He has his SWG running at 60% when his pump is running. Questions:
1. Why is his FC still so low? I know that his CYA is low so that does not help his FC situation, but I would assume that he would have at least 2-3 FC if he's running his SWG at 60%, right?
2. I told him to bump it up to 100% for the next 24 hours to see if it raises his FC. Is this correct advice?
3. Is his equipment malfunctioning?
I appreciate any advice. As you can see from my number of posts, I'm still a newbie, but I've learned a lot through TFP and Pool School. I think I'm steering him on the right track with adding the correct chemicals, but not sure why some of the numbers (especially FC) are still off.