One week ago we change our pool over to SWG. Previously we had been paying someone to maintain the pool but I decided I wanted to start doing it myself. I purchased the TF-100 test kit and the K-1766 Salt test kit. We are using the AquaPure 35 SWG.
On Friday I did my first set of tests:
pH - 8.4
CYA - 60
CH - 450
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
TA - 90
Salt - 5400
The pool water is clear. The SWG was running at 50% so I increased it to 100% and ran it 24/7 for the next few days thinking that might help the FC. I also added Muriatic Acid to lower the pH and added Stabilizer to raise the CYA.
I tested again yesterday:
pH - 7.3
CYA - 90
CH - 450
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
TA - 90
Salt - 5400
So on the recommendation of a friend who has maintained a pool for a while I decided to shock the pool last night and run a OCLT. Based on the pool calculator it said I need to add 252oz of 10% Chlorine to raise the FC to 23. I dumped the chlorine in around 6:00PM and did a test at 10:30PM. The FC came back at 42. Any thoughts on why the FC are so high? Did I not give the chlorine enough time to mix with the rest of the pool water?
So this morning I did another test and the FC came back at 31. Is it normal to drop that much over night? Or did the chlorine just finally mix in the pool enough that the levels are finally leveling out? This is still much higher then it should be based on what the pool calculator is saying.
Do I continue to run the pool 24/7 with the SWG set to 0%? I assume I should continue to do OCLT tests until I don't see a drop in FC?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
On Friday I did my first set of tests:
pH - 8.4
CYA - 60
CH - 450
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
TA - 90
Salt - 5400
The pool water is clear. The SWG was running at 50% so I increased it to 100% and ran it 24/7 for the next few days thinking that might help the FC. I also added Muriatic Acid to lower the pH and added Stabilizer to raise the CYA.
I tested again yesterday:
pH - 7.3
CYA - 90
CH - 450
FC - 0.5
CC - 0.5
TA - 90
Salt - 5400
So on the recommendation of a friend who has maintained a pool for a while I decided to shock the pool last night and run a OCLT. Based on the pool calculator it said I need to add 252oz of 10% Chlorine to raise the FC to 23. I dumped the chlorine in around 6:00PM and did a test at 10:30PM. The FC came back at 42. Any thoughts on why the FC are so high? Did I not give the chlorine enough time to mix with the rest of the pool water?
So this morning I did another test and the FC came back at 31. Is it normal to drop that much over night? Or did the chlorine just finally mix in the pool enough that the levels are finally leveling out? This is still much higher then it should be based on what the pool calculator is saying.
Do I continue to run the pool 24/7 with the SWG set to 0%? I assume I should continue to do OCLT tests until I don't see a drop in FC?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!