Thank you guys for Pool School and I assure you I am reading it every day vigilantly . However to quickly put me on the right track--where under PS is haziness discussed
For about 10 years water has been clear blue-green with only a weekly addition of a few Cl tabs and the addition of a couple of quarts of supermarket algi-clari. However we couldn't open our eyes underwater so for the last couple of years I have also regularly added soda ash with the disadvantage of cloudiness--however dispelled in about a week by the filter (running 3 hours a day), then clear till pH runs low once more
Yet when present it's nuisance because I can't see how my Polaris 380 is performing down there at the bottom while any visitors are skeptical of my pool care
But just the other day though I had added no chemicals for several days and the water was clear, for no apparent reason a heavy white foam was created by the action of my Polaris puller whereupon the following morning the water was again cloudy--though I no longer am getting the foam
Presently pH=7.2-7.8; Cl=0.5; TA=120-180; CYA (stabilizer) 150
Of course Cl is lower than generally recommended while I have never been able to achieve a value much higher. However, at least during the first decade or so this hasn't proved problematical
Running 6 to 7 hours a day it seems to be clearing but very slowly so I expect the present cloudiness will pass after another week or two but meanwhile my electric bill is driving me out of house and home
....yes I am considering the switch to VF to cut the utility but I am getting conflicting reports so need further study but in the meantime your comments are invited and thanks for all present and future help
For about 10 years water has been clear blue-green with only a weekly addition of a few Cl tabs and the addition of a couple of quarts of supermarket algi-clari. However we couldn't open our eyes underwater so for the last couple of years I have also regularly added soda ash with the disadvantage of cloudiness--however dispelled in about a week by the filter (running 3 hours a day), then clear till pH runs low once more
Yet when present it's nuisance because I can't see how my Polaris 380 is performing down there at the bottom while any visitors are skeptical of my pool care
But just the other day though I had added no chemicals for several days and the water was clear, for no apparent reason a heavy white foam was created by the action of my Polaris puller whereupon the following morning the water was again cloudy--though I no longer am getting the foam
Presently pH=7.2-7.8; Cl=0.5; TA=120-180; CYA (stabilizer) 150
Of course Cl is lower than generally recommended while I have never been able to achieve a value much higher. However, at least during the first decade or so this hasn't proved problematical
Running 6 to 7 hours a day it seems to be clearing but very slowly so I expect the present cloudiness will pass after another week or two but meanwhile my electric bill is driving me out of house and home
....yes I am considering the switch to VF to cut the utility but I am getting conflicting reports so need further study but in the meantime your comments are invited and thanks for all present and future help