Just when I think I have this stuff figured out, the pool gods throw another situation at me! Sunday, we received about 5†of rain at my house. A couple of times throughout the day I would add a half bottle of bleach here, another half bottle there…etc.
Well, about 8pm I go outside and notice that my pool is right on the edge and about to overflow. So, I turn my valve to Waste and drop it about 3-4 inches. When I get home yesterday, my FC is 2.0 and my CC’s are 2.0 as well. Panic sets in! I immediately see what it takes to bring me up to shock level and overdo it by about 90 oz. All day we have been adding bleach (wife texting and she’s adding as need be). Then, just about 30 mins ago it hit me…what if my CYA is gone?! She reads the directions and did several CYA tests and is comfortable with it. She’s consistently coming up with CYA of 25 (it was 40-45 on Saturday).
So, needless to say I’m getting some stabilizer on the way home as well as a lot of bleach. I’m confident we caught it in time and pretty sure I know what to do to get it right.
My question to the peanut gallery is Where did I go wrong? I didn’t want chlorinated water to spill out into my yard, but I’m sure by dumping water I flushed CYA literally down the drain. What could I have done different?
Well, about 8pm I go outside and notice that my pool is right on the edge and about to overflow. So, I turn my valve to Waste and drop it about 3-4 inches. When I get home yesterday, my FC is 2.0 and my CC’s are 2.0 as well. Panic sets in! I immediately see what it takes to bring me up to shock level and overdo it by about 90 oz. All day we have been adding bleach (wife texting and she’s adding as need be). Then, just about 30 mins ago it hit me…what if my CYA is gone?! She reads the directions and did several CYA tests and is comfortable with it. She’s consistently coming up with CYA of 25 (it was 40-45 on Saturday).
So, needless to say I’m getting some stabilizer on the way home as well as a lot of bleach. I’m confident we caught it in time and pretty sure I know what to do to get it right.
My question to the peanut gallery is Where did I go wrong? I didn’t want chlorinated water to spill out into my yard, but I’m sure by dumping water I flushed CYA literally down the drain. What could I have done different?