Our brand new 25,500 gallon in-ground plaster over gunite pool was just completed, and finished filling overnight two days ago. We waited patiently for the PB's startup guy to come out and get us going. We're swimming in it now - since Saturday evening (it's Monday now - so two+ days, basically).
The startup guy is not very talkative, but I do my best to pull info out of him - it's a struggle. :lol: Maybe he's not too thrilled about baby-sitting a new startup over the holiday weekend?
I follow him around, watch him dip water, add drops of this and that - it all looks familiar, but he has a large blue kit that might be either a Pentair or Taylor kit? I had my TF100 test kit already in my possession, but hidden out of sight.
He has not put any pucks in the chlorinator yet, he's mainly been adding Acid and a lot of Calcium. He doesn't tell me the numbers behind any of it, so I just wait until he leaves, and do my own testing.
Here were my TF100 results after he left on Saturday:
pH = 8.2
TC = 0
CH = 130
CYA = 0
TA = 360
He said it was ok to release the kids - and they've been swimming since, with no ill effects.
Unless he came early this morning, I haven't seen or heard from him today, so I took another round of tests, with these results:
pH = 8.2
TC = 0
CH = 300
CYA = 0
TA = 330
His main concern (along with the PB) is that we filled with well water that runs through our whole-house water softener. They seem to be concerned about calcium or metals or somesuch?
My initial readings from the pool calculator don't scare me too much - I have a handle on how to lower that pH of 8.2 and the TA of 330; TC is 0 due to not introducing any kind of chlorine - I can understand that; What I don't get is, I think they over-shot the CH, and the CYA is being ignored for now?
I may still be too new at all of this (I'm sure of that), but should I be worried about any of those numbers? At some point, he has to start adding chlorine in some form or fashion, correct?
The startup guy is not very talkative, but I do my best to pull info out of him - it's a struggle. :lol: Maybe he's not too thrilled about baby-sitting a new startup over the holiday weekend?
I follow him around, watch him dip water, add drops of this and that - it all looks familiar, but he has a large blue kit that might be either a Pentair or Taylor kit? I had my TF100 test kit already in my possession, but hidden out of sight.
He has not put any pucks in the chlorinator yet, he's mainly been adding Acid and a lot of Calcium. He doesn't tell me the numbers behind any of it, so I just wait until he leaves, and do my own testing.Here were my TF100 results after he left on Saturday:
pH = 8.2
TC = 0
CH = 130
CYA = 0
TA = 360
He said it was ok to release the kids - and they've been swimming since, with no ill effects.
Unless he came early this morning, I haven't seen or heard from him today, so I took another round of tests, with these results:
pH = 8.2
TC = 0
CH = 300
CYA = 0
TA = 330
His main concern (along with the PB) is that we filled with well water that runs through our whole-house water softener. They seem to be concerned about calcium or metals or somesuch?
My initial readings from the pool calculator don't scare me too much - I have a handle on how to lower that pH of 8.2 and the TA of 330; TC is 0 due to not introducing any kind of chlorine - I can understand that; What I don't get is, I think they over-shot the CH, and the CYA is being ignored for now?
I may still be too new at all of this (I'm sure of that), but should I be worried about any of those numbers? At some point, he has to start adding chlorine in some form or fashion, correct?
