When did it make the sound? If the pump was on, you can not really have an air leak on the pressure side of the pump.
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Here are my test results.
FC-0.5
CC-0.5
PH- well above 8.0
TA-70
CH-70
CYA-0
So, where do I start? Do I start the shock process or do I need to get my CYA level up? Or can I do both at the same time? I will go and get some muriatic acid tomoroww to bring my PH down.
FC-0.5
CC-0.5
PH- well above 8.0
TA-70
CH-70
CYA-0
So, where do I start? Do I start the shock process or do I need to get my CYA level up? Or can I do both at the same time? I will go and get some muriatic acid tomoroww to bring my PH down.
Add CYA to target 30ppm, and start adding chlorine to maintain 10ppm until it dissolves, once dissolved maintain FC at 12ppm:
pool-school/shocking_your_pool
pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock
Lower the pH before your raise the FC above 10ppm as the pH test is not accurate at high FC levels.
pool-school/shocking_your_pool
pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock
Lower the pH before your raise the FC above 10ppm as the pH test is not accurate at high FC levels.
I have added the chemicals to bring my FC and CYA level up as per the pool calculator. I have brushed the sides of the pool. Is vacuuming the bottom something to do at this time or should I be more concerned about the chemistry first? Thank you to everyone who helped me get started.
You can brush and vacuum whenever you want. Clean the filter when the pressure goes up 20-25% over the clean pressure.
Make sure you continue to test and adjust the FC every hour at the start.
Make sure you continue to test and adjust the FC every hour at the start.
That filter you have is only 2.6 sqft. It's kind of small for that pool so you're probably going to have to clean it pretty often. Since you're probably running a pretty high flow through it, they tend to make to make a noise in the multiport valve. It's no problem they just tend to do that under high flows.
What size filter do you recommend for my pool? When I first saw the pool I was like, wow such a small filter for a big pool. when I was a kid we had an AGP and I remember the filter being bigger. As I have read in pool school, bigger filters don't sell pools more horsepower does.
Got a 30k pool, we would recommend at least 5.6 sqft sand filter ... that is pretty big.
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I have been looking for a bigger filter and finding a sand filter that is 5.6 sqft is almost impossible. It would have to be around 34-36 in diameter. I saw the chart for filter in pool school maybe I will use a cartridge or DE. What is the recommendation of these types.
Anyhow, I have been conducting the shocking process since last night. as of now my water test results are as follows.
FC-10
CC-0
PH-7.2 (I added muriatic acid to bring it down from well above 8.0)
As for my CYA I added half the required 7 lbs 8 oz as per the pool calculator. I know it may take a week to register on a test, but should I add the other half? I put it in a sock in front of my return.
FC-10
CC-0
PH-7.2 (I added muriatic acid to bring it down from well above 8.0)
As for my CYA I added half the required 7 lbs 8 oz as per the pool calculator. I know it may take a week to register on a test, but should I add the other half? I put it in a sock in front of my return.
mpool said:
440+ sqft cartridge or 84+ sqft DE. I am not aware of a DE filter that big either.
You can get by with smaller filters, they just require being cleaned more often.
Again these are general recommendations, shorter pool seasons or less dirty environments can easily use smaller filters.
The pentair TA100D or the hayward S310T2 would be good filters (both are 4.9 sq. ft.).
Be careful not to adjust ph when the FC is above 10 ppm. Ph will read high.mpool said:
What about my CYA? I added half of what the pool calculator said. I know it could take a week to register on a test, I just dont want it to get too high.
What about the CYA? I do not understand you concern. Seems like you are doing the right thing.
Should I add the remainder of the CYA? Or wait till I can get it to register on a test.
When did you add the first half? The reason we suggest adding half at a time is so that you can verify what you added got you about half way there and you do not overshoot.
You added enough to get to 30ppm, since you are ultimately going to want to get to 70-80ppm, you are probably safe adding another 30ppm. But I would certainly wait a week and test it to see how close to 60ppm you are so you know how much more to add to get to 70-80ppm.
You added enough to get to 30ppm, since you are ultimately going to want to get to 70-80ppm, you are probably safe adding another 30ppm. But I would certainly wait a week and test it to see how close to 60ppm you are so you know how much more to add to get to 70-80ppm.
I have been doing the shock process to get my pool ready. So here is where I am, FC-12, CC-0.4, Adding the CYA to bring it up. My concern is that I may run out of reagent for the chlorine test prior to my refill getting here, and I do not want to start over. So if that happens it their a way to just maintain the proper level of FC for the shock process. What about using the 10ml test tube, I just realized that it would of used less drops of the reagent.
Jblizzle,
I added the CYA yesterday.
Jblizzle,
I added the CYA yesterday.
You should always use 10ml of water for the chlorine test. No need to be more exact.
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