To all that can help shed some light on my pool that came with our new house near Boston (place given incase weather matters).
We have never had a pool but the pool is an above ground pool that is 4' by 18-20' circle.
We have only run the filter without shocking or adding any chemicals since we took the cover off and filled it to the remaining fullness.
What we find scary is the results but are unsure what to do, and have tested twice (once by my wife and once by me from different locations around the pool) roughly resulting what I feel as the same.
Here they are:
Pool testing with Taylor K-2006
PH: 7.0
11 drops to get to 7.5 PH
Total alkalinity
10 drops equals 100ppm as calcium carbonate
Calcium hardness
50ppm calcium carbonate
Cyanuric Acid
Too low to read just where the black line is
Chlorine
15ppm free chlorine
.4ppm combined chlorine
Test 2:
PH 7, 10 drops of r-006 to get to 7.5
Total alkalinity
9 drops equals 90ppm calcium carbonate
Calcium hardness
40ppm
Cyanuric acid
Just below black mark way below last number
Chlorine:
Free chlorine is present
13.8ppm
Combined chlorine is present
.6 ppm
Question being is how should we proceed, any insight would be splendid...
We have never had a pool but the pool is an above ground pool that is 4' by 18-20' circle.
We have only run the filter without shocking or adding any chemicals since we took the cover off and filled it to the remaining fullness.
What we find scary is the results but are unsure what to do, and have tested twice (once by my wife and once by me from different locations around the pool) roughly resulting what I feel as the same.
Here they are:
Pool testing with Taylor K-2006
PH: 7.0
11 drops to get to 7.5 PH
Total alkalinity
10 drops equals 100ppm as calcium carbonate
Calcium hardness
50ppm calcium carbonate
Cyanuric Acid
Too low to read just where the black line is
Chlorine
15ppm free chlorine
.4ppm combined chlorine
Test 2:
PH 7, 10 drops of r-006 to get to 7.5
Total alkalinity
9 drops equals 90ppm calcium carbonate
Calcium hardness
40ppm
Cyanuric acid
Just below black mark way below last number
Chlorine:
Free chlorine is present
13.8ppm
Combined chlorine is present
.6 ppm
Question being is how should we proceed, any insight would be splendid...