Ok, Ill try to make this as quick as possible. I have 18x48" Intex easy set pool. I purchased the salt generator and also purchased a sand filter/pump that would actually do something vs the tiny cartridge style filter/pump that it came with. Anyways never owning a salt generator I tried to follow the directions. I added the necessary salt and starting using it. The directions say to get the copper level to between .1 to .2 ppm if I remember correctly. I did like 4 boost cycles trying to get the level up but it never showed on my test strips. The water is crystal clear but my son complained of his eyes being red so I tested the chlorine and ph with a "drop" kit I had from last year. The chlorine was off the charts and the ph was reading super high. However the test strips that came with the pool were reading super low ph but the chlorine was still high. I thought the best thing to do was to turn off the generator for a few days and let the chlorine come back down. I also ordered the taylor k2006 test kit so I could get some real numbers instead of throwing darts at it. Anyways I broke down and took a sample to the local pool store. They suggested I shock the pool (I guess maybe I shouldn't have left it off for a few days). I'm confused about the chlorine. The results say my combined chlorine is high, yet both of the other chlorines are low. Also I still have no copper in the system where it says that its critical to maintain it. I ran the boost cycle many times and never got anything? My plan was to run a "boost" , and put some ph decreaser in. I apprciate any help.
Results from pool company test:
fee cl =.46 , low
total cl=.79 ,low
combined cl=.33 ,high
ph=8,high
total alky=48 ,low
calcium hardness=18 ,low
cyanuric acid =24 ,low
copper 0 ok
iron .6 , high
manganese, nitrates, TDS,=0 , ok
salt=3000, ok
Results from pool company test:
fee cl =.46 , low
total cl=.79 ,low
combined cl=.33 ,high
ph=8,high
total alky=48 ,low
calcium hardness=18 ,low
cyanuric acid =24 ,low
copper 0 ok
iron .6 , high
manganese, nitrates, TDS,=0 , ok
salt=3000, ok