- Dec 28, 2022
- 48
- Pool Size
- 50000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Hello, been managing this pool for 4 months (my first pool) and everything seems to be good. The water is beautiful and the temperature is warming up here in Texas and we are getting anxious to jump in the pool since this is our first year to own it.
PH 8.07, FC 8.5, TA 80, CH225, CYA 60, salt 4000, Temp 65, CSI -0.10.
Source water PH 8.1, TA 350 the last time I checked. We are installing a whole house water conditioner to treat COOP and well water so this should be resolved before too long.
PH jumps to 8.0 or 8.1 very quickly. Took six days to go from 7.6 to 8.1. The PH above is the average of two meters and both have been checked against standards.
FC is a tad high because I upped the pump run time 6 hours and didn't adjust the cells. I'll let it naturally lower since I've made adjustments.
TA - adding 31.45% acid regularly and I try to keep TA at 70 ppm. This month it has averaged between 70 and 90 with 232 oz of acid. Seem like a lot.
CH is low but the hard water additions during the summer should bring it up without adding extra calcium.
CYA is currently low and I added 4lbs over the last few weeks. I'll add 4 more lbs to get it up to 70 ppm.
Salt is high. Last month the pool was converted to salt and I think we over did it a little. Salt cells are not complaining and I plan to let that come down with backwashes and overflows.
CSI is about where I want it, I think.
Point of confusion on my part. Most of what I read wants me to keep the PH around 7.6. My water naturally wants to be higher and quickly. When I adjust the PH with acid and the ph lowers the CSI goes below -0.3 until the PH goes back up in a few in a few days. Further, and as I understand it, Fc is not as effective with high PH but CYA has a role in helping it some fashion. Should I be concerned at all about having a higher PH or do I just add acid to maintain TA and not care about PH too much?
There has been some evaporation already and we haven't had a lot of rain.
31.45% Acid additions March 232 oz.
31.45% Acid additions February 128 oz.
31.45% Acid additions January 10 Gallons. Starting TA was >180.
Does a couple of gallons a month of acid seem reasonable during the summer given the TA and CH in the tap water? I've looked into the acid dosing machine offered by Pentair but there seems to be some issues with it. Thoughts on buying one?
Is there anything that stands out here?
Thanks,
David
PH 8.07, FC 8.5, TA 80, CH225, CYA 60, salt 4000, Temp 65, CSI -0.10.
Source water PH 8.1, TA 350 the last time I checked. We are installing a whole house water conditioner to treat COOP and well water so this should be resolved before too long.
PH jumps to 8.0 or 8.1 very quickly. Took six days to go from 7.6 to 8.1. The PH above is the average of two meters and both have been checked against standards.
FC is a tad high because I upped the pump run time 6 hours and didn't adjust the cells. I'll let it naturally lower since I've made adjustments.
TA - adding 31.45% acid regularly and I try to keep TA at 70 ppm. This month it has averaged between 70 and 90 with 232 oz of acid. Seem like a lot.
CH is low but the hard water additions during the summer should bring it up without adding extra calcium.
CYA is currently low and I added 4lbs over the last few weeks. I'll add 4 more lbs to get it up to 70 ppm.
Salt is high. Last month the pool was converted to salt and I think we over did it a little. Salt cells are not complaining and I plan to let that come down with backwashes and overflows.
CSI is about where I want it, I think.
Point of confusion on my part. Most of what I read wants me to keep the PH around 7.6. My water naturally wants to be higher and quickly. When I adjust the PH with acid and the ph lowers the CSI goes below -0.3 until the PH goes back up in a few in a few days. Further, and as I understand it, Fc is not as effective with high PH but CYA has a role in helping it some fashion. Should I be concerned at all about having a higher PH or do I just add acid to maintain TA and not care about PH too much?
There has been some evaporation already and we haven't had a lot of rain.
31.45% Acid additions March 232 oz.
31.45% Acid additions February 128 oz.
31.45% Acid additions January 10 Gallons. Starting TA was >180.
Does a couple of gallons a month of acid seem reasonable during the summer given the TA and CH in the tap water? I've looked into the acid dosing machine offered by Pentair but there seems to be some issues with it. Thoughts on buying one?
Is there anything that stands out here?
Thanks,
David