Hi everyone. Just got through a successful SLAM opening due to winter cover failure (nasty) and am ready to tweak my balance. Ph is at 7.2 and alk @ 71. Please advise because I got myself confused (easily done these days). Other than that I just have to bump up my cya (at 5) and FC. thank you!
Address ph, ta or leave it be?
- Thread starter 5bucks
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,884
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
The test kits used for TFPC do not provide test results like that. Are those pool store test results?
Unfortunately for now yes. Waiting on new kit. Don’t want to overshoot anything based on pool store results (should have mentioned that) before it comes but also don’t want to slide backwards.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,884
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
That was the plan as far as chlorine. So I’ll just forgo the ph until i can test again for real. Thanks.
One more thing, please, to me it makes sense to do a thorough clean of my de filter after such a terrific SLAM. Pressure is holding well though. Would you still do a cleanout?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,884
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
No need to clean the filter until your filter pressure rises by 25% over clean pressure.