I'm at the start of season 3 for my T-Cell 15 and it doesn't "seem" to be generating chlorine. I switched to tabs and bleach to get the right levels in place. Removed the tabs and FC began a slow decline from 8 to 0.
Background:
I've got my salt levels at 3200ppm which is between 2700-3400 recommended. I could go higher 200ppm higher but haven't had to in the past to maintain chlorine.
Using a Taylor kit my other levels are in range
Overnight test I'm losing little if any FC (weather is still somewhat cold in MA). SWG is set to 70% (10% more than normal) and just bumped up run-time to 9 hours/day. Using Goldline SWG and not getting any error messages.
In the past I've tried to test the water coming from the returns by taking it out of the vac hose but I suspect that the SWG doesn't generate at a level that would show up in the tests as it is generally the same as the pool. Any other way to test the unit? I haven't cleaned it using muriatic acid & water solution per the manual but did so at the end of the year last year after closing down and didn't do it again before opening up. I try not to do this much as I get nervous that the acid isn't good for the plates.
As always, thanks in advance for any suggestions!!
Background:
I've got my salt levels at 3200ppm which is between 2700-3400 recommended. I could go higher 200ppm higher but haven't had to in the past to maintain chlorine.
Using a Taylor kit my other levels are in range
- CYA 70
- TA 70
- PH 7.6
- CH a bit low @ 250
- I've got the FC levels to 4 using tabs in the strainers
- Haven't added any borates yet.
Overnight test I'm losing little if any FC (weather is still somewhat cold in MA). SWG is set to 70% (10% more than normal) and just bumped up run-time to 9 hours/day. Using Goldline SWG and not getting any error messages.
In the past I've tried to test the water coming from the returns by taking it out of the vac hose but I suspect that the SWG doesn't generate at a level that would show up in the tests as it is generally the same as the pool. Any other way to test the unit? I haven't cleaned it using muriatic acid & water solution per the manual but did so at the end of the year last year after closing down and didn't do it again before opening up. I try not to do this much as I get nervous that the acid isn't good for the plates.
As always, thanks in advance for any suggestions!!