Not sure where I should post my follow up questions, please let me know if any of this warrants a new thread....
1. Muriatic acid - do I add that at the same time as the chorine, or chlorine first, then MA? How long to wait?
2. I currently run my pump 10-4. This is to capture the sun best. I'm not home during these times. Testing and adding chemicals would have to be at night, after work. Maybe I can just run it on a separate on/off cycle at night? How long do I need - I guess there's the time it needs to mix and then the time after adding the stuff. In the summer, no problem cutting daytime sun exposure, but in cooler times of the year, this would cost me sun time, or add unnecessary energy costs. How do you guys handle that?
3. Speaking of solar heating, my wife likes it HOT, but yesterday the water was 94. She wants to keep going up. SHe wishes the pool was a hot tub. So fine, she gets the summer hot, I get to swim nice and cool year-round. BUT - is there any detriment to the equipment, the pool shell, or anything else starting at X temperature? If so, what is that number?
PS: I'm doubling down and ordering the speed stirrer. I'm excited about it all. Thank you.
1. Muriatic acid - do I add that at the same time as the chorine, or chlorine first, then MA? How long to wait?
2. I currently run my pump 10-4. This is to capture the sun best. I'm not home during these times. Testing and adding chemicals would have to be at night, after work. Maybe I can just run it on a separate on/off cycle at night? How long do I need - I guess there's the time it needs to mix and then the time after adding the stuff. In the summer, no problem cutting daytime sun exposure, but in cooler times of the year, this would cost me sun time, or add unnecessary energy costs. How do you guys handle that?
3. Speaking of solar heating, my wife likes it HOT, but yesterday the water was 94. She wants to keep going up. SHe wishes the pool was a hot tub. So fine, she gets the summer hot, I get to swim nice and cool year-round. BUT - is there any detriment to the equipment, the pool shell, or anything else starting at X temperature? If so, what is that number?
PS: I'm doubling down and ordering the speed stirrer. I'm excited about it all. Thank you.