New Pool Setup

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

I'd imagine most people run their pumps too long, and 12 hours seems like it may be a bit much. But there's no black or white answer. Check out the article below and see if it helps. Feel free to follow up with questions.

Determine Pump Run Time

To figure out how many hours you need to run your pump, you need to know how fast your pump works. You can find this here.

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Itsmejson]

So ran my 2nd test today:


per the poolmath app I added:
- 35 fl oz 10% bleach
- 15 oz Clorox stabilizer

My question is once I do this I would need to run another run another physical test to reflect the changes? Meaning the logs of adding chemicals are not updated live in the summary screen until another test is performed?

I plan to add muriatic acid tomorrow to work on PH so that the bleach and stabilizer work its way through the system.

 

[mknauss]

Correct. You can assume the CYA is in the water and test again in a couple weeks. FC should be tested daily until you get a feel for your pool.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

You got to keep your FC level up. Shoot for the higher end of the target. Don't allow it to even get close to 2.0.

 

[Itsmejson]

Will test FC again this morning. Appreciate both of your help.

Update:
tested FC and it’s back to 5. Seems my PH went down after adding stabilizer & chlorine do these items effect PH?

 

[MITBeta]

Stabilizer is cyanuric acid and is therefore acidic and will have a downward impact on pH. How much depends on the dose. What kind of chlorine did you use?

 

[Itsmejson]

I used pool essentials 10% liquid chlorine I picked up from Walmart.

 

[MITBeta]

That shouldn't affect pH.

 

[Itsmejson]

Thx for all your help everyone. I’ve been testing daily & working on getting CYA up slowly. Finally CYA is 50 & already almost used up 1 gal of liquid chlorine. The initial chlorine tabs PB put in the chlorinator is pretty much almost gone.

Todays test