Well you have not passed yet then. Glad you are gaining more clarity. Keep doing what you are doing until you pass all 3 criteria. I would not worry about another OLCT until your pool is crystal clear.
Water is not clear
- Thread starter rocbuddah7
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Do I assume correctly that when you opened your pool you back-washed and cleaned your sand filter? The funny thinkg about sand filters is that when they are clean they do not filter quite as well as they do when a little dirty. A solution to this is to add DE powder to the sand filter to capture smaller particles.
Add DE to a Sand Filter
Generally during a SLAM this should only be done after passing the first two criteria and you are just trying to clear the water.
Instead of actual DE I use cellulose fiber DE replacement powder.
Add DE to a Sand Filter
Generally during a SLAM this should only be done after passing the first two criteria and you are just trying to clear the water.
Instead of actual DE I use cellulose fiber DE replacement powder.
I will keep FC at SLAM levels and also go get some DE once the store opens. My pool company did the opening so not sure what they did. But my goal this summer to to learn this myself and get rid of the expensive pool guy.
That is a great goal! DE will help. It helped me, just keep an eye on the psi. Have you read the article on adding DE?
slowly add 1-2 cups of DE? does it matter how much water I mix it with when I add each 1/4 cup of DE?
I just used a 5 gallon bucket filled about 1/3 with pool water. I started off with 1/4 cup at a time. It only took me 1/2 cup to get a 1 psi rise. Now when I add it I can add a cup and then get my 1 psi rise.
Yes just keep an eye on the pressure and water flow from the return I had to backwash with in a couple hours of adding DE. Remember you have to re add DE after a backwash.
There's nothing dirty on the side of my pool. If I see dirt on the shallow end floor I would turn on the polaris to vacuum it up. I guess I'm not sure if there's anything dirty on the deep end floor, since I can't see it.
In addition to vacuuming, I would still recommend brushing the pool as frequently as possible, especially while SLAMMING. In fact, when I SLAMMED my pool last year, I was vacuuming the first few days of the SLAM, once I started brushing regularly, my SLAM sped up tremendously. I actually stopped vacuuming altogether and just focused on brushing 3-4 times a day. In my opinion, brushing was much more effective then vacuuming.
1:00pm
FC - 12.0
CC - 0.0
I'm able to see the main drain on the bottom of the deep end now. I guess that DE is helping with the clarity.
Now that I have 0 CC, should I stop the SLAM? or do I continue it for a little longer till water is crystal clear?
if so should I up the FC back to 16 again?
FC - 12.0
CC - 0.0
I'm able to see the main drain on the bottom of the deep end now. I guess that DE is helping with the clarity.
Now that I have 0 CC, should I stop the SLAM? or do I continue it for a little longer till water is crystal clear?
if so should I up the FC back to 16 again?
Don't stop the SLAM. Keep it up until pool is crystal clear.
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Yes take it back to 16 FC
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Yes take it back to 16 FC
Have you passed the Overnight FC Loss Test (OCLT)?
Disregard - I saw it now....
Guess I need new glasses
Disregard - I saw it now....
Guess I need new glasses
5:00pm
FC - 15.5
CC - 0
I will keep FC at 16 until I goto bed tonight. Should I also try the OCLT test? or wait until the pool is crystal clear before attempting that?
FC - 15.5
CC - 0
I will keep FC at 16 until I goto bed tonight. Should I also try the OCLT test? or wait until the pool is crystal clear before attempting that?
8:40pm
FC - 15.0
CC - 0
turned off the chlorinator for the night. Let's hope I pass the OCLT tomorrow morning.
FC - 15.0
CC - 0
turned off the chlorinator for the night. Let's hope I pass the OCLT tomorrow morning.