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CCP520 Reading 4 PSI at 58 GPM — Is That Normal?

Jimrahbe
Renante,

I have no heater and at 1200 rpm, my filter pressure is about 1 lb. on a 30 lb. gauge. (Note.. I don't know my GPM, and could not care less.. )

You are just making things harder on yourself. :mrgreen:

Filter pressure shows how hard it is to push water through your filter, not how well your pump is running.

The real key is to just feel the pool returns.. Do you have plenty of water returning to your pool? I suspect that you do.

The whole point of having a VS pump is to run as slow as you can and still get the job done..

What specific reason are you running at 58 GPM?? Sounds like you might be worried about "turnovers" ??? :scratch:

Thanks,

Jim R.
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Did AA treatment, do I need to use Polyfill?

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duraleigh said:
sequestrant works in your pool by keeping solids in solution. The contaminants are still there in your pool, you just can't see them.

So if what you are seeing is inorganic, you need to add more sequestrant to make them return to solution but even better may be to capture and remove them with polyfill
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Thank you, I suppose no downside to trying polyfill. It could be falling from the sky as we have a terrible pollen season here. No staining on the floor so I imagine the solids are still in solution. Appreciate the help.
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PH making jacuzzi water cloudy

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PoolStored said:
Post a picture of the product. So we can see what you adding. On that note, post all the products you have on hand that you use.
Liquid chlorine does not raise pH. It raises chlorine levels.
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The liquid chlorine answer was just for the question on how I chlorinate :)

Here's the PH up and liquid chlorine I have here. I'm in Colombia
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Pool Shock over Bleach

ajw22
Check that the bleach is pure chlorine with no additives.

Liquid Chlorine - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com

If you buy household bleach, you want pure liquid chlorine with no additives. Additives such as fragrances, thickeners (splashless), or surfactants (outdoor bleach) may cause foaming. Bleach with fabric protectors (Cloromax Technology) may also cause foaming.

Most Clorox bleach today says it has Cloromax Technology. They are polymers that create foaming and are not suitable for pools. Clorox Germicidal Bleach did not have additives but the December 2019 label on their website now shows Cloromax Technology. So look carefully at the label and ingredients on any Clorox bleach products you intend to use in your pool.

CloroMax is the addition of a alkaline and oxidizer stable poly ionic surfactant chemical. It’s added to the bleach to leave behind a residue in clothing and on surfaces that resists staining and microbial contamination. It supposedly reduces the need for higher concentrations of bleach to do the same cleaning job.

Most retail bleach is manufactured by a few chemical suppliers. KIK corp is probably the biggest. They all use the "CloroMax" technology that Clorox patented and then licensed out. So even the store brands like Target or Walmart will say their bleach is regular unscented, etc and somewhere on the bottle will be the phrase "Fabric Protection Technology" (or some combination of words like that). Read bleach labels carefully and look for code words that may imply it has additives other then chlorine.
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Pool Shock over Bleach

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I see the most common chlorine addition recommendation on here is liquid bleach. At Walmart the price for 81 ounces of 7.5% bleach is $4.52 . Also at Walmart a gallon of 10% pool shock is $5.67 and in my area, Menards has a gallon of 12.5% at $4.99. This is a significant price difference. My question, is there an advantage of bleach over the pool shock to justify the price difference?
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Riptide XP Pool Vacuum: !!WOW!!

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wireform said:
I love my Riptide SL but it has its drawbacks atleast to me. I can't use it when I open pools as there is too much debris which clogs even the 400 micron filter and besides the design is to pump water through the filter and hold back the bulk but then the pool clouds up. I've decided for the first vacuum of the season is via the skimmer directly into the inch and half pipe using a three foot hose which then connects to my Hayward inline canister and from there I connect my 42 foot hose and a vac head. It sucks all in which gets caught in the canister. Only the fine junk pass to the pool filter and even sand can't pass. Large pools have me emptying it 3-4 times but it leaves the pool pristine. For the weekly I use the Riptide and have the 75,100,200,400 and the coarse filter which is basically just large mesh. In its proper use it can't be beat.
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I bought an inline canister but can’t seem to find the right hose connections. It’s been a couple of years, but from what remember, one end of the canister has an odd connection. Do you connect the end of the hose that normally goes into the skimmer to one end and then on the second hose section, connect the end that would go into the vacuum to the other end of the canister? That would then leave the skimmer connection. Last, have you used a skimmer sock in your canister? Thanks!
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