Water Test Kit Advice?
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If you're using bleach, you don't want anything that says, splashless, EZ Pour, or scented. Recently, Clorox has added cloromax to their bleach and target's store brand has something similar that says "fabric protection". You want to avoid all those. If it was me, I would stick to 10% liquid chlorine.
Liquid Chlorine(Shock) from Pool Stores or in the Seasonal section of big box stores and hardware stores.
"Pure" Cleaning Bleach from most stores that sell household cleaning supplies (it will be 6% or 8.25% strength ON the label ingredient list)
Got the water test kit on Friday and I read what came in it. I forgot what it came with. There is lot of things I did not have. Cleaning brush, big net. Had rain today and yesterday. How long to wait to test the water after it has stopped raining? In other forum section found out what I think Is the main problem that I have been having with the pool. SWG is way undersized. It’s a IC15. Have a 20k gallon pool. That is why it’s not making enough chlorine.
As long as there's no lighnting and the pump has run for at least 30+min, you can get samples from at least elbow deep and test inside (everything except CYA). You'll test FC (chlorine) and PH 1st, then run the other tests (PH can change some depending on how long between collection, testing & reading) =)
Have not tested the water yet. Looks like this now. Is foam from salt I added yesterday or the splash less bleach I added on Friday?
I was so worried about this water testing. took me 30 minutes and it was very easy.
here are the results
Free Chlorine: 3.0
Combined Chlorine: 1.5
pH: 7.8
Total Alkalinity: 150
Calcium Hardness: 225
CYA: 25
here are the results
Free Chlorine: 3.0
Combined Chlorine: 1.5
pH: 7.8
Total Alkalinity: 150
Calcium Hardness: 225
CYA: 25
- May 3, 2014
- 58,934
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Great job!
So - CYA cannot be measured at 25. The scale is logarithmic. So you test to each full '10' line, such as 60, then 50, the 40 until the dot disappears.
Your CC is quite high. With your CYA at 30 (rounded up from your '25'), I would suggest a SLAM Process.
Take care.
So - CYA cannot be measured at 25. The scale is logarithmic. So you test to each full '10' line, such as 60, then 50, the 40 until the dot disappears.
Your CC is quite high. With your CYA at 30 (rounded up from your '25'), I would suggest a SLAM Process.
Take care.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,934
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Once you are successful with your SLAM, you will want to get your CYA to 70 or so. That will help your undersized SWCG work. You will still want to test FC daily as you will most likely need to add LC on a regular basis to supplement the chlorine the SWCG is generating.
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I did have the SWG sanitzier output on max for the past 24 hours. could that effect my test?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,934
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
It is adding some chlorine. I would suggest turning it off during your SLAM. It is designed to maintain your FC, not raise it.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,934
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
What is good price for chlorine? I seen an ad for a hardware store that has 5 gallons for $10.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,934
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Depends on concentration and age.
Do you have the PoolMath App? It has a Bleach $ Calculator that will help you decide the cheapest chlorine cost.
Take care.
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