Hi,
SWG, floor cleaning system, intellichor pump, 27000 gallons inground, in the woods, sun morning, afternoon shade. Maryland.
Running SWG at 60% for 10 hours a day. Water looking amazing. Ph was high, CYA low.
PH 7.9
FC 5.0.
TA 100
CH 300
CYA 0
80 °F
Chlorine was a bit high for my tastes so I turned SWG down to 40%.
No borates had been added yet. I added CYA in three divided doses to raise it to 50, six boxes of borax with a plan to add 6 more, and two gallons of acid. (I looked the proportions of acid to add for Borax - must have got it wrong.)
I got a cloudy mess.
Retested chlorine two days later - down to 2.0. PH very low. (Too low to read.). I added the remaining 6 borax as I wanted to get that done. Two bottles of bleach. Turned up SWG to 100% and ran overnight.
Tested next day. Chlorine 4.0. Water still cloudy/greenish, slightly better.
So what the heck happened?
My questions:
When I add CYA, does that lower the chlorine in the water? I probably shouldn't have adjusted down the SWG before adding the CYA.
Did it matter that I added CYA and borax at the same time?
I've been running my pool bleach/baking soda/borax style for 10+ years with good results thanks to these forums. But adding CYA seems to get me in trouble.
Thanks,
Deb.
SWG, floor cleaning system, intellichor pump, 27000 gallons inground, in the woods, sun morning, afternoon shade. Maryland.
Running SWG at 60% for 10 hours a day. Water looking amazing. Ph was high, CYA low.
PH 7.9
FC 5.0.
TA 100
CH 300
CYA 0
80 °F
Chlorine was a bit high for my tastes so I turned SWG down to 40%.
No borates had been added yet. I added CYA in three divided doses to raise it to 50, six boxes of borax with a plan to add 6 more, and two gallons of acid. (I looked the proportions of acid to add for Borax - must have got it wrong.)
I got a cloudy mess.
Retested chlorine two days later - down to 2.0. PH very low. (Too low to read.). I added the remaining 6 borax as I wanted to get that done. Two bottles of bleach. Turned up SWG to 100% and ran overnight.
Tested next day. Chlorine 4.0. Water still cloudy/greenish, slightly better.
So what the heck happened?
My questions:
When I add CYA, does that lower the chlorine in the water? I probably shouldn't have adjusted down the SWG before adding the CYA.
Did it matter that I added CYA and borax at the same time?
I've been running my pool bleach/baking soda/borax style for 10+ years with good results thanks to these forums. But adding CYA seems to get me in trouble.
Thanks,
Deb.
