Completely new to this but have been reading this forum for the better part of a year or so to anticipating managing a pool. And well it's here....
I had noticed that the SWG was caked completely with deposits so I cleaned that off a few days ago.
I have both the recommended Taylor 2006c and the Taylor salt test as well.
Readings thus far are:
7/3/21
FC 9.6 ppm
CC 0.6
CYA 80
pH 7.4
CaCO3 140 ppm
I didn't have the salt test yet during this testing, but assumed it was pretty low
7/7/21
Salt 800-1000 ppm
FC 10.0
CC 0.4
CYA 80
Looking at the numbers I'm struck by how high the free Chlorine is, according the ideal charts I should be closer to 6 with my CYA being so high. The salt numbers is what I expected in terms of being pretty low.
It's not a huge pool, only 12000ish gallons, so the app notes adding about 218 lbs of salt. I plan on adding 50-100 lbs and retesting after a few hours to see how much the salt has gone up.
Beyond that I wasn't going to mess with the others until I get the salt in the right spot along with the FC.
Also just realized, I've spied some chlorine floaties around the spa and pool. I'll have to pull those next time as those are likely skewing my results a bit.
Any advice or cautions?
I had noticed that the SWG was caked completely with deposits so I cleaned that off a few days ago.
I have both the recommended Taylor 2006c and the Taylor salt test as well.
Readings thus far are:
7/3/21
FC 9.6 ppm
CC 0.6
CYA 80
pH 7.4
CaCO3 140 ppm
I didn't have the salt test yet during this testing, but assumed it was pretty low
7/7/21
Salt 800-1000 ppm
FC 10.0
CC 0.4
CYA 80
Looking at the numbers I'm struck by how high the free Chlorine is, according the ideal charts I should be closer to 6 with my CYA being so high. The salt numbers is what I expected in terms of being pretty low.
It's not a huge pool, only 12000ish gallons, so the app notes adding about 218 lbs of salt. I plan on adding 50-100 lbs and retesting after a few hours to see how much the salt has gone up.
Beyond that I wasn't going to mess with the others until I get the salt in the right spot along with the FC.
Also just realized, I've spied some chlorine floaties around the spa and pool. I'll have to pull those next time as those are likely skewing my results a bit.
Any advice or cautions?