Help with SLAM

[KristaM78]

PIZZA!!!!


Yeah, the server is in some other time zone (I think pacific), so if you are central subtract 2 hours. LOL

Three criteria
=< 1ppm FC loss overnight
.5 or less CC
CLEAR POOL

I know it is tough. That will motivate you in the future to not miss your testing and correction EVER again. We call it SLAM AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR. Seriously, you are doing great.

For tonight, do final dose. Run the pump for 30 minutes, then take your final FC test. That is the start of your OCLT. Don't forget to wait the 30 minutes so you get good test.

When you test in the morning, test your CC. CC is ALWAYS the LAST test. FC Loss first, Clear Pool, then CC.

Good luck, I'll be looking for your results. OH, and I'll be looking for PICS!!!

Ok! I’ve had pump on 24-7. Am I ok to shut down overnight?

 

[PoolStored]

Ok! I’ve had pump on 24-7. Am I ok to shut down overnight?

BBQ!!!!

I'd leave it on, need to clear whatever we are killing (algae). What speed do you normally run? Just turn it down to 1400 and let it run. Cheap, about the same as 150W lightbulb. Will help clear whatever is in the pool. No pics?

Logs are looking good. How does the water look?

 

[KristaM78]

Ok. I e got it a bit higher than that but I can turn it down. My VSP will be my next question on this forum! Finally hit 12 FC! Also scrubbed my waterfall tonight. I had already bought a toilet brush to reach down into my laminars!

Now, until morning.

PoolMath Logs

 

[PoolStored]

NIIIIICE!!! Finger Crossed!!!

How does the water look?

 

[KristaM78]

Well Crud. So I trueness pump down last night to 1400. I don’t typically go that low. Woke up this am to no flow. So it ran all night with no flow. Ugh. I’ll wait 30 before taking FC tets

 

[PoolStored]

Omelets!!

Huh. What do you mean no flow?

No need to wait 30 minutes to test...that 30 minutes is to allow an addition of LC to circulate/mix before you test. In the morning, just test before the sun hits the pool. Even if it didn't flow overnight, you mixed enough. Hopefully, you didn't add anything before your test this morning...

 

[KristaM78]

Omelets!!

Huh. What do you mean no flow?

No need to wait 30 minutes to test...that 30 minutes is to allow an addition of LC to circulate/mix before you test. In the morning, just test before the sun hits the pool. Even if it didn't flow overnight, you mixed enough. Hopefully, you didn't add anything before your test this morning...

I had an alert On my pool app telling me I had low or no flow. When I went out and looked at my cell it was red saying no flow. When I stuck my hand in my pool there was no water coming out of my Jets! There was water in my pump but apparently at 1400 I lose pressure or some thing within my pump or filter.

Oh, and guess what I just realized a lot of this bleach I’ve been using is what my husband bought for me because we’ve been having a hard time finding bleach and of May trips to lots of different stores so that has been the new splash bleach. I’ve noticed it has seemed quite thick and almost felt like it’s left a little barrier at first when I’ve put it in. Anyway I used up the last of what I had this morning just what I could back to the store today.

It’s supposed to storm here all day so I’m gonna close the pool up before I leave

PoolMath Logs

 

[KristaM78]

See. At 1800 rpm I get this alert. Cleaned fileter 2 days ago. Will clean again.

 

[PoolStored]

has been the new splash bleach.

Oh, my. That is unfortunate. Where are you in Illinois, I'll see if I can find a good source for Liquid Chlorine. My family is from the Pontiac area.

On the chlorinator, that is OK. We actually don't want the chlorinator to run when we are doing an OCLT. Did you turn the cell off too, or has it been running the whole time.

There are no problems too big to fix. Turn the chlorinator off and put your pump back to where it was. All good.

 

[KristaM78]

Oh, my. That is unfortunate. Where are you in Illinois, I'll see if I can find a good source for Liquid Chlorine. My family is from the Pontiac area.

On the chlorinator, that is OK. We actually don't want the chlorinator to run when we are doing an OCLT. Did you turn the cell off too, or has it been running the whole time.

There are no problems too big to fix. Turn the chlorinator off and put your pump back to where it was. All good.

I’ve had salt cell off this whole time. But it will always tell me that there is flow. This is that there is no flow. There was no water coming out my jet’s, so this isn’t about the cell itself.

Funny, my husband is from Pontiac. We’re in Bloomington so we’re not far from there. Oh I’ve been going to the store and then coming home with like 10 to 12 things of chlorine at a time so it’s not that I’m not getting any will be OK I’ve been getting what regular pool liquid chlorine I can find at Walmart and then I go to the laundry section and get what I can find there which isn’t quite as strong and we just go with that. It just happens that he picked up a bunch of the no splash!

 

[PoolStored]

Great.. Go to Menards,
900 GREENBRIAR DR
NORMAL, IL 61761


They have 1400+ gallons of LC for $3.55. Will be in the outdoor living section. https://www.menards.com/main/search.html?sf_categoryHierarchy=&search=liquid+chlorine

Buy this and use it. Great Price!!!

 

[PoolStored]

So the cell. If there is not ENOUGH flow for the cell to work, it will throw that message. You are likely getting flow, just not enough for the cell to work. Let's worry about the slam. Set you pump back to where you had it and let it just run 24/7 for now. It won't be tons of electric. Let's clean up the pool, then we will get the cell/pump setup.

 

[KristaM78]

Great.. Go to Menards,
900 GREENBRIAR DR
NORMAL, IL 61761


They have 1400+ gallons of LC for $3.55. Will be in the outdoor living section. https://www.menards.com/main/search.html?sf_categoryHierarchy=&search=liquid+chlorine

Buy this and use it. Great Price!!!

That is a great price! I’ll do that!

 

[KristaM78]

So the cell. If there is not ENOUGH flow for the cell to work, it will throw that message. You are likely getting flow, just not enough for the cell to work. Let's worry about the slam. Set you pump back to where you had it and let it just run 24/7 for now. It won't be tons of electric. Let's clean up the pool, then we will get the cell/pump setup.

But NO water was coming out of my jets. There was no flow in the pool.

 

[PoolStored]

But NO water was coming out of my jets. There was no flow in the pool.

Gotcha...Let's reset the pool pump to the speed you were running before and get the flow going. Get you some CHEAP CLEAN LC, and we'll finish our SLAM. Then we'll get the pump and SWCG figure out. Glad we found a good source!!! I love Menards and it is what I use.

 

[PoolStored]

Let’s also make sure your SWCG is off while we slam.

 

[mknauss]

Be sure all the water features are off. Clean your filter, you should have flow at 1400 rpm. The polymer in the splash less bleach is likely plugged your filter.

 

[PoolStored]

Great catch @mknauss

Let's get your filters cleaned. Hopefully we can clean them and get you going again.

 

[KristaM78]

Let’s also make sure your SWCG is off while we slam.

Yes it’s been off whole time

 

[PoolStored]

Very important that your cyanuric acid (stabilizer) is correct , and your ph is 7.4-7.6. Stabilizer prevent chlorine from burning off. A low ph will use chlorine quickly, and a high ph can mask the chlorine test. I have had a chlorine test showing only .5 on my test, but once I got my ph down, the pool tested much higher.

At that point in the discussion we were fighting ammonia. We have added CYA and transitioned to SLAM.