- May 15, 2018
- 39
- Pool Size
- 34000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I asked some questions a couple of months back, now I have installed the Pentair IC 60 and power box.
The pool is still covered (and water green) but I am preparing to open maybe in a week.
Readings today:
Hardness 90
CYA <30 (never got dot to disappear)
Salt (my first ever test) 2 drops, so 400ppm?
I have the liquid chlorine to do a SLAM, i might add a little CYA increase to get it to 30 (per pool school recommendations)
My questions are as follows:
1) Pool school says CYA for SWG should be 70-90 (with 60 and 100 not recommended). My Pentair manual says CYA should be 30-50ppm. So Pool Schools range is much higher than Pentair. What should I be trying for as CYA for my pool after SLAM is finished?
2) Carrying on from that, Pool School says FC minimum is 3-4 with 5-6 as the target. Pentair is 2-4.
3) The salt reading was my first ever reading, do I factor it in when calculating salt to get to 3600ppm. When adding salt to a pool for the first time, is there typically a need to add more than calculated, or is over-salting something that happens easily?
Question 1 and 2 is basically, do i follow Pool School and throw out the manual?
Thank you
John
The pool is still covered (and water green) but I am preparing to open maybe in a week.
Readings today:
Hardness 90
CYA <30 (never got dot to disappear)
Salt (my first ever test) 2 drops, so 400ppm?
I have the liquid chlorine to do a SLAM, i might add a little CYA increase to get it to 30 (per pool school recommendations)
My questions are as follows:
1) Pool school says CYA for SWG should be 70-90 (with 60 and 100 not recommended). My Pentair manual says CYA should be 30-50ppm. So Pool Schools range is much higher than Pentair. What should I be trying for as CYA for my pool after SLAM is finished?
2) Carrying on from that, Pool School says FC minimum is 3-4 with 5-6 as the target. Pentair is 2-4.
3) The salt reading was my first ever reading, do I factor it in when calculating salt to get to 3600ppm. When adding salt to a pool for the first time, is there typically a need to add more than calculated, or is over-salting something that happens easily?
Question 1 and 2 is basically, do i follow Pool School and throw out the manual?
Thank you
John