Got my pressure gauge and going to get it installed either today or tomorrow. Keeping slamming on. I will probably cannonball in fully clothed when I can see the bottom lol
Cloudy brownish green pool
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If you rid the floor of dead algae you can speed things up a bit. Get the slam level up circulate for an hour then shut pump off and let it sit a few hours or even over night so as much as possible will settle to the bottom. Then carefully vacuum either to waste or through the filter without vigorously moving the vac head. Watch for the filter pressure to rise fast then clean out cartridges and continue to vac till the complete floor has been covered. Then continue the slam.
Did n oclt last night and passed so things are trending in the right direction
Go it another day with slam for extra insurance and call it done tomorrow.
Definitely continuing slam another day or 2 to be safe just getting excited I can see a finish line soon. 10 days ago I was ready to empty it and start over
- Jun 8, 2019
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- 20000
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
We are having some pretty good rain storms today is there anything I should worry about with my slam
No. Just stay the course. Rain has surprisingly little effect on pool water chemistry.
- Jun 8, 2019
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- Pool Size
- 20000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It’s not that surprising. Most rainstorms give 1-3” of rain. When you compare to a 96” deep deep end it doesn’t really do much unless it washes a bunch of Crud into your pool.
Ok so today passed oclt for 2nd straight day. Cc 1.5 so still working on that. But biggest breakthrough is I can see the bottom even if a little cloudy and dirty. I know I have seen this answered before but it should now be safe to swim? The 11yo is jonesing
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- Jun 22, 2014
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This makes absolutely no sense to me. How exactly did you pass with a CC of 1.5 and the bottom cloudy.
Not saying I’m done with my slam just that my oclt passed again. I’m going to continue slamming until it’s crystal clear
You didn't pass because the water is teal blue and not clear, CC is above .5 and obviously aren't holding FC. Can you elaborate some more please
The 3 conditions for ending a SLAM are:
1) pass OCLT
2) CC < 1
3) water is perfectly clear
I think he's saying he passed #1, but not 2 and 3. Those are distinct conditions outside of the OCLT.
1) pass OCLT
2) CC < 1
3) water is perfectly clear
I think he's saying he passed #1, but not 2 and 3. Those are distinct conditions outside of the OCLT.
Tested fc at 9:30 pm 12 woke up tested again at 7 am fc was still at 12. I will test again tonight and also test cc in the morning
Am I understanding this correctly, FC doesn't budge and the CC is 1.5 . The fact there's CC means it's working/burning off something and it would be the chlorine doing it so how can it be 12 in the morning.
I’m going to do the cc test again when I get off work. I could have possibly gotten that one wrong as it don’t do it often. The fc I tested again at 10am and still 24 drops so pretty confident in that test
Ok new house rule of no testing before coffee. Just checked and cc is either 0 or .5 it seemed to slightly turn pink but one drop back to clear. Will be testing oclt again tonight and cleaned the filter so fingers crossed only 1-2 more days of slam.
I have to say this site is amazing I have accomplished more in 5 days than 5 weeks of diy/pool stored. Everyone is great answering questions and not making me feel like an idiot