I have been maintaining my own pool for 30 years. Each year I keep a solar cover on it from the late spring to early fall. Typically the solar cover lasts 2 to 3 seasons. When the pool is being used the cover is off and wrapped in a tarp from the sun. Later in the day the cover goes back on. For the past 30 years I have maintained a chlorine level between 2 to 4 in accordance other pool websites, local pool stores, etc. Periodically I would get some algae which was always very annoying to deal with. This season I decided to try TFP recommendations so with a starting CYA of 30 I maintained free chlorine levels between 4 and 6. I used some tricolor tabs at first this season but once the CYA hit 40 I switched to just liquid chlorine. I always had problems with the CYA getting way too high. So now it looks like with a CYA of 40 I should maintain target FC of 5 to 7.
The good news is I have had absolutely no algae, even with the water temperature reaching the high 80's. However my one year old Doheny solar cover is falling to pieces and every day there is a new tear. I have never in 30 years had a cover keep tearing in multiple places, one new tear a day! Usually the cover with disintegrate next to where the chlorine float sits (when I used tabs), but I never had random tears all over the cover.
When I add the liquid chlorine at night I peel back the cover near the jets, add it there, and then let the filter run on high of 2 hours. The tears however are throughout the entire cover.
So I am left to wonder if the higher chlorine levels are killing my solar cover, or whether this Doheny cover is just junk? I have not had this brand before.
Anyone else having a problem with their solar cover while maintain the TFP recommended chlorine levels?
The good news is I have had absolutely no algae, even with the water temperature reaching the high 80's. However my one year old Doheny solar cover is falling to pieces and every day there is a new tear. I have never in 30 years had a cover keep tearing in multiple places, one new tear a day! Usually the cover with disintegrate next to where the chlorine float sits (when I used tabs), but I never had random tears all over the cover.
When I add the liquid chlorine at night I peel back the cover near the jets, add it there, and then let the filter run on high of 2 hours. The tears however are throughout the entire cover.
So I am left to wonder if the higher chlorine levels are killing my solar cover, or whether this Doheny cover is just junk? I have not had this brand before.
Anyone else having a problem with their solar cover while maintain the TFP recommended chlorine levels?