Help... Again 🥴

[SzQ]

hey y’all.
So I’m doing an evening check for my water since my levels have been off.
I just checked my chlorine levels. I took water from the center of the pool, not in the shallow but within the last 1/3 of the shallow end.
I got a reading at zero ppm for chlorine
That had me baffled as I had just added liquid coordinator at noon today. (which I did because I recently did a vacuum waste and my chlorine was low.) So I took a sample from the deep end (which is where I added the liquid chlorinator) and it read at 15 PPM
Help. My system is on, The return returns are blowing water.
I’m just utterly confused. It is 7 1/2 hours later and it’s not circulating?
I am going out of town for my daughters last softball tournament tomorrow morning so that is the last time I will be able to check until Saturday evening. Ugh. Maybe I should stay home..
Thoughts?

 

[TinFoilHat]

What is the history of this issue? How do you test your water? If you have no measurable chlorine in it now then you need to add liquid chlorine immediately. The size of the pool matters too. You have no info about your pool or equipment in your signature line. How do you normally add chlorine? If it's tabs, we don't recommend that. So many questions - so many answers needed. Others will chime in.

 

[SzQ]

What is the history of this issue? How do you test your water? If you have no measurable chlorine in it now then you need to add liquid chlorine immediately. The size of the pool matters too. You have no info about your pool or equipment in your signature line. How do you normally add chlorine? If it's tabs, we don't recommend that. So many questions - so many answers needed. Others will chime in.

Thank you. I think I did that? At least I know my info is somewhere I will check signature line. The size is 14,500. I have a SWG. But I have had it on a boost since noon today. but I also have been supplementing with liquid chlorinator because I’ve had to do several vacuum to waste. My pool company used to add tablets, but I don’t do those anymore because I learned they were bad.

 

[SzQ]

Thank you. I think I did that? At least I know my info is somewhere I will check signature line. The size is 14,500. I have a SWG. But I have had it on a boost since noon today. but I also have been supplementing with liquid chlorinator because I’ve had to do several vacuum to waste. My pool company used to add tablets, but I don’t do those anymore because I learned they were bad.

also, there is measurable chlorine in the deep end reading at 15 PM, but zero in the shallow

 

[PoolStored]

Help. My system is on, The return returns are blowing water.
I’m just utterly confused. It is 7 1/2 hours later and it’s not circulating?

How strong is the flow of water?
When was the last time you cleaned or backwashed the filter.
How many returns do you have, where are they located around the pool, and what direction are the facing? i.e. 2 returns on the west side, both facing southwest.

 

[SzQ]

How strong is the flow of water?
When was the last time you cleaned or backwashed the filter.
How many returns do you have, where are they located around the pool, and what direction are the facing? i.e. 2 returns on the west side, both facing southwest.

I would say the water pushes out pretty strong? I’m not sure how to check that.
I cleaned the cartridges thoroughly just yesterday.
I attached an image of the returns the skimmer is on the east side. No returns on the north..

 

[PoolStored]

Which end in this picture is deep? Left or right?

 

[SzQ]

Which end in this picture is deep? Left or right?

The deep end is on the right (with no returns).

 

[PoolStored]

Yeah, surprising, but you don't have much flow. The buffer system in a pool is pretty good, but you have a fair volume in the deep end.

A 5-10 minute swim, or even 5-10 minutes of brushing deep to shallow or shallow to deep, or if you have a robot, all of them should help.

 

[SzQ]

Yeah, surprising, but you don't have much flow. The buffer system in a pool is pretty good, but you have a fair volume in the deep end.

A 5-10 minute swim, or even 5-10 minutes of brushing deep to shallow or shallow to deep, or if you have a robot, all of them should help.

thank you, I appreciate the feedback!