Just looking if anyone can check my program to keep algae away while my power is out. Power has been out since Thursday morning (8/12) but my whole house generator lasted for about 36 hours (story for another time), so since Friday, I haven’t been able to run my pump or SWG. I don’t expect power to be back on until tomorrow at best but I’m thinking more like Tuesday or Wednesday as the power company has been pushing back a lot of their estimates.
So, yesterday (Saturday) I went into save the pool mode. I skimmed it - wasn’t too dirty. My FC was at 6 so I put in a gal of LC and I should be up over 10 (I‘ll check it later). This morning (Sunday), I brushed and I put my robot in (thankfully I have a small generator) hoping the robot will move the water around. Now I plan to just keep my FC high (above 10), skim and run the robot after I add chlorine (daily).
I did notice that my PH is very high (over 8), but I’m thinking that’s because of the high chlorine and at any rate, with no pump, I don’t think I should try to add acid. I figure I can handle the PH easy enough once the power is back up and my pump is running.
Anything else I should do? Or, anything I’m doing that I shouldn’t?
Thanks.
So, yesterday (Saturday) I went into save the pool mode. I skimmed it - wasn’t too dirty. My FC was at 6 so I put in a gal of LC and I should be up over 10 (I‘ll check it later). This morning (Sunday), I brushed and I put my robot in (thankfully I have a small generator) hoping the robot will move the water around. Now I plan to just keep my FC high (above 10), skim and run the robot after I add chlorine (daily).
I did notice that my PH is very high (over 8), but I’m thinking that’s because of the high chlorine and at any rate, with no pump, I don’t think I should try to add acid. I figure I can handle the PH easy enough once the power is back up and my pump is running.
Anything else I should do? Or, anything I’m doing that I shouldn’t?
Thanks.