Long story short, we got our first home and it has a 36,000 SWG pool. The 2 weeks after closing while we were still at our old lease, the pool turned dark green. Hired a guy, ended up installing a new sand filter and then I added too much CYA because of bad test strips. Then my SWG told me to add more salt, and I ended up adding too much salt (3700 PPM). I would've just hired someone because pools seem very complex but a lot of companies on google around here are out of business and many didn't even get back to me after days. So I had no choice but to look around and I found TFP.
I read everything on this site, got myself a Taylor test, bought a pump to pump a whole bunch of water, spent 2 days refilling, and I think I'm at a decent level right now.
FC @ 10
CC @ 0 - 0.5
PH @ 7.6
TA @ 60-90 (couldn't really tell if the test meant when the color transition was complete or was starting)
Calcium Hardness @ 110
CYA @ 70-80 (had accidentally raised this to 120 prior, and I find it hard to read the Taylor test because if I wait a few seconds the liquid clears a little and I can make out the black dot so not sure)
My SWG started complaining about low amps a few days ago, so I took that apart (my SWG is stuck, the top ring will not come off) but I couldn't see any buildup, but I think the plug (it's a two prong on the SWG cell and a 3 prong on the actual wire) orientation was misplaced by me, so I flipped it and put it in boost mode and it seems to be OK now. I run my pool 8AM-10PM. After running 'boost' mode the next day my FC is at 11. So it seems ok.
My question is how do I get to a point of set it and forget it? Once boost mode is off, won't the FC slowly head towards 0, because with boost mode it only managed to gain 1 PPM in a day, so I'm assuming without Boost it cannot maintain equilibrium?
Thanks
I read everything on this site, got myself a Taylor test, bought a pump to pump a whole bunch of water, spent 2 days refilling, and I think I'm at a decent level right now.
FC @ 10
CC @ 0 - 0.5
PH @ 7.6
TA @ 60-90 (couldn't really tell if the test meant when the color transition was complete or was starting)
Calcium Hardness @ 110
CYA @ 70-80 (had accidentally raised this to 120 prior, and I find it hard to read the Taylor test because if I wait a few seconds the liquid clears a little and I can make out the black dot so not sure)
My SWG started complaining about low amps a few days ago, so I took that apart (my SWG is stuck, the top ring will not come off) but I couldn't see any buildup, but I think the plug (it's a two prong on the SWG cell and a 3 prong on the actual wire) orientation was misplaced by me, so I flipped it and put it in boost mode and it seems to be OK now. I run my pool 8AM-10PM. After running 'boost' mode the next day my FC is at 11. So it seems ok.
My question is how do I get to a point of set it and forget it? Once boost mode is off, won't the FC slowly head towards 0, because with boost mode it only managed to gain 1 PPM in a day, so I'm assuming without Boost it cannot maintain equilibrium?
Thanks
It sounds as if your cell is showing signs of going bad. You can use our 
