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    HOW TO SLAM THE POOL WITH SOLAR PUMP

    Hi, i add 7PPM(1.3 lt) of liquid chlorine 12% every day with CYA at 60% and ph at 7.4 ,(4-5 people swimm and play in the pool and a lot of organic fall in the pool every day ) and in the morning FC level is 0PPM ,tropical hot costarica weather. my pool is 1 year old and i never did a slam ...
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    K0006 chlorine testing problems

    CC TEST Added 2 dippers of 0870 in the 10ml sample of the large comparator,than added 4 drops of 0871 till colorless( 4drops x 0.5 =2ppm) , but after 40 second the sample's water got pink again so i added other 2 drops till color less but than after 40 seconds got pink again ,lighter than...
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    4 hours of fresh water plus a big t-storm at night ...low my CYA from 90 to 40 ......... my chemestry today is : FC 5 CC 0.5 or less PH 7,4 TA 70 CH 200 CYA 40 i think i'm good .maybe better to keep FC at 6? thank you so much for your help.
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    Ok, so once i low my CYA to 30-50 ,wich level of FC is ideal considering the jungle factor? the chart say 4 to 6 ........
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    Can i swim in the pool WITH FC AT 10 ?
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    Hi , i did the chemestry : FC 5 CC 0.6 PH 7.2 TA 70 CH 190 CYA 85 i will add some fresh water to low the CYA till 30 Was my first real test , so i repeat it twice ....... Tile pool i found a robot available here in costarica called IROBOT MIRRA 530 ......super fast to clean my small pool...
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    Cut trees is the last thing i want to do ,having monkeys on the tree while you swim is priceless.... i found a robot here in costarica IROBOT MIRRA 530......that can clean my small pool superfast and also in case of slam i can run it at night instead of the solar pump to make the water moving...
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    i have plenty of AC power to connect the robot, the pool has also AC for the lights,,,,,,,i changed the pump to solar couse only the elettric pump cost was around 100$ per month ,the pool is used all day all year so i can't put a cover on it ....that's why the robot is the solution for me...
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    no the pump goes direct with the energy from the panel ,no inverter......i get enough power to run it 10-12 hours per day , the main problem is that the pool is in the jungle,,so a lot of organic fall in the pool everyday ,the pool is small but every morning the leaves leave a nasty brown...
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    hi, my pool is 5,000 gallons yes i have elettricity,only the pump run with solar panel ,couse elettricity is very expensive,
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    Solar panel pump run only 12h in case of slam

    Hi, i have solar panel pump and if i want to slam the pool ,the pump have to run for 24h , but mine of course works only 12hours a day if is full sun (costarica) and just 8 h when is cloudy ....i'm worry the slam won't work well couse the short time the pump run ...any tip ?
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    no pool math , i bought k2006 but i didn't get it yet, so i borrowed k2005 from a friend to test the CYA ...
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i bought taylor k2006 but i didn't get it yet ,so i borrow k2005 from a friend i want to keep the CYA low so in case i have to use tablets or tricloro that contain CYA ,it will not increase to much and i won't have to drain the pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i think at the lower level around 30 is the best what do you think? my pool does not recive a lot of sun....
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    about 5.000 gallons or 19.000 liters in the pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    till november a lot of rain than from dic till may dry ,fill water is expensive, water here got EC around 400 cal/mg so yes a lot of calcium in the water
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    i don't know i have to read the instruction on the bucket at the store , but is the common household bleach to clean .....they all are at 3% but i find one at 3.5% ....so if i double the dose i can reach 7% and put it in my pool
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    Hi, i can't find household bleach at 8% like the poolschool say ,the only one available is at 3.5%, if i double the dose can i put it in my pool?
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    If tricloro contain CYA ,can i use domestic liquid bleach at 3-4% instead? is the only bleach i can buy at the store here in the jungle.
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    HI,thank you for your reply, OUTDOOR POOL APRIL 2019 COSTARICA 20.000 liters 5mt x 3mt x 1,20mt CHEMICALS I USE : CHLORINE: i use tricloro (tricloro-s-triazinetrone 99%) direct in the pool (at the store i could find only domestic liquid bleach at 3-4% so i didn't buy it )tricloro instead...
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    CYA level increasing to 100 without add any ,why ?

    I have a new pool in costarica , i raised the CYA levels from 0 to 30 adding CYA ,only once at the beginning ,now after 5 months CYA level increased till 100 ...but i didn't put any more in the pool ...