My primary problem was a salt level of 4800. My PB overestimated my pool volume and severely messed up my initial chemical balance. Since CYA was virtually 0, virtually everything else was way off, and my SWG didnt' seem to mind salt being 4800 ppm, I figured I could make it work.
So I spent the next few weeks balancing out my TA to 80 (down from 150), keeping my PH and FC happy, raising my CYA to 80 (maybe 90?), raising my CH to 275-300, and just dealing with my high salt level.
A few days ago, I began to worry about the high salt level as my water temperature rises. I don't want to drain my pool in July when water temperatures are 90+ and my SWG finally spits out the "high salt/high amps" error code. So I decided to tackle the problem now.
I drained 1/3 of my pool yesterday and here's the new puzzling issue: a lot of my water chemistry barely changed, despite my salt properly going down to 3200 ppm. My question for the group is this: do these numbers make sense? I've tested water 2-3x a week for 6 weeks and feel like I had a firm grasp on my pool's "behavior". I tested the new numbers twice today to ensure there were no anomalies.
Fiberglass, 11k gallons
AQR 940 TCELL15, OmniPL Automation
Prior to water replacement:
FC: 4.5
pH: 7.7
TA: 80
CH: 275
CYA: 80 (maybe 90?)
Salt: 4800
After water replacement:
FC: 4.5 (I purposefully ran my SWG to account for this)
pH: 7.7
TA: 70
CH: 200
CYA: 70
Salt: 3200
It seems too good to be true that I barely lost any CYA or TA.
So I spent the next few weeks balancing out my TA to 80 (down from 150), keeping my PH and FC happy, raising my CYA to 80 (maybe 90?), raising my CH to 275-300, and just dealing with my high salt level.
A few days ago, I began to worry about the high salt level as my water temperature rises. I don't want to drain my pool in July when water temperatures are 90+ and my SWG finally spits out the "high salt/high amps" error code. So I decided to tackle the problem now.
I drained 1/3 of my pool yesterday and here's the new puzzling issue: a lot of my water chemistry barely changed, despite my salt properly going down to 3200 ppm. My question for the group is this: do these numbers make sense? I've tested water 2-3x a week for 6 weeks and feel like I had a firm grasp on my pool's "behavior". I tested the new numbers twice today to ensure there were no anomalies.
Fiberglass, 11k gallons
AQR 940 TCELL15, OmniPL Automation
Prior to water replacement:
FC: 4.5
pH: 7.7
TA: 80
CH: 275
CYA: 80 (maybe 90?)
Salt: 4800
After water replacement:
FC: 4.5 (I purposefully ran my SWG to account for this)
pH: 7.7
TA: 70
CH: 200
CYA: 70
Salt: 3200
It seems too good to be true that I barely lost any CYA or TA.
