Good morning all. After years of struggling with an off-line chlorinator and then a brand new in-line last year I give up on chlorinators. I’ve decided to devote the time our pool deserves.
Hi my name is Augie and I’m an alcoholic….I mean I’m guilty of neglecting my pool.
A couple weeks ago Leslie’s told us our CYA was very high, I think it was over 150. We had not changed water in several years so we drained and refilled the pool. I started looking at you tube videos and came across the BBB method and this forum. I ordered a TF-100 test kit that I received yesterday. Here are the results of my first tests.
FC 2 – CC 0.5 – PH 7.5 – TA 160 – CH 280 – CYA 0 – Water Temp 68 – 16,500 gal
This pool is in the high desert of so Cal, full sun. Right now there is a solar cover on the pool.
So here is my rookie assessment, based on my numbers I have to issues to work on high TA and low CYA. Using the forums Pool Math Calculator here’s what I think I should do:
Raise the CYA with 92 oz of solid stabilizer. Giving it about a week to come up to a target of 40.
Lower the TA to 7.2 by lowering the PH to 7.2 using 37 oz (volume) of dry muriatic acid. I can later raise the PH by up by aerating.
Any suggestions? Comments? Thanks for reading.
augie
Hi my name is Augie and I’m an alcoholic….I mean I’m guilty of neglecting my pool.
A couple weeks ago Leslie’s told us our CYA was very high, I think it was over 150. We had not changed water in several years so we drained and refilled the pool. I started looking at you tube videos and came across the BBB method and this forum. I ordered a TF-100 test kit that I received yesterday. Here are the results of my first tests.
FC 2 – CC 0.5 – PH 7.5 – TA 160 – CH 280 – CYA 0 – Water Temp 68 – 16,500 gal
This pool is in the high desert of so Cal, full sun. Right now there is a solar cover on the pool.
So here is my rookie assessment, based on my numbers I have to issues to work on high TA and low CYA. Using the forums Pool Math Calculator here’s what I think I should do:
Raise the CYA with 92 oz of solid stabilizer. Giving it about a week to come up to a target of 40.
Lower the TA to 7.2 by lowering the PH to 7.2 using 37 oz (volume) of dry muriatic acid. I can later raise the PH by up by aerating.
Any suggestions? Comments? Thanks for reading.
augie