Hi all-
Seems like the time of year when I need to lean on everyone's expertise. We just opened our pool, and we had the CYA to Ammonia conversion that others have written about. My numbers yesterday were:
21500 Gal. outdoor SWG pool
0 FC
4 TC/CC
0 CYA
6ish ppm Ammonia
Other chemicals were fine, I added maybe a couple pounds of CYA - not enough to do anything.
So, over the course of an hour, I added 24 96oz jugs of bleach, 3 182 oz jugs of bleach today, on top of 1 182 oz jug I added yesterday plus my SWG cranking away at 100% all last night.
Not counting yesterday and the SWG, the pool calculator says that's 63 ppm.
A couple hours later, I measured, and found this:
0 FC
0 TC/CC
10 (maybe) CYA
0ish Ammonia (as far as I can tell - I'm between fresh and saltwater, so the default color matches neither card - however, the color never changed from when I put the drops in).
I cranked the SWG back to 100% and added a few more pounds of CYA (still dissolving).
Am I on the right track? I read about others getting their FC to stay up over a period of time - with 0 CYA, is "up" 1 FC? Is the chlorine burning off quickly, or is it still eating something in the pool?
Any tips on where to go from here (other than being patient) are appreciated.
Regards,
Michael Risch
Seems like the time of year when I need to lean on everyone's expertise. We just opened our pool, and we had the CYA to Ammonia conversion that others have written about. My numbers yesterday were:
21500 Gal. outdoor SWG pool
0 FC
4 TC/CC
0 CYA
6ish ppm Ammonia
Other chemicals were fine, I added maybe a couple pounds of CYA - not enough to do anything.
So, over the course of an hour, I added 24 96oz jugs of bleach, 3 182 oz jugs of bleach today, on top of 1 182 oz jug I added yesterday plus my SWG cranking away at 100% all last night.
Not counting yesterday and the SWG, the pool calculator says that's 63 ppm.
A couple hours later, I measured, and found this:
0 FC
0 TC/CC
10 (maybe) CYA
0ish Ammonia (as far as I can tell - I'm between fresh and saltwater, so the default color matches neither card - however, the color never changed from when I put the drops in).
I cranked the SWG back to 100% and added a few more pounds of CYA (still dissolving).
Am I on the right track? I read about others getting their FC to stay up over a period of time - with 0 CYA, is "up" 1 FC? Is the chlorine burning off quickly, or is it still eating something in the pool?
Any tips on where to go from here (other than being patient) are appreciated.
Regards,
Michael Risch