That's funny about 'drinking the pool test water.' I've been afraid of doing that just absentmindly when I pull a cup of water to test inside. I keep thinking - I need to get a squirt bottle or something that I WON'T accidentally pick up to drink if I forget and leave it on the table.
okay - We got in our pool for the first time last week and EVERYONE complained about the saltly taste. Since I've NEVER added salt I can only figure that it has come from the fact I haven't had to DRAIN our 5,000gal AG Splasher pool the last three season since I discovered the BBB Method. However, I have put LOTS of gallons of 10% bleach in the pool to clear up some nasty algae problems that spring up in the spring. I did order a SALT test kit from TFP and got a reading of 2450. I'm thinking that's high or at least more than we need because we all tasted it.
So here comes the question and the math problem - how much water would I need to drain off to get the levels down to a less salty tasting point. I'm thinking I should mix up some salt water to see where everyone SALT TASTE point is before I go draining and refilling but I don't know how to 'work the problem'
If 4,500 (not filled to the top right now) gallons of water taste too salty at 2450 how much water do I need to drain to refill with no salty water to get it to 2,000 ppm or 1800 or 1600 or 1200 or 1000?
I found help with THE POOL CALCULATOR (THANK YOU!) It gave me the different numbers needed (should have gone there first!) to get to the different levels of salt. However, I still need some help with the how many minutes does it take to drop the pool x amount of gallons of water ... need to make a phone call.
Okay - I just got off the phone with my 'go to guy' for math problems and we decide that I need to run the sump pump for about 2 hours to drop about 1,000 gals of water. That's what I thought. I think I'll do this in increments just so that I don't take the pool out of commission for too long on this holiday weekend - I do know I need to drain and then FILL so I'm not draining my 'new' water, too. Then, I'll just go from here. Woo Hoo!
Thanks,
dpool