We will be leaving our relatively new Florida pool (4 months old) for the summer. It has a SWG and the pool will be cleaned and monitored by a service once a week. I'm leaving them detailed instructions about how much of each chemical is needed based on their weekly measurements.
Currently, the chemistry looks like this and is stable, expect the PH which varies between about 7.6 and 8.0 during the course of a week with a once a week MA addition.
The SWG runs 12 hours a day at 35% and the chlorine stays stable at about 6.5 ppm at that setting (CYA 70-80 ppm). Here are the most recent measurements.
FC: 6.5
CYA: 80
PH: 7.6
TA: 80
CH: 500
Boric: 50
Temp: 82F
It's April now and the sun will get higher over the summer and the pool will get hotter. Should I leave the SWG as it is, and let the pool company make up any chlorine shortfall on their weekly visit (my instructions are such that they will boost FC to 9.5 if the FC is 5 or less), ... or should I increase the SWG from 35% (which is about 1.7 ppm FC per day) to something higher?
A higher SWG percentage may make the PH rise more quickly.
Any ideas will be appreciated.
Currently, the chemistry looks like this and is stable, expect the PH which varies between about 7.6 and 8.0 during the course of a week with a once a week MA addition.
The SWG runs 12 hours a day at 35% and the chlorine stays stable at about 6.5 ppm at that setting (CYA 70-80 ppm). Here are the most recent measurements.
FC: 6.5
CYA: 80
PH: 7.6
TA: 80
CH: 500
Boric: 50
Temp: 82F
It's April now and the sun will get higher over the summer and the pool will get hotter. Should I leave the SWG as it is, and let the pool company make up any chlorine shortfall on their weekly visit (my instructions are such that they will boost FC to 9.5 if the FC is 5 or less), ... or should I increase the SWG from 35% (which is about 1.7 ppm FC per day) to something higher?
A higher SWG percentage may make the PH rise more quickly.
Any ideas will be appreciated.