Here are my current readings:
FC 7.0 (this little guy just doesn't come down. My Intex manual recommends running my pump/swg combo. for 6 hours a day and I'm down to 4 now--yet the FC is still high! The Intex SWG cannot be adjusted percentage wise--it is either On or Off)
CC .5
TC 7.5
pH 7.5
T/A 120 (Based upon the pool calc.'s rec.s, I am attempting to lower ph tonight with 16oz.'s of muratic acid so I can get this number down some)
CH 110
CYA 50 (I've been working on this one! Started with zero, climbing slowly...)
SALT 3,520 ppm
Here is my confusion:
Under the "Water Balance for SWG's" section of this site, TCP recommendations are as follows [In BLUE]. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING IN ALL CAP.S/RED IS INTEX'S RECOMMENDATION:
FC 3-5 ppm (8 hour run time or more) INTEX RECOMMENDS: 1-3PPM
PH 7.5-7.8 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 7.4-7.6
TA 60-90 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 100-140PPM
CH (for vinyl) 50 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 200-400PPM
CYA usually 70-80 (some manufacturer's recommend up to 100 ppm) INTEX RECOMMENDS: 30-50PPMSalt 200-400 ppm ABOVE recommened optimum level
The biggest areas of confusion, for me, are:
FC 3-5 vs. 1-3 (mine is 7 right now, that's really high according to Intex in particular)
PH is pretty close either way and mine (7.5) fits into either recommendation
TA 60-90 vs. 100-140 (this is a pretty big difference; my reading of 120 is fine according to Intex but according to TFP is quite a bit high
CH 50 vs. 200-400 WOW, big difference here. Again, I'm fine with Intex, but with TFP I'm fairly high at 110.
CYA 70-80 vs. 30-50 (Again, with Intex my 50 is as high as I should go, while with TFP, I'm not there yet.
Salt: Intex recommends 2,500-3,000 with 3,000 being optimal and TFP recommends 200-400 above recommended. Since I am at 3,520, I'm high for the Intex rec. and real close to the +400 mark recommended by TFP
Thus, you can see my confusion....should I just abandon the rec's by Intex and go with TFP? The TA, CH and CYA comparisons are quite wide....
FC 7.0 (this little guy just doesn't come down. My Intex manual recommends running my pump/swg combo. for 6 hours a day and I'm down to 4 now--yet the FC is still high! The Intex SWG cannot be adjusted percentage wise--it is either On or Off)
CC .5
TC 7.5
pH 7.5
T/A 120 (Based upon the pool calc.'s rec.s, I am attempting to lower ph tonight with 16oz.'s of muratic acid so I can get this number down some)
CH 110
CYA 50 (I've been working on this one! Started with zero, climbing slowly...)
SALT 3,520 ppm
Here is my confusion:
Under the "Water Balance for SWG's" section of this site, TCP recommendations are as follows [In BLUE]. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING IN ALL CAP.S/RED IS INTEX'S RECOMMENDATION:
FC 3-5 ppm (8 hour run time or more) INTEX RECOMMENDS: 1-3PPM
PH 7.5-7.8 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 7.4-7.6
TA 60-90 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 100-140PPM
CH (for vinyl) 50 INTEX RECOMMENDS: 200-400PPM
CYA usually 70-80 (some manufacturer's recommend up to 100 ppm) INTEX RECOMMENDS: 30-50PPMSalt 200-400 ppm ABOVE recommened optimum level
The biggest areas of confusion, for me, are:
FC 3-5 vs. 1-3 (mine is 7 right now, that's really high according to Intex in particular)
PH is pretty close either way and mine (7.5) fits into either recommendation
TA 60-90 vs. 100-140 (this is a pretty big difference; my reading of 120 is fine according to Intex but according to TFP is quite a bit high
CH 50 vs. 200-400 WOW, big difference here. Again, I'm fine with Intex, but with TFP I'm fairly high at 110.
CYA 70-80 vs. 30-50 (Again, with Intex my 50 is as high as I should go, while with TFP, I'm not there yet.
Salt: Intex recommends 2,500-3,000 with 3,000 being optimal and TFP recommends 200-400 above recommended. Since I am at 3,520, I'm high for the Intex rec. and real close to the +400 mark recommended by TFP
Thus, you can see my confusion....should I just abandon the rec's by Intex and go with TFP? The TA, CH and CYA comparisons are quite wide....