- Jun 1, 2017
- 28
- Pool Size
- 17700
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Autopilot Digital PPC1 (RC-35)
Hi all,
This is my first post to Trouble Free but I've been following and using advice for several years. I am in the process of preparing our pool for the summer and it is in a sad way right now. As soon as the weather turned briefly warm, it turned green. We added bleach and vacuumed the resulting fall out but the water is currently very cloudy so that vacuuming is difficult due to lack of visibility. We may have a slow leak that will require a repair to the vinyl eventually which just means that between adding water and backwashing throughout the winter, the water chemistry has been diluted. Here are the results of my morning test taken with the pump running but also in bright sunshine:
FC = 0
CC = 0
pH = 7.8 (if accurate and not any higher?)
Alkalinity = 50 ppm as calcium carbonate
Calcium Hardness = 20 ppm as calcium carbonate (but this is a vinyl pool)
CYA = 0 ppm
Sodium Chloride = 400 ppm salt as sodium chloride
The Pool Pilot reads 1200 ppm salt
Obviously we need Stabilizer and Salt for the chlorine levels! Baking soda and muriatic acid for alkalinity and pH.
What recommendations do you have on the order of these additions? The weather has turned cooler again and both the air temp and water temp is around 60 degrees. I'm not sure at what temp the SWG is able to produce chlorine well (am I right that it doesn't do much when temperatures are cold?).
Will adjusting the chemistry, especially pH solve the cloudy water issue?
Thank you for your patience as I learn to post!
This is my first post to Trouble Free but I've been following and using advice for several years. I am in the process of preparing our pool for the summer and it is in a sad way right now. As soon as the weather turned briefly warm, it turned green. We added bleach and vacuumed the resulting fall out but the water is currently very cloudy so that vacuuming is difficult due to lack of visibility. We may have a slow leak that will require a repair to the vinyl eventually which just means that between adding water and backwashing throughout the winter, the water chemistry has been diluted. Here are the results of my morning test taken with the pump running but also in bright sunshine:
FC = 0
CC = 0
pH = 7.8 (if accurate and not any higher?)
Alkalinity = 50 ppm as calcium carbonate
Calcium Hardness = 20 ppm as calcium carbonate (but this is a vinyl pool)
CYA = 0 ppm
Sodium Chloride = 400 ppm salt as sodium chloride
The Pool Pilot reads 1200 ppm salt
Obviously we need Stabilizer and Salt for the chlorine levels! Baking soda and muriatic acid for alkalinity and pH.
What recommendations do you have on the order of these additions? The weather has turned cooler again and both the air temp and water temp is around 60 degrees. I'm not sure at what temp the SWG is able to produce chlorine well (am I right that it doesn't do much when temperatures are cold?).
Will adjusting the chemistry, especially pH solve the cloudy water issue?
Thank you for your patience as I learn to post!