The PB did their first water sample a couple weeks ago and starting adding some Alkalinity increaser, calcium, etc. to start getting things leveled out based on the initial results. I took a sample down to the PB's lab this morning and got the following numbers:
Chlorine - 0
PH - 7.9
Calcium - 149
Alkalinity - 181
Stabilizer - 27
Copper - 0
Iron - 0
Phosphates - 0
It seems the Alkalinity is way high compared to what is recommended for a SWG pool. I'm assuming I should get that down before I start running the SWG? There is, or course, no chlorine present because I haven't started adding salt for the SWG yet. I am going to start adding salt tonight and hopefully start generating chlorine with the SWG in the new few days. The PH is a little high because they overshot the Alkalinity but will be putting some PH decreaser in tonight.
I wanted to get some thoughts on the numbers and also ask whether you guys think I should throw either some shock or bleach in there tonight just to at least have some chlorine in there before the SWG gets up and running.
Thanks!
Chlorine - 0
PH - 7.9
Calcium - 149
Alkalinity - 181
Stabilizer - 27
Copper - 0
Iron - 0
Phosphates - 0
It seems the Alkalinity is way high compared to what is recommended for a SWG pool. I'm assuming I should get that down before I start running the SWG? There is, or course, no chlorine present because I haven't started adding salt for the SWG yet. I am going to start adding salt tonight and hopefully start generating chlorine with the SWG in the new few days. The PH is a little high because they overshot the Alkalinity but will be putting some PH decreaser in tonight.
I wanted to get some thoughts on the numbers and also ask whether you guys think I should throw either some shock or bleach in there tonight just to at least have some chlorine in there before the SWG gets up and running.
Thanks!