Hello All!
After a year of struggle and strife, we filled our 60-foot lap pool the other day. Just in time for winter . With 4 garden hoses, it took about 24 hours. No pool cover till next week, so we aren't swimming yet - it's just too cold, and we're too cheap to run the heater and have it all cool back down during the night. We've been running the solar ( 10 Gull Industries Sun Coils ), but it doesn't do much this time of year.
We have a salt system, but don't get to use that for 30 days. So - liquid chlorine till then.
The pool startup guy was here yesterday morning; the CH was 100 so he threw in some calcium chloride. The PH was over 8, so he added a quart of
muriatic acid.
He says we don't have to worry about chlorine until we start swimming. That will be the day they install the cover. So I stopped by the pool store today and stocked up on liquid chlorine and CYA.
This afternoon I tested the pool and it was: TA - 100, CH - 175, PH 8.2. Pool math said to add 19 pounds of calcium carbonate and a quart of Muriatic acid. I added 8 pounds of CC ( all I had ) and a quart of acid. Will be testing again tomorrow morning.
I wonder if I can start building up the CYA in the pool before adding any chlorine? That way, when Cover Day dawns, we'll be ready.
Pool school says that with a salt generator, you should be running fairly high CYA - I really don't understand why. Also, I'm told that CYA can be lower for an indoor pool. Does a covered pool - that's kept covered most of the time - count as "indoor"?
I feel a need to be very careful about CYA ( & also calcium ), because you can put them in, but you can't get them out.
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Am using the TF-100 test kit. What a lot of dropping and mixing! I keep expecting Professor Snape to criticize me because I didn't turn three times widdershins before dropping the R-0008 .
After a year of struggle and strife, we filled our 60-foot lap pool the other day. Just in time for winter . With 4 garden hoses, it took about 24 hours. No pool cover till next week, so we aren't swimming yet - it's just too cold, and we're too cheap to run the heater and have it all cool back down during the night. We've been running the solar ( 10 Gull Industries Sun Coils ), but it doesn't do much this time of year.
We have a salt system, but don't get to use that for 30 days. So - liquid chlorine till then.
The pool startup guy was here yesterday morning; the CH was 100 so he threw in some calcium chloride. The PH was over 8, so he added a quart of
muriatic acid.
He says we don't have to worry about chlorine until we start swimming. That will be the day they install the cover. So I stopped by the pool store today and stocked up on liquid chlorine and CYA.
This afternoon I tested the pool and it was: TA - 100, CH - 175, PH 8.2. Pool math said to add 19 pounds of calcium carbonate and a quart of Muriatic acid. I added 8 pounds of CC ( all I had ) and a quart of acid. Will be testing again tomorrow morning.
I wonder if I can start building up the CYA in the pool before adding any chlorine? That way, when Cover Day dawns, we'll be ready.
Pool school says that with a salt generator, you should be running fairly high CYA - I really don't understand why. Also, I'm told that CYA can be lower for an indoor pool. Does a covered pool - that's kept covered most of the time - count as "indoor"?
I feel a need to be very careful about CYA ( & also calcium ), because you can put them in, but you can't get them out.
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Am using the TF-100 test kit. What a lot of dropping and mixing! I keep expecting Professor Snape to criticize me because I didn't turn three times widdershins before dropping the R-0008 .