I am learning the ropes of keeping up basic pool maintenance at my home. I have a 30,000 gallon pool. I took my pool water to the local pool place which is an hour away and the results were as follows:
Free Cl = 9.5
Total Cl = did not measure (she wasn't sure why it didn't register)
Temp = 70
Saturation Index = 0.1
CYA = 50
pH = 7.8
Tot Alk = 104
Adj Total Alk = 89
Manganese = none
Total Hardness = 221
I use Hth products and use 3 in TriClor Tabs. I use 2 tabs in one skimmer every week and shock every 7 to 10 days with 5 lbs of Cal Hypo. I use clarifier and an algae preventive once a week too. I also just run the filter 24/7 and backwash approx once a week for about 2 minutes and then rinse for 30 seconds. My question is am I doing this right and how do I measure for Total and Free Chlorine? I know if I can measure both of them I will be able to get my Combined Chlorine reading. I am using an Aqua Chem 6 way test kit and it seems to measure everything fairly good except chlorine. I do the test from this kit and it seems to read between the 3.0 and 5.0 level. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Al
Free Cl = 9.5
Total Cl = did not measure (she wasn't sure why it didn't register)
Temp = 70
Saturation Index = 0.1
CYA = 50
pH = 7.8
Tot Alk = 104
Adj Total Alk = 89
Manganese = none
Total Hardness = 221
I use Hth products and use 3 in TriClor Tabs. I use 2 tabs in one skimmer every week and shock every 7 to 10 days with 5 lbs of Cal Hypo. I use clarifier and an algae preventive once a week too. I also just run the filter 24/7 and backwash approx once a week for about 2 minutes and then rinse for 30 seconds. My question is am I doing this right and how do I measure for Total and Free Chlorine? I know if I can measure both of them I will be able to get my Combined Chlorine reading. I am using an Aqua Chem 6 way test kit and it seems to measure everything fairly good except chlorine. I do the test from this kit and it seems to read between the 3.0 and 5.0 level. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Al