All,
We finally got water in our vinyl 21K gal IGP a few weeks ago. The PB was balancing the water (sort of) and it is about time I took over. We also have an Easytouch 8, IntelliChlor IC40 SWG, IntelliFlo VS-3050 SVRS VSP, Mastertemp 250HD, and Triton II TR100 30†Sand Filter w/Zeobrite.
The water was all trucked in from a local pool fill company; I have maybe added a few inches of water in the last few weeks. This is from a community well and does not run through my softener. I plan to connect it in soon. We drink the water; it is very good from what I can tell. I’m sure I could get a report if needed.
The water has gotten cloudy twice. The first time he added some clarifier and “blue†stuff, then the 2nd time he said it was not measuring any chlorine and added some stabilizer and salt. The salt ppm was 2450 at that time and the IC40 was showing low salt before adding. I ran the pump all night both times and it cleared up. The water tastes funny right now (3265 ppm), if that is just due to the latest salt level I would have to say I don’t care for it.
The pool also gets a white/tan ring on the liner and fiberglass steps. It is not coming off as much as it was originally. Don’t know what to use? The PB has also been adding powder PH reducer here and there. Isn’t this bad with an SWG?
I bought a TF100, salt strips, borate strips and a speedstir. Have not thought about borates yet and the speed stir is still in the package.
FC 2.5, the blue Taylor test kit also showed about 2.5. Aquacheck 15 sec test strips were closer to 1.5.
CC 0
TC 2.5
PH 8.0 from the blue Taylor test kit, Aquacheck strips confirmed, Was over 8.2 last week.
TA 110, It was pink at nine drops and turned magenta/red at 11 drops, About 120 on Aquacheck strips
CH 250, there were little floating speckles like glitter? From blue to red at 25 drops. How would I know if I have copper in the pool?
CYA<20 I overflowed the tube and could still see the dot faintly
Temp 85F
Salt 3265ppm
Stabilizer from Aqaucheck strips is still showing low around 0 or just above.
Questions:
1) FC, use the very small blue scooper, or the flat end?
2) There is no PH test in the TF100, or do I just use the blue Taylor box? That blue box said to not record this number? How do people get accurate PH? This is a daily check so I hope there is a quick and accurate method.
3) What to use to clean lines/stains on walls?
4) Can the PB’s powder PH reducer damage the SWG? The “Cell†light is not always lit up? It comes on and off at times? Perhaps it is bad now?
5) Do I need to check for copper?
6) What is a good pump speed? I notice anything below 1550 rpm does not trigger the “Flow†light on the IC40? We are getting solar and deck jets too so the dynamics will change still.
7) Should the returns spill out cloudy water after a backwash? It makes a clear pool get a bit of a haze when all mixed? PB said it is just some of the zeobrite and due to the new filter.
8) How often to backwash?
9) What setting for IC40? Sanitizer is at 100 now; I turned it down to 40 after this weekend as the FC was over 3.5 on the test strips. I did use the SuperChlor setting for 24 hours this past weekend though as we had a bunch of kids over.
10) Is stabilizer important?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
We finally got water in our vinyl 21K gal IGP a few weeks ago. The PB was balancing the water (sort of) and it is about time I took over. We also have an Easytouch 8, IntelliChlor IC40 SWG, IntelliFlo VS-3050 SVRS VSP, Mastertemp 250HD, and Triton II TR100 30†Sand Filter w/Zeobrite.
The water was all trucked in from a local pool fill company; I have maybe added a few inches of water in the last few weeks. This is from a community well and does not run through my softener. I plan to connect it in soon. We drink the water; it is very good from what I can tell. I’m sure I could get a report if needed.
The water has gotten cloudy twice. The first time he added some clarifier and “blue†stuff, then the 2nd time he said it was not measuring any chlorine and added some stabilizer and salt. The salt ppm was 2450 at that time and the IC40 was showing low salt before adding. I ran the pump all night both times and it cleared up. The water tastes funny right now (3265 ppm), if that is just due to the latest salt level I would have to say I don’t care for it.
The pool also gets a white/tan ring on the liner and fiberglass steps. It is not coming off as much as it was originally. Don’t know what to use? The PB has also been adding powder PH reducer here and there. Isn’t this bad with an SWG?
I bought a TF100, salt strips, borate strips and a speedstir. Have not thought about borates yet and the speed stir is still in the package.
FC 2.5, the blue Taylor test kit also showed about 2.5. Aquacheck 15 sec test strips were closer to 1.5.
CC 0
TC 2.5
PH 8.0 from the blue Taylor test kit, Aquacheck strips confirmed, Was over 8.2 last week.
TA 110, It was pink at nine drops and turned magenta/red at 11 drops, About 120 on Aquacheck strips
CH 250, there were little floating speckles like glitter? From blue to red at 25 drops. How would I know if I have copper in the pool?
CYA<20 I overflowed the tube and could still see the dot faintly
Temp 85F
Salt 3265ppm
Stabilizer from Aqaucheck strips is still showing low around 0 or just above.
Questions:
1) FC, use the very small blue scooper, or the flat end?
2) There is no PH test in the TF100, or do I just use the blue Taylor box? That blue box said to not record this number? How do people get accurate PH? This is a daily check so I hope there is a quick and accurate method.
3) What to use to clean lines/stains on walls?
4) Can the PB’s powder PH reducer damage the SWG? The “Cell†light is not always lit up? It comes on and off at times? Perhaps it is bad now?
5) Do I need to check for copper?
6) What is a good pump speed? I notice anything below 1550 rpm does not trigger the “Flow†light on the IC40? We are getting solar and deck jets too so the dynamics will change still.
7) Should the returns spill out cloudy water after a backwash? It makes a clear pool get a bit of a haze when all mixed? PB said it is just some of the zeobrite and due to the new filter.
8) How often to backwash?
9) What setting for IC40? Sanitizer is at 100 now; I turned it down to 40 after this weekend as the FC was over 3.5 on the test strips. I did use the SuperChlor setting for 24 hours this past weekend though as we had a bunch of kids over.
10) Is stabilizer important?
Thanks in advance,
Mike