Natesroom said:
Here are my first test Kit results!!!
FC - 22.5
CC - .5
TC - 23
PH - 7.3
TA - 130-140
CH - INCONCLUSIVE (280-290) posted later
CYA - 38ish
What am i looking at??
Hi Natesroom,
Your test #'s are a good place to start! All of us here expected much worse with the CYA from using a feeder!
If you follow the Chlorine/CYA chart here:
http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock
Your shock level of chlorine is 16PPM @ 40 CYA
My experience when shocking our pools in Florida because of the high heat and sun, and time to stay poolside and babysit the FC levels I would recommend to go + 3 PPM over the chart. This would be 19 PPM FC that I would maintain shock # to.
Don't ever let the FC shock value fall below 16 PPM for a speedy clean up, if you keep letting the FC fall below the Chlorine/CYA it will make the process longer and more expensive for more liquid chlorine to complete this shocking process.
The TA could be a little high, but we can lower it later after the pool has completed the shocking process and passed all 3 criteria listed in pool school.
#1)
Continue to test and keep adding liquid chlorine (I also use 10% liquid chlorine that I buy from Pinch a Penny / 5 gals under $10) as the pool calculator will have you add with the target set at 19 PPM.
#2)
Don't bother to test the PH right now as the PH test will be invalid when FC is at shock values. (usually anything over 10 PPM)
#3)
Run the filter/pump 24/7 and clean filter when pressure rises 5 LBS over a clean filter reading.
#4)
Brush and vacuum every day to help clean up the dead algae.
#5)
When you pass the shocking process, we then can address the PH when the FC drifts down back into the operating range of 3-7 PPM.
#6)
Your more than likely may need to lower the TA closer to 90 depending on how the PH behaves in YOUR pool.
(My pool was raising the PH up to 7.8 all the time with the TA @ 120, I lowered the TA down to 80 now and my PH stays pegged @ 7.5 all the time now!)
Lowering the TA is covered in pool school. (I prefer to use muriatic acid @ 31.45% from Home Depot)
This will get you started on the road to a perfect pool! The TFP way!
I now suffer from POOLSPARKLITIS!
Post any questions you have and we can help, I know it seems hard, but like with anything new, as you go along it will become a lot easier to understand.
Reading a lots of posts here at TFP has really helped me.
Chuck