- May 3, 2010
- 9
With the warm winter Southern New Jersey has had, I took the cover off the pool this past weekend. Usually take it off the latter half of April, but I'll be on the road the first part of April and didn't want it to turn to pea soup before I got back (wife doesn't deal with the pool, and can't trust the kids with chemical quite yet).
Anyway, I had cleaned up some of the debris (leaves, worms, etc) in the pool, but the recent wind has dropped a bunch back in that I'll clean out tomorrow. Had the pool water tested, and had the following results:
CYA: 65
Tot. Chlorine: 0
Free Chlorine: 0
pH: 6.8
Tot. Alkalinity: 30
Tot. Hardness 20
Copper: 0.2 (well water)
With the CYA at a reasonable level, I figured that I'd get the FC up to shock levels and scrub the liner. Get the pH up to 7.5 or so. Monitor the FC and keep it there until it stabilizes, then let it lower to normal levels and add appropriate amounts of baking soda to get Alkalinity up.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Ken
Anyway, I had cleaned up some of the debris (leaves, worms, etc) in the pool, but the recent wind has dropped a bunch back in that I'll clean out tomorrow. Had the pool water tested, and had the following results:
CYA: 65
Tot. Chlorine: 0
Free Chlorine: 0
pH: 6.8
Tot. Alkalinity: 30
Tot. Hardness 20
Copper: 0.2 (well water)
With the CYA at a reasonable level, I figured that I'd get the FC up to shock levels and scrub the liner. Get the pH up to 7.5 or so. Monitor the FC and keep it there until it stabilizes, then let it lower to normal levels and add appropriate amounts of baking soda to get Alkalinity up.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Ken