Hello,
We've had our new pool for two weeks now and have had three tests done. After our latest test (today) the pool store said everything looked fine and only said to get the PH lower, but the FC and TC seemed high to me so I wanted to get any thoughts. Also, there was a line so I couldn't get into too deep a conversation at the store. Here are the three sets of results:
June 10 ...... June 1 ...... May 29th
FC - 8.34 ........ 1.27 ........ .07
CC - .66 ...... 1.68 ...... .33
TC - 9 ...... .41 ....... .4
pH - 8.1 ...... 8 ...... 8.4
TA - 134.2 ...... 93.9 ...... 48.8
CH - 172 ...... 100 ...... 95
CYA - 16 ...... 47 ...... 4
Salt - 3600 ...... 3400 ...... 3400
We've had rain over the past three days so I've run the chlorinator at a higher setting (4 out of 5) and run the pump an average of 12 hours. Also, there hasn't been much sun over the past week and the solar blanket was on the whole time.
Just wondering:
1) Has my FC increased due to running the SWG at a higher setting and for longer? Any thoughts on what the "normal" running setting should be out of 5?
2) My CYA got into the low end of the acceptable range on June 1st but dropped at the most recent test. At opening, I was told to put in 10 pucks, two at a time, and I've gone through 4 and about to put the next two in, is this why its low?
3) My combined chlorine seems high at .66 but will this be taken care of by the much higher FC?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice!
We've had our new pool for two weeks now and have had three tests done. After our latest test (today) the pool store said everything looked fine and only said to get the PH lower, but the FC and TC seemed high to me so I wanted to get any thoughts. Also, there was a line so I couldn't get into too deep a conversation at the store. Here are the three sets of results:
June 10 ...... June 1 ...... May 29th
FC - 8.34 ........ 1.27 ........ .07
CC - .66 ...... 1.68 ...... .33
TC - 9 ...... .41 ....... .4
pH - 8.1 ...... 8 ...... 8.4
TA - 134.2 ...... 93.9 ...... 48.8
CH - 172 ...... 100 ...... 95
CYA - 16 ...... 47 ...... 4
Salt - 3600 ...... 3400 ...... 3400
We've had rain over the past three days so I've run the chlorinator at a higher setting (4 out of 5) and run the pump an average of 12 hours. Also, there hasn't been much sun over the past week and the solar blanket was on the whole time.
Just wondering:
1) Has my FC increased due to running the SWG at a higher setting and for longer? Any thoughts on what the "normal" running setting should be out of 5?
2) My CYA got into the low end of the acceptable range on June 1st but dropped at the most recent test. At opening, I was told to put in 10 pucks, two at a time, and I've gone through 4 and about to put the next two in, is this why its low?
3) My combined chlorine seems high at .66 but will this be taken care of by the much higher FC?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice!