I am a new pool owner...this website is very helpful...thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Filled my brand new pool 5 days ago and added (10) - 40 lb bags of salt.
Have been running the pump full speed and the SWG on 75% capacity for 24-7 (for 5 days now).
Here are my initial Pool Store water test results after running pump and SWG for about 20 hours:
FC 0.02
TC 0.02
CC 0
pH 7.4
TA 26
CH 22
CYA 2
Salt 2900
I followed the Pool Store advice and did the following:
1. Added 10 lbs Alkalinity increaser.
2. Added 4 lbs CYA
The Pool Store did not advise for me to add salt, but I chose to add another bag since the SWG manufactuer recommendations state minimum 3000ppm and prefered 4000ppm.
Here are my results this morning using LaMotte Insta Test 6:
FC 5
TC 5 to 10 (not sure since colors keep changing)
pH 7.2
TA 120
CH 0
CYA 40
The water is very clear and looks great.
1. So my concern is possible high CC levels (not sure since TC color initially looks like about at 5 but then starts getting darker quickly and looks like as high as 10).
2. Also wondering if running the pump and SWG 24-7 is good advice (this is what Pool Store suggested...they said it was easier on the pump) ?
3. Should I add more CYA?
After getting the FC = 5 this morning I decided to reduce the SWG to 50%.
Thank you
Filled my brand new pool 5 days ago and added (10) - 40 lb bags of salt.
Have been running the pump full speed and the SWG on 75% capacity for 24-7 (for 5 days now).
Here are my initial Pool Store water test results after running pump and SWG for about 20 hours:
FC 0.02
TC 0.02
CC 0
pH 7.4
TA 26
CH 22
CYA 2
Salt 2900
I followed the Pool Store advice and did the following:
1. Added 10 lbs Alkalinity increaser.
2. Added 4 lbs CYA
The Pool Store did not advise for me to add salt, but I chose to add another bag since the SWG manufactuer recommendations state minimum 3000ppm and prefered 4000ppm.
Here are my results this morning using LaMotte Insta Test 6:
FC 5
TC 5 to 10 (not sure since colors keep changing)
pH 7.2
TA 120
CH 0
CYA 40
The water is very clear and looks great.
1. So my concern is possible high CC levels (not sure since TC color initially looks like about at 5 but then starts getting darker quickly and looks like as high as 10).
2. Also wondering if running the pump and SWG 24-7 is good advice (this is what Pool Store suggested...they said it was easier on the pump) ?
3. Should I add more CYA?
After getting the FC = 5 this morning I decided to reduce the SWG to 50%.
Thank you