Just moved to a new home. Pool is about two years old. Fired the pool guy and am managing myself with a lot of help from this site! Thank you. This is my first post. Today's water test:
FC = 2
CC = 0
pH = 7.8
Hardness = 172
Alkalinity = 80
CYA = 51
Copper = 0
Iron = 0
I'm managing sanitizer with 12.5% liquid chlorine and pH with Muriatic acid. This is all new to me - last pool we owned was managed with Leslies powder power pro - ended up with algae, high CYA, etc, etc. You know the drill. The new pool gets a lot of direct sunlight. I'm adding chlorine 2-3 times a week and I lose about 1 ppm per day. I'm adding acid 2-3 times a week as it drifts higher due to the liquid chlorine (I assume). The pH drifts upwards at a rate of about 0.2 per day. So, I typically get the pH down to 7.6, then withing 2 days it's up to 8.0. Aeration: Spillway is used 1-2x per week, variable speed pump runs about 10 hours per day.
A few questions:
1. Is this all normal?
2. What is the suggested "order" or "timing" to add both the acid and chlorine - on different days? a specified # of hours apart?
3. do my set of circumstances change any of the recommended ranges? I currently use the pool calculator with TFP as the source
Thanks
FC = 2
CC = 0
pH = 7.8
Hardness = 172
Alkalinity = 80
CYA = 51
Copper = 0
Iron = 0
I'm managing sanitizer with 12.5% liquid chlorine and pH with Muriatic acid. This is all new to me - last pool we owned was managed with Leslies powder power pro - ended up with algae, high CYA, etc, etc. You know the drill. The new pool gets a lot of direct sunlight. I'm adding chlorine 2-3 times a week and I lose about 1 ppm per day. I'm adding acid 2-3 times a week as it drifts higher due to the liquid chlorine (I assume). The pH drifts upwards at a rate of about 0.2 per day. So, I typically get the pH down to 7.6, then withing 2 days it's up to 8.0. Aeration: Spillway is used 1-2x per week, variable speed pump runs about 10 hours per day.
A few questions:
1. Is this all normal?
2. What is the suggested "order" or "timing" to add both the acid and chlorine - on different days? a specified # of hours apart?
3. do my set of circumstances change any of the recommended ranges? I currently use the pool calculator with TFP as the source
Thanks