New pool about a month old. Mostly just used the hot tub. Noticed that two of my swimsuits on seperate occasions have gotten eaten up after being on the water. Ugh.
Help! New pool about a month old. Swimsuits getting eaten up
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Sounds like the chlorine level is too high.
Test results would be really helpful. Also let us know what sort of equipment you have and how you chlorinate.
Test results would be really helpful. Also let us know what sort of equipment you have and how you chlorinate.
Chlorine levels are low. I have automatic feeder. Barely registering .5.
All other levels are within normal range. New pool with new quartz plaster so having to adjust pH frequently with acid but waiting 3+ hrs with pump running before getting into water.
All other levels are within normal range. New pool with new quartz plaster so having to adjust pH frequently with acid but waiting 3+ hrs with pump running before getting into water.
The only things that should damage swimsuits are either FC levels way way too high, far above shock level, or full strength acid getting splattered on the suit, perhaps while it is being poured.
All chlorine levels are low. And acid is applied and pump ran 3+hrs before we get in. Not even wearing swimsuit when pouring acid. Frustrating.
Is the chlorine feeder using pucks or is it a liquid chlorine feeder? Also what is your CYA level?
That's what I was wondering too. A low un-stabilized chlorine level is supposed to be stronger than a higher stabilized one.
Pucks. Cya is fine.
Haha regarding swimsuit.
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PB said with cold weather and new pool it would take a while to get chlorine levels up. We have a nature2 fusion soft system and an ozone system. Yes, I know most of you are not fans of those.
Haha regarding swimsuit.
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PB said with cold weather and new pool it would take a while to get chlorine levels up. We have a nature2 fusion soft system and an ozone system. Yes, I know most of you are not fans of those.
"Normal range" and "fine" aren't going to work. Can you post a full set of test results and how you got them?
I've been on the same suit for over two years in our pool and it's in great shape, so I'm very interested to see what your water numbers are.
I've been on the same suit for over two years in our pool and it's in great shape, so I'm very interested to see what your water numbers are.
PB said not to even worry about CYA for the first year but I've occasionally tested and it is in the recommended range or even low at times.
Define "recommended range" and how did you come to test?
After learning what I've learned here, I would most certainly worry about CYA levels from the git-go. Why ignore a potential problem knowing you might have to deal with it later?
After learning what I've learned here, I would most certainly worry about CYA levels from the git-go. Why ignore a potential problem knowing you might have to deal with it later?
Maybe the 7th time is the charm:
What are all the test results?
How did you get them?
Generalities are not going to cut it.
What are all the test results?
How did you get them?
Generalities are not going to cut it.
The chlorine might be very high and bleaching out the test. Try OTO or FAS-DPD to confirm.
As you can see by all the responses, we really would like to help figure out what the problem is that is causing your swimsuits damage. Since we can't put eyes and hands on your pool and run our own tests, we have to rely on you to provide those test results for us. Telling us things are "low" or "in range" does not give us enough information to troubleshoot the problem. Those are very subjective terms and mean different things to different people, and does not help us analyze the chemical levels in regard to each other. If you don't have a kit that can test TA, CA, CYA, Ph, FC, and CC, please take a sample of water to a local pool store for testing and report the results here.
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