First pool tests with my new TF-100

[n240sxguy]

I posted this in my introduction thread, but I realize it probably should've been here instead.
Here is my first set of numbers:

PH 7.6-7.7

FC 8

CC 0

CH 425

TA 70

CYA 50

Those were at noon yesterday. Last night at around 10pm I checked the PH and FC again and got 7.8 and 7.5 respectively. I had turned the SWG down a bit when I got the FC of 8 yesterday.



The SWG has 5 plates in it, so I believe that makes it a Resilience A5 which is rated for a pool up to 40K gallons. The pump does not have a timer on it, so it runs 24/7. I will put a stop to that as soon as I have a chance to wire in a timer. One thing I am wondering about is the mineral pack that they were using. I took it out when we took possession of the house. It has a center core that dispenses tri-chlor. The outer pack says it has silver chloride and something else. I can't remember what it was. I didn't see anything about copper on it, so hopefully that means I don't have copper in the pool. I'm gonna see if a local pool store can check the salt and metal content for me. I'm also planning on adding a little CYA, and some acid to keep the PH in check. How does everything else look?


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[RobbieH]

I'm guessing it is dichlor, unless your tap water is hard where you live. The reason I say that is your CH is high, and CYA is not.

 

[n240sxguy]

It may have been dichlor. I'll double check tonight. That part was empty either way. Our water is pretty hard here. I need to test my fill water. I haven't gotten around to that yet.


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[n240sxguy]

The frog system had trichlor. It also says silver chloride and carbonate. Is that silver or copper carbonate I wonder? I think I also found why the CH is so high.





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Here are the numbers I ran on my fill water.
FC 1
PH 7.6
TA 150
CH 175

 

[n240sxguy]

According to pool math it looks like I need to add some CYA. I'll add the recommended amount to make a step to 60, then later add more to get to 70. Add some acid to drop ph to 7.5. The CH is a little high, but the CSI is in the safe range, so I assume it will just get diluted with rainwater eventually. Does all that sound about right?


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