Hello I am new to the pool world and I just starting up my pool for the year. It is going to be a long process since it has not been used for over 1 year I was told from the previous owners
... Pool is all swept out no more big debris on the bottom. pool is a very cloudy blue. I turned on the pump and filter for the first time this morning. System is running on a starktools 2hp pump and a Hayward pro series S220T sand filter with a vari-flow XL top mount valve. I rinsed the backwashed before I set it on filter for the first time. It is now on normal filtering and is setting at 6psi. I was just curious if this is too low or a good pressure to have? Also any pointers on how to begin clearing this mess up would be helpful. All I have far as a testing kit is the HTH 6-way strips and the HTH 6-way kit with the drops. I know they are not the best but that's all I have to work with. the strips do test for FC where the drops only test for TC. I also have a 100lb bucket of cali-hyro 68%.. HELP
... Pool is all swept out no more big debris on the bottom. pool is a very cloudy blue. I turned on the pump and filter for the first time this morning. System is running on a starktools 2hp pump and a Hayward pro series S220T sand filter with a vari-flow XL top mount valve. I rinsed the backwashed before I set it on filter for the first time. It is now on normal filtering and is setting at 6psi. I was just curious if this is too low or a good pressure to have? Also any pointers on how to begin clearing this mess up would be helpful. All I have far as a testing kit is the HTH 6-way strips and the HTH 6-way kit with the drops. I know they are not the best but that's all I have to work with. the strips do test for FC where the drops only test for TC. I also have a 100lb bucket of cali-hyro 68%.. HELP
You will need to get a good test kit and then post reliable numbers we can use (the strips won't cut it) and we can help you get that cloudiness out of your pool.
