Brand new pool and struggling to balance it and I guess understand what levels are safe to swim in? 12K gal, IG fiberglass, Autocover, Quad Cartridge Filter, Hayward 1.85 HP pump, Hayward Omnilogic Turbocell SWG, Hayward HeatPro, Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus cleaning robot, Taylor K 2006 Salt Test Kit
I can't seem to get the Free Chlorine to be consistent. PB said to keep salt cell at 50% but we keep playing this game of chlorine is too high so we turn off salt cell and open our cover...get it to be just right and then not choosing the correct percentage to keep it where it needs to be. Currently we have the heater turned on to 84 (but water temp is 88 baking in the sun) and we have the pump running 24/7 to keep the heat up and filter out the debris from construction (idk if thats the correct thing to do). Our temps have gotten a bit hotter here over the last week in the 70s-80s. Anyway... is there like an order of fixing things. Do one thing and then wait a day and test and do another thing? Our pH keeps rising so I think I need to lower the alkalinity as that is way too high but unsure what to buy. I'm nervous to put the wrong chemical in the pool and just playing with chemicals in general lol. This is what I tested today:
Free chlorine 9.2ppm
Combined chlorine .4ppm
pH between 7.8-8 hard to tell from
Alkalinity 130
Calcium hardness 190
CYA 30
Salt 3500
Is there also a list of what is an absolute NO DO NOT SWIM levels of stuff? Just makes me nervous with kids potentially getting into harmful water. Thanks!
I can't seem to get the Free Chlorine to be consistent. PB said to keep salt cell at 50% but we keep playing this game of chlorine is too high so we turn off salt cell and open our cover...get it to be just right and then not choosing the correct percentage to keep it where it needs to be. Currently we have the heater turned on to 84 (but water temp is 88 baking in the sun) and we have the pump running 24/7 to keep the heat up and filter out the debris from construction (idk if thats the correct thing to do). Our temps have gotten a bit hotter here over the last week in the 70s-80s. Anyway... is there like an order of fixing things. Do one thing and then wait a day and test and do another thing? Our pH keeps rising so I think I need to lower the alkalinity as that is way too high but unsure what to buy. I'm nervous to put the wrong chemical in the pool and just playing with chemicals in general lol. This is what I tested today:
Free chlorine 9.2ppm
Combined chlorine .4ppm
pH between 7.8-8 hard to tell from
Alkalinity 130
Calcium hardness 190
CYA 30
Salt 3500
Is there also a list of what is an absolute NO DO NOT SWIM levels of stuff? Just makes me nervous with kids potentially getting into harmful water. Thanks!