Hi all,
You guys have helped me keep my pool sparkling for many years! I manage the testing and chemicals, while my husband has been managing the "hardware" (pool equipment etc.).
One week ago, my husband opened the pool himself for the third year in a row. It was dark green on opening. Without my guidance, he dumped in "three and a half jugs" of pool chlorine. When I tested the pool the next day, the Cl was = 35. It has been burning off over the week, but we didn't have much sun until yesterday.
We turned off our SWG and have had the pump running 10 hours overnight. Hubby is away for the week, so I have asked him some questions about the pump etc. I asked him if he backwashed the filter and he said, "no". So, yesterday I decided to take the "hardware" matters into my own hands, too. Ha, ha. I checked the pressure gauge and it didn't work. He told me that he doesn't use it. I bought a new gauge and it read 21 psi. I found the backwash hose and backwashed for about 2 minutes. I rinsed for 20 seconds (was that long enough?). I put a new sock in the filter. I ran the pool robot cleaner at dusk. I thought that after the pump ran overnight I would have clear water this morning, but no luck.
I just used my test kit and here our the numbers today:
Cl = 10
CC = 0
pH = 7.5
TA = 65
CH = 250
CYA = 45
Salt = approx 3500 ppm
He said that he replaced the sand in the filter last year. Could we be getting sand in our pool causing the cloudiness? How would I tell?
You guys have helped me keep my pool sparkling for many years! I manage the testing and chemicals, while my husband has been managing the "hardware" (pool equipment etc.).
One week ago, my husband opened the pool himself for the third year in a row. It was dark green on opening. Without my guidance, he dumped in "three and a half jugs" of pool chlorine. When I tested the pool the next day, the Cl was = 35. It has been burning off over the week, but we didn't have much sun until yesterday.
We turned off our SWG and have had the pump running 10 hours overnight. Hubby is away for the week, so I have asked him some questions about the pump etc. I asked him if he backwashed the filter and he said, "no". So, yesterday I decided to take the "hardware" matters into my own hands, too. Ha, ha. I checked the pressure gauge and it didn't work. He told me that he doesn't use it. I bought a new gauge and it read 21 psi. I found the backwash hose and backwashed for about 2 minutes. I rinsed for 20 seconds (was that long enough?). I put a new sock in the filter. I ran the pool robot cleaner at dusk. I thought that after the pump ran overnight I would have clear water this morning, but no luck.
I just used my test kit and here our the numbers today:
Cl = 10
CC = 0
pH = 7.5
TA = 65
CH = 250
CYA = 45
Salt = approx 3500 ppm
He said that he replaced the sand in the filter last year. Could we be getting sand in our pool causing the cloudiness? How would I tell?
