Can’t get any free chlorine reading
- Thread starter Jennybird
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- May 3, 2014
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Please read the process that Marty linked in full (several times)
The short answer is when you have clear water, And I mean invisible clear water, We will Overnight Chlorine Loss Test.
An overnight loss of 1 or less and a CC of .5 or less will mean you are finished.
The short answer is when you have clear water, And I mean invisible clear water, We will Overnight Chlorine Loss Test.
An overnight loss of 1 or less and a CC of .5 or less will mean you are finished.
I did read it several times. The water is very clear and the cc is 0.5. I knew about the overnight test, I just wasn’t sure when I perform the overnight test (I guess each night til it works?)
Being clear puts you to the OCLT stage, but at the moment we know you’ll fail based upon the FC demand that you have. Once the FC holds, then you have a much better chance of passing the OCLT. Not quite there yet.
The slam process doesn’t mention when I test my CYA again to make sure it’s 30.Being clear puts you to the OCLT stage, but at the moment we know you’ll fail based upon the FC demand that you have. Once the FC holds, then you have a much better chance of passing the OCLT. Not quite there yet.
It won’t change anytime soon. It degrades 4-5 ppm a month by itself and 1-2 % per inch of rain that you get. So it’s a slooooooow process.
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Do I need to test the combined chlorine as well or just free chlorine every two hours?
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FC 10 last night, 8 this morning. Yay!! Should I be testing for CC as well?
Not until the overnight FC loss is 1 or less. The CC is the last test to pass once the visual test and the FC loss are both good.
Thanks! It was so exciting to actually see pink in the chlorine tube! Feels like I’m back in chemistry class
Also, get your ladder out and cleaned. They are notorious for holding a few gallons of old water in the rails and it will keep festering until it’s out. Or if you have the wedding cake steps they will be full of old water due to poor circulation.
Love. It. !!!!!! And it’s the *exact* reason I wrote that ridiculous over the top guide above. Every last newb that we see is so overwhelmed by the time they get here. They just don’t have the capacity or attitude to try something new, no matter how easy it is. And then the scary kit shows up with all these weird bottles and they are just too overwhelmed to try.
3-5 tests in it clicks and is FUN !! Imagine that. You’re seeing progress in the pool which greatly helps your mood about it and now you’re starting to see what the kit can do and how it will help you.
By the time we get to needing to test for TA which is a little more involved, You’ll be all Pfffffffft !!! 5 drops of this, 2 drops of that and count the 3rd bottle’s drops. Easy peasy.
(I may have gotten that backwards. It’s been a while since I lost my pool, but you get the point)
It never gets old watching somebody figure it out. The struggle is getting them to try. Once they do, They are all like
And actually the over the top guide that you wrote is perfect for us new overwhelmed people, so thank youExactly! Yay!!
