Chlorine smell comes from CCs yet your test for CC is 0??
This is an uncovered outdoor pool?
Confirm what test kit you are using.
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This is an uncovered outdoor pool?
Confirm what test kit you are using.
Testing with Taylor K-2006. Uncovered outdoor pool. Not a smell to walk around the pool like you were at the community centre pool, but a smell on my arm after diggi g out elbow deep test water.
That smell is the chlorine oxidizing the sweat, dirt, oils, and other micro contaminants on your skin. Try washing your arm with soap before taking a sample and see if you still get a strong chlorine smell on your skin.
Sure, let me get the logbook out...
Monday: (started SLAM at 2pm)
It was losing about 5 FC/hour in full sun. But greatly slowed after full sun in evening as well to 0.5-1 FC/hr.
Tuesday:
So losses of 1ppm FC/hour with partial sun on pool in mid morning. Once afternoon hit and the pool gets full sun after lunch it loses about 2-3 FC/hour. Once sun off the pool again in evening it slowed again to 0.5 FC/hour.
Monday: (started SLAM at 2pm)
It was losing about 5 FC/hour in full sun. But greatly slowed after full sun in evening as well to 0.5-1 FC/hr.
Tuesday:
So losses of 1ppm FC/hour with partial sun on pool in mid morning. Once afternoon hit and the pool gets full sun after lunch it loses about 2-3 FC/hour. Once sun off the pool again in evening it slowed again to 0.5 FC/hour.
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Was that before, after or during your algae problem?
FC loss with algae is not representative of what you should have with a clean pool.
Typical FC loss even in Texas is 2-4 PPM/day.
These are during the current SLAM. Started on Monday afternoon.
Is 2-4PPM/day depend on CYA levels? Do the elevated FC of 12 for SLAM effect loss as well?
Why would the loss be so much in sun, and almost nothing in shade/night?
CYA protects the FC from premature breakdown due to UV rays. Its like putting on layers on a cold day. Eventually you can put on too many layers and you are so well protected from the cold that your can't move and are basically ineffective. Thats what too much CYA does to chlorine. You will lose some chlorine just due to heat breakdown. That's why we say higher FC loss is normal in summer. We want enough CYA to prevent UV breakdown, but not so much that it binds up FC and renders it ineffective. CYA should be adjusted gradually, 10ppm at a time with about a week wait in between when you are trying to tweek the CYA levels. Tweeking levels only occurs after slam process is completed.
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No. Study the FC/CYA Chart. Look at the difference between the minimum and target FC levels for non-SWG pools. It is always 2-4 ppm. That is the expected daily FC loss regardless of CYA level.
Yes. Elevated Fc levels lose CL quicker. It is not linear in the amount of FC loss.
When you have algae in the pool the sun and heat promote the growth of algae which then uses up FC in the sanitation process. At night you have less algae growth.
Ok, good to know.
As an update I've been keeping the SLAM going today just in case. Similar to yesterday so far for morning hourly loss. Not seeing anything on the pool bottom, will keep a keen eye out.
As an update I've been keeping the SLAM going today just in case. Similar to yesterday so far for morning hourly loss. Not seeing anything on the pool bottom, will keep a keen eye out.
Question regarding testing for CC:
Can you do the test if you are only doing a 10mL sample? It doesn't specify, just says add 5 drops of 0003 (not a certain amount for 25 mL or 10 mL)... In the 10mL sample its seems to barely turn it a tiny bit pink (very very very faint).
Or does CC testing need to be done on 25 mL samples only?
Can you do the test if you are only doing a 10mL sample? It doesn't specify, just says add 5 drops of 0003 (not a certain amount for 25 mL or 10 mL)... In the 10mL sample its seems to barely turn it a tiny bit pink (very very very faint).
Or does CC testing need to be done on 25 mL samples only?
You can do the CC with a 10 ml sample.
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IceShadow
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If your 5 drops after doing the FC test only turn it faintly pink then your CC is 0.5 (likely lower, but I record as 0.5 to differentiate from not turning pink at all).
I got two very very faint pink this afternoon. Compared to the bottom white background, more of a off white.If your 5 drops after doing the FC test only turn it faintly pink then your CC is 0.5 (likely lower, but I record as 0.5 to differentiate from not turning pink at all).
Do you guys ever get a bright pink after 5 drops? I've never seen that yet.
I got two very very faint pink this afternoon. Compared to the bottom white background, more of a off white.
Do you guys ever get a bright pink or actual pink after 5 drops? I've never seen that yet.
Do you guys ever get a bright pink or actual pink after 5 drops? I've never seen that yet.
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The worst CC I have personally seen was 2.0 where it took 4 drops to turn it clear again. But it was still a light pink as opposed to the very dark pink you will get when your FC is high during a SLAM. When doing an FC test, you will see the pink get lighter as you get close to the last drop. The CC test is more like that.
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Update:
No overnight loss, two tests so far. All still at FC- 12.0
No CC readings this morning. Which was surprising as I found a drowned mouse in skimmer. (I lately seem to get one after a rain storm. Weird.)
Water clear.
FC holding steady this morning, may be due to the fact it is overcast?
No overnight loss, two tests so far. All still at FC- 12.0
No CC readings this morning. Which was surprising as I found a drowned mouse in skimmer. (I lately seem to get one after a rain storm. Weird.)
Water clear.
FC holding steady this morning, may be due to the fact it is overcast?
With no overnight FC loss your slam is complete! You may resume normal pool operations!