Hi Folks
I've been running the TFP way for a long time. I don't post here much because I don't have a complicated set up and, I guess, I have been pretty lucky too!
For the last several years, over the winter, at the point the water temp drops into the mid 50s F, I take out the SWCG, do one final set of full tests and then just keep an eye on pH and FC/CC through the cold!
Mid-winter. About now-ish I'd run another full set of tests and then run the same two tests (pH and FC/CC) through until the end of March when I'd start on pool set up again.
I know it's lazy, but for years I used to do all the tests every week and nothing changed other than pH & FC in this pool - so I stopped being as thorough.
It may have bitten me in the butt this year.
I ran my mid winter tests this morning:
The pool looks great - clear (cold!). I can't see any scaling round the water line or anywhere else but that CH is higher than I have ever had and way higher than it was when I closed down (CH= 500) a few months ago.
I typically do a TFT-100 refresh in March so the test chemicals I am using are 10 months old.... I ran the test twice to validate. Same result both times.
It's a little unfair to say the number has "jumped" seeing as I have not tested in in months. But it's new and different to me to have such a high change over the fall/winter. So, questions to all of you who are way more knowledgeable than me:
Cheers MattJ
I've been running the TFP way for a long time. I don't post here much because I don't have a complicated set up and, I guess, I have been pretty lucky too!
For the last several years, over the winter, at the point the water temp drops into the mid 50s F, I take out the SWCG, do one final set of full tests and then just keep an eye on pH and FC/CC through the cold!
Mid-winter. About now-ish I'd run another full set of tests and then run the same two tests (pH and FC/CC) through until the end of March when I'd start on pool set up again.
I know it's lazy, but for years I used to do all the tests every week and nothing changed other than pH & FC in this pool - so I stopped being as thorough.
It may have bitten me in the butt this year.
I ran my mid winter tests this morning:
- FC=3
- CC = 0
- pH = 7.9 (I'll bring that down a bit today)
- TA = 80
- CYA = 50 (I probably wont mess with that until March)
- Salt = 3600
- CH = 700
- CSI = 0.12
- Temp = 49F
The pool looks great - clear (cold!). I can't see any scaling round the water line or anywhere else but that CH is higher than I have ever had and way higher than it was when I closed down (CH= 500) a few months ago.
I typically do a TFT-100 refresh in March so the test chemicals I am using are 10 months old.... I ran the test twice to validate. Same result both times.
It's a little unfair to say the number has "jumped" seeing as I have not tested in in months. But it's new and different to me to have such a high change over the fall/winter. So, questions to all of you who are way more knowledgeable than me:
- Obviously, if the result is accurate the only thing I can do is drain 50%+ of the pool and refill. Any advice on how urgent that is or anything else I should do before going down that path?
- Any thoughts on what would/could cause a rise like this?
- Any thoughts on problems I should be on the look out for given this change in test results?
Cheers MattJ
