Helping someone clear a swamp pool. We've vacuumed all the silt out, shocked out all the ammonia, vacuumed more, slammed the pool continually and we are getting close to switching back to a puck feeder. they have a bucket of leslies 3" tabs and what appears to be a pentair model #320 feeder. The pool is about 21,500 gallons and we have balanced the pool, I have a taylor test kit and have had a pool for 15 yrs but I use a SWG. My question is how many pucks should I put in the feeder and roughly Where should I set the dial on the feeder to start with? I'm in SE Texas so it is as hot as fire and occasional heavy rain if that matters much.
Chlorine puck feeder question
- Thread starter newnick
- Start date
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,965
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Every pool and feeder is different. Fill the feeder full with pucks. Start on 5 and adjust based on FC tests.
What is their current CYA?
What is their current CYA?
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,965
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
The feeder was set on 5 by the way, I was going to start there but thought I'd ask here since I have no experience with feeders.
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,965
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,965
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Then they will need to replace about 1/3 of the water when they get to about 70 CYA. At levels above about 60 CYA, it becomes difficult to maintain enough FC to sanitize the pool. They will end up with a swamp again.
Start with 6 and see what happens.
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try to keep an eye on it, but its not in my back yard.
