- Jul 23, 2018
- 67
- Pool Size
- 47000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-9)
First, big thanks to the group. This is our first season with our pool, been up and running almost two months using the TFP method and loving it.
Thursday (3 days ago), we got a very heavy downpour in the morning, and even though the pool decking is sloped away from the pool, we still got some dirt that washed in. Since then, we've vacuumed a few times, I've backwashed the filter twice. On Saturday morning, there was a fair bit of extra dirt on the bottom, but sucked all that up. Levels have all been fine, but we are using more chlorine than usual. Normally we've been losing around 0.5-1.0 ppm in a 24 hour period. Now it's over 2.
Levels early today:
FC - 3.0
CC - 0.0
pH - 7.5
CYA 35
TA - 120
CH - 130
I added enough chlorine to bring it up to 5.5.
Checked a couple hours later and it was around 4 or 4.5. I added about another 1.0ppm worth.
Normally I run the pump about 4 hours a day which should be enough to turn the water over once. Thinking maybe I should run it longer to help filter out all the dirt that came in. Or maybe I should let the pump finish its current cycle, sit for a few hours and see if more settles out?
Thanks for any advice folks.
Thursday (3 days ago), we got a very heavy downpour in the morning, and even though the pool decking is sloped away from the pool, we still got some dirt that washed in. Since then, we've vacuumed a few times, I've backwashed the filter twice. On Saturday morning, there was a fair bit of extra dirt on the bottom, but sucked all that up. Levels have all been fine, but we are using more chlorine than usual. Normally we've been losing around 0.5-1.0 ppm in a 24 hour period. Now it's over 2.
Levels early today:
FC - 3.0
CC - 0.0
pH - 7.5
CYA 35
TA - 120
CH - 130
I added enough chlorine to bring it up to 5.5.
Checked a couple hours later and it was around 4 or 4.5. I added about another 1.0ppm worth.
Normally I run the pump about 4 hours a day which should be enough to turn the water over once. Thinking maybe I should run it longer to help filter out all the dirt that came in. Or maybe I should let the pump finish its current cycle, sit for a few hours and see if more settles out?
Thanks for any advice folks.