Roughly 2 weeks ago I stopped using pucks and switched to liquid chlorine. My CYA had been at 100, then dropped to 90 about 4 days later, assuming I did the test right. I tested again today and it's at 50! I did the test multiple times. Using the reagent in the kit and the refill i just got last week, same results. 50/50 water/reagent. Could see the dot at 50 then not at 40. For about 3-4 days, the pool was much warmer than the outdoor temp and it's still been pretty sunny here in Houston. I also noticed that my auto fill had been running constantly. I checked it today and noticed it was set for water level higher than my auto drain. I'm assuming between evaporation, the auto fill constantly pumping in fresh water, the auto drain draining to keep the pool level, and water loss from splashing and jumping in the pool, which they kids do A LOT, AND whenever we have a large number of people in, the water level rises almost above the skimmer (it's a small pool at only 5k gallons), so the auto drain is going crazy dumping the excess out.
Now that I have written all this out, it makes sense that I've lost so much water.
I did shut off the auto fill and will check for water loss just in case there is a leak somewhere.
Thoughts?
Now that I have written all this out, it makes sense that I've lost so much water.
I did shut off the auto fill and will check for water loss just in case there is a leak somewhere.
Thoughts?