Our pool was finished in December 2020 and has been up and running with chemicals since just after the new year. Pool was built with an inline chlorinator (Nature2 mineral system) so it's been running that, set as low as it will go since we added chemicals. I am getting more into really learning my way and doing what is scientifically right and I'm testing and learning and learning and testing. So here's my couple of questions:
1. The pool was running Trichlor tabs since the first of January, on the lowest setting. My CYA levels for the pool are showing right at 70 now. Leslie's test said 71 and my Taylor kit matches that. Having never put any stabilizer in extra does that not seem high? Unfortunately I do not know exactly how many 3" pucks have dissolved into the pool at this point.
2. This leads me to my second question, even with the setting on my chlorinator as low as it will go, my free chlorine in the pool continually gets very high. Now some of this could have been my testing inexperience early on, but I was showing total chlorine at one point close to 20 ppm. Last week I pulled the chlorine tabs out of the chlorinator altogether as it had risen back up to well over 5 ppm again at that point. Even after pulling that out almost a full week ago, FAC is still only down to around 3 ppm. Is this normal? Is it the CYA working as it should? I feel like the FAC is staying very high and I have not added any chlorine in almost a week.
I do have the pump running 24/7 on a lower setting so it's probably cycling all the water three times a day. And now that spring is all but over there is a lot less pollen and leaves, etc. falling into the water. Still should the chlorine be staying so high without me adding anything to it?
1. The pool was running Trichlor tabs since the first of January, on the lowest setting. My CYA levels for the pool are showing right at 70 now. Leslie's test said 71 and my Taylor kit matches that. Having never put any stabilizer in extra does that not seem high? Unfortunately I do not know exactly how many 3" pucks have dissolved into the pool at this point.
2. This leads me to my second question, even with the setting on my chlorinator as low as it will go, my free chlorine in the pool continually gets very high. Now some of this could have been my testing inexperience early on, but I was showing total chlorine at one point close to 20 ppm. Last week I pulled the chlorine tabs out of the chlorinator altogether as it had risen back up to well over 5 ppm again at that point. Even after pulling that out almost a full week ago, FAC is still only down to around 3 ppm. Is this normal? Is it the CYA working as it should? I feel like the FAC is staying very high and I have not added any chlorine in almost a week.
I do have the pump running 24/7 on a lower setting so it's probably cycling all the water three times a day. And now that spring is all but over there is a lot less pollen and leaves, etc. falling into the water. Still should the chlorine be staying so high without me adding anything to it?