Got my k-2006c today. Crud results...

[jblizzle]

Click the magnify glass and you can look for your SWG and it will tell you.

Hint it is roughly 1.4 (I think that lookup result is slightly higher, but not enough to matter).

 

[shaneymack]

Click the magnify glass and you can look for your SWG and it will tell you.

Hint it is roughly 1.4 (I think that lookup result is slightly higher, but not enough to matter).

I got it thanks. But is this correct ? Only need to run the salt system at 28% to be at 3.5 FC ? Seems super low.

 

[jblizzle]

No that is not right are you sure that is for 3.5ppm?

Running at 100% for 24 hours it will add 6.3ppm to your pool.
If you want to add 3.5ppm, that is roughly 100% for 13.3 hours, or 56% for 24 hours

19 hours at 28% would add 1.4ppm

 

[wireform]

You’ve discovered the difference between TFP methods and pool store methods. They cannot be mixed. The pool store will not fix this. They don’t know about the methods here, nor can they be convinced to follow them.

nor do they understand anything water related besides selling you exspensive chemicals which most of the time isn't needed. As it has been said over and over, TFP is TFP.

 

[Flying Tivo]

I run it 100% and let the calculator give you the run time. After a few days check if that run time is enough to keep the water clean by skimming then that is enough, if not increase run time.

 

[shaneymack]

No that is not right are you sure that is for 3.5ppm?

Running at 100% for 24 hours it will add 6.3ppm to your pool.
If you want to add 3.5ppm, that is roughly 100% for 13.3 hours, or 56% for 24 hours

19 hours at 28% would add 1.4ppm

Check out this screenshot. Am I doing something wrong ?

 

[shaneymack]

I run it 100% and let the calculator give you the run time. After a few days check if that run time is enough to keep the water clean by skimming then that is enough, if not increase run time.

At 100% output it says I only need to run my pump 3.5 hours. Clearly something is entered wrong or there is a glitch.

 

[jblizzle]

It is telling you what is required to go from 2 to 3.5ppm ... so a 1.5ppm increase.

 

[IceShadow]

Edit: what jblizzle said. If you want a 3.5ppm I crease you have to start from 0 or put it up to 5.5 from 3.5.

 

[shaneymack]

Edit: what jblizzle said. If you want a 3.5ppm I crease you have to start from 0 or put it up to 5.5 from 3.5.

Ok I did that and it says it needs to be at 57%.
However this doesnt seem to make a lot of sense to me. Isn't that just going to put the FC through the roof during those hours and then it will slowly drift down the hours the pump is shut off ? Having a hard time wrapping my head around this. My pump was off from 11pm last night untill 4am this morning. I took a sample at 7:30am and it was at 2fc. I just tested the FC and it's at 6.5. So I guess the only proper way to do this is to run it 24/7 so FC is always at proper levels?

 

[IceShadow]

The sun is what you will lose FC to.

 

[shaneymack]

The sun is what you will lose FC to.

I get that. Why is my fc at 6.5 right now with the SWG at 45% then ?

 

[IceShadow]

Cloudy day? Less UV exposure?

 

[shaneymack]

Cloudy day? Less UV exposure?

Heat warning in effect. Insanely hot and humid and full sun all day.
So basically there should be 0 FC loss over night therefore I should not have to run the pump overnight ?
All FC is lost during the day and that is the only time we need to have SWG running ?

 

[IceShadow]

I don’t know enough about SWG generators to say. >.> I’m sure someone can chime in!

 

[jblizzle]

There is normally very little loss of FC when the sun is not on the pool and there is no usage ... that is the OCLT.

Can you list specifically the times of your latest FC tests and whether the SWG was running or not between them and the % output for a sanity check?

 

[shaneymack]

There is normally very little loss of FC when the sun is not on the pool and there is no usage ... that is the OCLT.

Can you list specifically the times of your latest FC tests and whether the SWG was running or not between them and the % output for a sanity check?

Last test was this evening ( log is in my profile) FC 6.5, pump running 41% output.