- Jul 10, 2012
- 54
- Pool Size
- 16800
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Our pool was remodeled over the winter we went with a Wet Edge pebble liner. The pool was filled up on March 26th and the initial startup steps were performed by the PB. I followed the start-up instructions to the letter and 30 days later the PB returned to add salt and turn on the salt system. As expected the pool required lots of acid in the beginning to keep things under control. After the first month, acid demand dropped off significantly but the pool still seems to have a heavy demand for acid. Just over 4 months after the pool was filled I would have expected it to have slowed down. I’ve added over 50 lbs of dry acid to the pool over that time frame and it seems to need 1-2 pounds per week.
I turned off the salt system for a few days as a test but didn’t notice much difference. The goal was to have it off for a week and watch the PH rise, but the PB came back to replace the circuit board for the automation system and turned the salt system back on while I was away on business. I plan on re-running the test in a few weeks.
PH is always measured using a Taylor K-1000 kit with fresh reagents (purchased from Leslie’s < 2 months ago). Seven days ago, I added 19 oz of dry acid, 6 days ago, PH was 7.6, 5 days ago it was still 7.6. 3 days ago, it was up to 7.8 and 2 days ago, it was 8.2. We added 28 oz of dry acid to counter the rise.
The way PH slowly rose and then jumped over just a few days is fairly typical. Most of the time I begin to add acid when it hits 7.8 but on occasion we do let it get up to 8+.
Before we purchased this house my wife and I had a 6000 gallon Intex AGP with a salt system and I only had to add acid twice in the year. I expected after the pebble cured I’d have little acid demand. The guys at Leslies figured I had a leak and my auto-fill was hiding it. His thought was PH could jump from 7.6 -> 8.2 with water adds. He’s crazy - Our water is alkaline (closer to 8.4) but I’d have to replace 1/2 of my pools water for that to happen. I did run a test and turned off the water supply to the auto-fill for a week and the pool was down by ~1” which I attribute to evaporation. Any thoughts?
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I turned off the salt system for a few days as a test but didn’t notice much difference. The goal was to have it off for a week and watch the PH rise, but the PB came back to replace the circuit board for the automation system and turned the salt system back on while I was away on business. I plan on re-running the test in a few weeks.
PH is always measured using a Taylor K-1000 kit with fresh reagents (purchased from Leslie’s < 2 months ago). Seven days ago, I added 19 oz of dry acid, 6 days ago, PH was 7.6, 5 days ago it was still 7.6. 3 days ago, it was up to 7.8 and 2 days ago, it was 8.2. We added 28 oz of dry acid to counter the rise.
The way PH slowly rose and then jumped over just a few days is fairly typical. Most of the time I begin to add acid when it hits 7.8 but on occasion we do let it get up to 8+.
Before we purchased this house my wife and I had a 6000 gallon Intex AGP with a salt system and I only had to add acid twice in the year. I expected after the pebble cured I’d have little acid demand. The guys at Leslies figured I had a leak and my auto-fill was hiding it. His thought was PH could jump from 7.6 -> 8.2 with water adds. He’s crazy - Our water is alkaline (closer to 8.4) but I’d have to replace 1/2 of my pools water for that to happen. I did run a test and turned off the water supply to the auto-fill for a week and the pool was down by ~1” which I attribute to evaporation. Any thoughts?
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