- Jun 24, 2021
- 16,786
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
If you are on the #TeamRunHot roster, Post up "why?" Even if you are not on the Team, but want to join, post up your "I got surprised by high FC demand" story!
#TeamRunHot - Our team maintains FC at the top of the range for our CYA, or above. @Newdude is the progenitor and CEO, I'm just a promoter.
I make the recommendation to run at the high end of the FC range for your CYA (FC/CYA Levels). I also tell people, that if you have to dose higher (liquid chlorine) so that you are in range (and at top of the range) when you test, then dose higher. I tend to run 1-2 FC above range...Today #TeamRunHot won:
Oak Catkins everywhere (should have taken pictures). I could not keep up, even netting every two hours. Dolphin worked overtime. Changed skimmer socks 3 times. So much detritus from the catkins, water got a little hazy from all the little pollen particles that the catkins contain (The hazy looked just like it looks riiiight as algae is about to bloom, clear but hazy. Kinda like a public pool. LOL) 5 people swimming for 2 hours. FC loss in 6 hours was 5.5 ppm, and this was with CYA of 80! I have seen 5.5FC demand in June/July with full sun and swimmers, but not in May.
This is the pollen that gets released from catkins when they fall.
I can, even in June/July, turn up the chlorinator to 50-60% when I pull the solar cover, and turn it back down when the cover goes back on and have it maintain FC...so that is what I did. Started at 12 (Top of FC range +1), added 1.6 during the time pool was open, and ended up at 8, a loss of 5.5 (Logs below). Now, imagine I had my FC at 6. Add 1.6 (SWG), with that demand, I would have ended up at 2.5, when min for CYA of 80 is 4.
Extraordinary event. Sure. Really necessary to run top of range or higher? No. But I'm on #TeamRunHot for this exact reason.
#TeamRunHot - Our team maintains FC at the top of the range for our CYA, or above. @Newdude is the progenitor and CEO, I'm just a promoter.
I make the recommendation to run at the high end of the FC range for your CYA (FC/CYA Levels). I also tell people, that if you have to dose higher (liquid chlorine) so that you are in range (and at top of the range) when you test, then dose higher. I tend to run 1-2 FC above range...Today #TeamRunHot won:
Oak Catkins everywhere (should have taken pictures). I could not keep up, even netting every two hours. Dolphin worked overtime. Changed skimmer socks 3 times. So much detritus from the catkins, water got a little hazy from all the little pollen particles that the catkins contain (The hazy looked just like it looks riiiight as algae is about to bloom, clear but hazy. Kinda like a public pool. LOL) 5 people swimming for 2 hours. FC loss in 6 hours was 5.5 ppm, and this was with CYA of 80! I have seen 5.5FC demand in June/July with full sun and swimmers, but not in May.
This is the pollen that gets released from catkins when they fall.
I can, even in June/July, turn up the chlorinator to 50-60% when I pull the solar cover, and turn it back down when the cover goes back on and have it maintain FC...so that is what I did. Started at 12 (Top of FC range +1), added 1.6 during the time pool was open, and ended up at 8, a loss of 5.5 (Logs below). Now, imagine I had my FC at 6. Add 1.6 (SWG), with that demand, I would have ended up at 2.5, when min for CYA of 80 is 4.
Extraordinary event. Sure. Really necessary to run top of range or higher? No. But I'm on #TeamRunHot for this exact reason.
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