I still consider myself very much a pool newbie, so hopefully I'm not missing something super obvious here...
I converted our pool this year to saltwater when we first opened it. Took me awhile to dial everything in, but the water has been crystal clear for months now. The main problem: my total chlorine and free chlorine levels are zero. Always.
I'm in Northern Maryland. Pool is completely exposed to sun a majority of the day.
Total Hardness: 250 ppm
pH: 7.2
Total Alk: 80 ppm
Cyanuric acid: 50 ppm
Salt level: 3,300 ppm
Pool is about 33,000 gallons and I have an IC60 on it, running at 100%. Even if I put it into superchlorinate mode, no dice (although I did see the chlorine pop up to around 0.5 ppm after superchlorinating once). Whether I run the pump 12 hours a day or 24 hours a day makes no difference. It is on. Plumbed in correctly (I think). Usually about 50-70 gpm going through it, but never more than 80 gpm so I didn't put it on a bypass. We do have an in-floor cleaning system.
Water is crystal clear. Main concern is coming from my two dogs. They swim 2-3 times a week and we've noticed them both itching like CRAZY this year, which never happened last year when we were a chlorine pool. I don't test for anything other than what's listed here using Hach test strips.
Thoughts? Help? Next steps?
Thank you!
I converted our pool this year to saltwater when we first opened it. Took me awhile to dial everything in, but the water has been crystal clear for months now. The main problem: my total chlorine and free chlorine levels are zero. Always.
I'm in Northern Maryland. Pool is completely exposed to sun a majority of the day.
Total Hardness: 250 ppm
pH: 7.2
Total Alk: 80 ppm
Cyanuric acid: 50 ppm
Salt level: 3,300 ppm
Pool is about 33,000 gallons and I have an IC60 on it, running at 100%. Even if I put it into superchlorinate mode, no dice (although I did see the chlorine pop up to around 0.5 ppm after superchlorinating once). Whether I run the pump 12 hours a day or 24 hours a day makes no difference. It is on. Plumbed in correctly (I think). Usually about 50-70 gpm going through it, but never more than 80 gpm so I didn't put it on a bypass. We do have an in-floor cleaning system.
Water is crystal clear. Main concern is coming from my two dogs. They swim 2-3 times a week and we've noticed them both itching like CRAZY this year, which never happened last year when we were a chlorine pool. I don't test for anything other than what's listed here using Hach test strips.
Thoughts? Help? Next steps?
Thank you!
