Hello, I have been testing my pool with a TFT100 kit going on three years now. I purchased new test chemicals and everything seemed fine at the beginning of the season. Now when I test the FC I never get above 5 (10 drops). My chlorine is added using a stenner pump and it must be working as the FC has never been below 5 but a few weeks ago it tested at 13 when I first got the pool going. This seemed really odd to me so I let the stenner pump run for 40 minutes and by calculation it should have added 64oz to of chlorine to the pool. I tested before I added ran the pump @ 5ppm and after I ran the pump it's at 5ppm. I am going to do some test's tomorrow to make sure the pump is running as it should but it seems to me that it's staying at 5 for the past two weeks so it has to be adding chlorine. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to what could be causing the problems? Pool has a new liner and was filled with fresh water about a month ago. I used cal hypo powder to start the pool as thats what the installer provided. My CC has been 0 the entire time also. Just wanted to see if anything else could be causing an issue?
Issues with testing FC
- Thread starter joshua5438
- Start date
Everything else has been testing good except for my TA is a little above range at 100. Below are my latest results...
FC 5
CC 0
PH 7.6
TA 100
CH 150
CYA 50
FC 5
CC 0
PH 7.6
TA 100
CH 150
CYA 50
cfherrman
TFP Guide
Pour 64 oz into the pool wait 30ins and test again
I'm guessing your catching your stenner on going out?
I'm guessing your catching your stenner on going out?
Finally got it working. The hose was partially clogged with calcium, I guess it was. This helped a little but then I replaced the hose on the stenner pump and it went back to pumping 1.6oz per minute. Glad it was a simple fix. Guess I will just add replacing that those to my yearly routine.