So far this forum has saved me hundreds on my latest project. I just replaced my old wore out cartridge filter with a jacuzzi 24in sand filter, and finally ran out of chlorine tablets so I converted to a jacuzzi 40k salt system. (Both were on sale at Leslie’s and I couldn’t resist, between the sale and mailer coupons I paid $1100 out the door for the pair!) so anyways I half drained my pool, scrubbed and pressure washed my tiles, and refilled. Then I installed the salt system (wired to my timer), and sand filter. I filled my filter with 250lbs of the HTH Pool sand from ace, and dumped 12 40lb bags of diamond crystal salt pellets (used the pool calculator) in the pool. I’ve run the pump now for about 15 hours and have yet to turn in my salt system. My water test kit has not shown up in the mail so I just went to lassoes with a sample and here’s the results.
free chlorine: 2
Total chlorine: 2
PH: 8.3
Total alkalinity: 104
Calcium hardness: 240
Cyanuric acid: 80
Iron: 0
Copper: 0
Phosphates: 500
Salt: 5200
so that being said I must be off on my pool volume. Maybe it’s more like 11-12k gallons because I overshot the salt like crazy. sooooo now what? I’m thinking muriatic acid to lower ph (3 cups), turn on the salt cell (40%), and what about my phosphates? The “no phos “ I had from Leslie’s was for a cartridge filter and the guy had no other recommendations. Will it work in a sand filter? Is there something else I can do?
here’s some pictures because everyone loves pictures lol
free chlorine: 2
Total chlorine: 2
PH: 8.3
Total alkalinity: 104
Calcium hardness: 240
Cyanuric acid: 80
Iron: 0
Copper: 0
Phosphates: 500
Salt: 5200
so that being said I must be off on my pool volume. Maybe it’s more like 11-12k gallons because I overshot the salt like crazy. sooooo now what? I’m thinking muriatic acid to lower ph (3 cups), turn on the salt cell (40%), and what about my phosphates? The “no phos “ I had from Leslie’s was for a cartridge filter and the guy had no other recommendations. Will it work in a sand filter? Is there something else I can do?
here’s some pictures because everyone loves pictures lol