just your opnion

[careingemt]

other day I had my water tested at a PS ...
they claim that my copper is at 2.8ppm they recommend I do a chemical treatment
put a CuLator in my skimmer and 3 cap fulls of metal free my pump has been running for 48 hours

in your opinion.... can I swim in my pool

 

[careingemt]

other day I had my water tested at a PS ...
they claim that my copper is at 2.8ppm they recommend I do a chemical treatment
put a CuLator in my skimmer and 3 cap fulls of metal free my pump has been running for 48 hours

in your opinion.... can I swim in my pool

had my water tested at 36 hrs it's 2.7ppm

 

[Texas Splash]

I have to say, I'd be very suspicious of your copper level was actually that high. I suspect there would be all kinds of stain in your pool at that point. We usually start to get concerned when copper is at about 0..3 - 0.5 ppm. I can't imagine actually having copper at close to 3.0. Plus, remember this is a pool store telling you this right? We know how accurate their testing is already. Their metals testing isn't much better than their other tests.

If you were to have copper, how did it get there? An old heater element or lots of pool store copper-based products? Have you seen the link below?

Copper in Pool Water - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[careingemt]

I suspect there would be all kinds of stain in your pool at that point

my pool does have a black stain around the walls (water line to the floor) cant say this is totally new but some of it is

 

[careingemt]

Plus, remember this is a pool store telling you this right?

yes

 

[careingemt]

If you were to have copper, how did it get there? An old heater element

yes i had a heater from 2013 to 2021 .... i would not be suprised if my 3'' tablets that i put in my skimmer did also have copper

 

[Texas Splash]

If you didn't know already, your best way to reduce copper from water is to simply change as much of it as you can. That might be something to plan for.