- Apr 20, 2021
- 5
- Pool Size
- 8000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
here's a link to my pool for review: PoolMath Logs
this is our first pool that came with the house we bought and is ~20 years old. It was poorly maintained and had excessive CYA and no indication it was properly balanced so we drained it and started fresh and converted to SWCG (pentair IC40).
I've been trying to dial in my baseline to maintain and finding that I just can't seem to lower TA beyond 100 as tested with the Taylor 2006C.
I am using 20baum 31.45% MA to drop pH to 7.2 and aerating with SWCG and spa jets to bring it back up to 7.6 but the TA remains to be wholly unaffected after 4 tries.
ONE time it tested at 80-90 24hrs after the MA addition but I consider I must have made some mistake with my test because the very next day it tested 110 as shown in every other test I've performed for TA.
I run the SWCG at 20% for 7 hrs or so and I can't figure out why I just can't move the needle on TA. Is there something about the SWCG that prevents it from lowering? I recently added borates to combat pH creep but the TA phenomenon has remained identical both before and after the addition of borates.
I've tried to search the forums and haven't found anything helpful unless I've missed something obvious... Can someone help me understand what's going on?
this is our first pool that came with the house we bought and is ~20 years old. It was poorly maintained and had excessive CYA and no indication it was properly balanced so we drained it and started fresh and converted to SWCG (pentair IC40).
I've been trying to dial in my baseline to maintain and finding that I just can't seem to lower TA beyond 100 as tested with the Taylor 2006C.
I am using 20baum 31.45% MA to drop pH to 7.2 and aerating with SWCG and spa jets to bring it back up to 7.6 but the TA remains to be wholly unaffected after 4 tries.
ONE time it tested at 80-90 24hrs after the MA addition but I consider I must have made some mistake with my test because the very next day it tested 110 as shown in every other test I've performed for TA.
I run the SWCG at 20% for 7 hrs or so and I can't figure out why I just can't move the needle on TA. Is there something about the SWCG that prevents it from lowering? I recently added borates to combat pH creep but the TA phenomenon has remained identical both before and after the addition of borates.
I've tried to search the forums and haven't found anything helpful unless I've missed something obvious... Can someone help me understand what's going on?