I have used this forum and the BBB method for many years in my Plainfield Illinois home with never a problem. We moved to a Florida home with and IG pool in August of 2017.
The 1-1/4HP pump went out during the first year and was replaced under the home warranty. They put in a 2.2HP pump. After that I always had trouble with my Navigator pool cleaner. It would get blown around the pool no matter how I adjusted the valves or the return eyes. I didn't have a problem with pool chemistry except that the PH would always creep up past 8 (we only use the waterfall occasionally when we are in the pool)
Last week the 2.2HP pump went out so I bought the Pentair Super Flow VS , a Clean and Clear 100 filter and a flow meter so I could more accurately program the pump. Then the big mistake, I brought a sample into Pinch-A-Loaf to have tested. I was just going to buy salt but I thought I would bring a sample anyway. My FC was at 1, PH 8, Alkalinity 100, CYA 50, Hardness 195 and Salt at 2000 which was why I went to the store.
She said to add the salt, 2 cups muriatic, 2 bags of shock, 5.3lbs Calcium increase. I also added 2lbs of stabilizer. She also told me to turn the SWG up to 40 even after I told her my pool was only 8000 gal and I would be running the pump 24/7. That was on 1/22/19.
So....My OTO Chlorine test now turns orange. The DPD test showed 30. PH turns purple. everything else is in range. After I saw the orange chlorine test I shut off the SWG. (I had been running the 2.2HP pump for 6hr with SWG at 15 )
I don't know what to do about the chlorine level. I have the pump running 24hrs and haven't had SWG on for a few days now. The water is clear but I can smell the chlorine. What do you think I should do?
The 1-1/4HP pump went out during the first year and was replaced under the home warranty. They put in a 2.2HP pump. After that I always had trouble with my Navigator pool cleaner. It would get blown around the pool no matter how I adjusted the valves or the return eyes. I didn't have a problem with pool chemistry except that the PH would always creep up past 8 (we only use the waterfall occasionally when we are in the pool)
Last week the 2.2HP pump went out so I bought the Pentair Super Flow VS , a Clean and Clear 100 filter and a flow meter so I could more accurately program the pump. Then the big mistake, I brought a sample into Pinch-A-Loaf to have tested. I was just going to buy salt but I thought I would bring a sample anyway. My FC was at 1, PH 8, Alkalinity 100, CYA 50, Hardness 195 and Salt at 2000 which was why I went to the store.
She said to add the salt, 2 cups muriatic, 2 bags of shock, 5.3lbs Calcium increase. I also added 2lbs of stabilizer. She also told me to turn the SWG up to 40 even after I told her my pool was only 8000 gal and I would be running the pump 24/7. That was on 1/22/19.
So....My OTO Chlorine test now turns orange. The DPD test showed 30. PH turns purple. everything else is in range. After I saw the orange chlorine test I shut off the SWG. (I had been running the 2.2HP pump for 6hr with SWG at 15 )
I don't know what to do about the chlorine level. I have the pump running 24hrs and haven't had SWG on for a few days now. The water is clear but I can smell the chlorine. What do you think I should do?
