New Fiberglass Owner; Looking for tips on keeping pool pristine.

[JoePug76]

Just had a 14x33 Fiberglass pool installed. All Jandy equipment: VS Pump, Heater/Chiller, Salt Chlorinator, LED lights. Automation for Pump, Heat/Chill, and lights.
I would like to learn the ropes on how to best run my equipment to maintain the pool running year round efficiently. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[mknauss]

Welcome to the forum!
Get your own proper test kit, test your water chemistry often, and follow the TFP What Are My Ideal Pool Levels?
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool

 

[PoolStored]

Welcome to TFP!!!

As @mknauss indicated, the foundation of TFP is self testing. Here are our recommended test kits. Link-->Test Kits Compared

When you get the kit, post up a full set of results and we'll get you squared!

 

[JoePug76]

Thanks guys.
What are the recommended VS Pump speeds? Now that it is getting colder?
Pool builder pre-programmed me at:
Priming speed 3000 (RPM) for 2 minutes then it drops to 2200 (RPM) constantly.
When my heater/chiller kicks on it goes up to 2750 (RPM)
Freeze protect is set to 2650 (RPM)

 

[mknauss]

You likely can dramatically lower the rpm of your pump.
I suspect your SWCG is off due to cold water, so are you adding liquid chlorine to the pool as needed. If so, you can lower the base rpm to a level that is sufficient to skim the surface of debris. If you have a 3 hp VS pump, your base rpm can likely be about 1400 rpm or so.
Have you tested that your heater needs that high of a rpm? Likely can get away with 2000 rpm or even a bit lower.
Freeze protect just needs to move water, so it can be the same as the base rpm.

 

[JoePug76]

You likely can dramatically lower the rpm of your pump.
I suspect your SWCG is off due to cold water, so are you adding liquid chlorine to the pool as needed. If so, you can lower the base rpm to a level that is sufficient to skim the surface of debris. If you have a 3 hp VS pump, your base rpm can likely be about 1400 rpm or so.
Have you tested that your heater needs that high of a rpm? Likely can get away with 2000 rpm or even a bit lower.
Freeze protect just needs to move water, so it can be the same as the base rpm.

The pool just got started up. I have the heater on right now and my water temp was 95 yesterday. It is getting colder this weekend so I am
going to shut the heater off and save on utility costs since we probably aren’t going to have many more days in the high 60’s any more.