6500 gallon Intex with Intex sand/salt pump. Chlorine output is supposed to be 11g/hr and instructions recommend me running for 3hrs/day. Started with a clean fill and 150 pounds of salt.
FC: 0 (goes to 0.6 after running salt generator for 2-3 hours)
TC: 0
Ph: 8.2 (was 6.8 before adding 3/4 box of Borax)
TA: 120 (was 110 before the Borax)
CYA: No tester but have dissolved about 3 pounds so far in liquid and added that over the past 2 days.
Filled 2 days ago and water is still clear. Just added 24oz of liquid chlorine which took the level to 5ppm.
Questions:
1 - Do I need to run the pump for 24-48 hours constant to get the CYA mixed into the water? I used a sock but ended up dissolving most of it in a bottle before pouring it in. Do I still need to run the pump for extended time to get it to take effect? I've run it about 10 hours over 2 days. Just by math I'm figuring 3 pounds should put me about CYA 60.
2- Chlorine generator can't seem to keep up, whether I run it during the day or night. I assume it's making chlorine but it's disappearing because of low CYA. The highest I got it was 0.6 after a 3 hour run at dusk. I just added 24oz of liquid (10%) chlorine because I don't want the pool to go bad overnight. It has a BOOST mode but that wants to run for 36-60 hours. Why would I do that if I can just add chlorine?
3 - I used the pool calculator to help me fix my low 6.8 Ph. It recommended 72 ounces of borax, I put in less than that and the Ph is now 8.2 much too high. Do I just add acid to compensate? I would like to get to 50ppm of borates which seems recommend for salt water pools. Should I go ahead and add more borax/acid now according to the pool calculator? Or get the chlorine issue resolved first?
Thanks.
FC: 0 (goes to 0.6 after running salt generator for 2-3 hours)
TC: 0
Ph: 8.2 (was 6.8 before adding 3/4 box of Borax)
TA: 120 (was 110 before the Borax)
CYA: No tester but have dissolved about 3 pounds so far in liquid and added that over the past 2 days.
Filled 2 days ago and water is still clear. Just added 24oz of liquid chlorine which took the level to 5ppm.
Questions:
1 - Do I need to run the pump for 24-48 hours constant to get the CYA mixed into the water? I used a sock but ended up dissolving most of it in a bottle before pouring it in. Do I still need to run the pump for extended time to get it to take effect? I've run it about 10 hours over 2 days. Just by math I'm figuring 3 pounds should put me about CYA 60.
2- Chlorine generator can't seem to keep up, whether I run it during the day or night. I assume it's making chlorine but it's disappearing because of low CYA. The highest I got it was 0.6 after a 3 hour run at dusk. I just added 24oz of liquid (10%) chlorine because I don't want the pool to go bad overnight. It has a BOOST mode but that wants to run for 36-60 hours. Why would I do that if I can just add chlorine?
3 - I used the pool calculator to help me fix my low 6.8 Ph. It recommended 72 ounces of borax, I put in less than that and the Ph is now 8.2 much too high. Do I just add acid to compensate? I would like to get to 50ppm of borates which seems recommend for salt water pools. Should I go ahead and add more borax/acid now according to the pool calculator? Or get the chlorine issue resolved first?
Thanks.
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