- Sep 30, 2023
- 87
- Pool Size
- 12400
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Hi all, as stated in the title I'm a new guy located in Phoenix, AZ. Specifically, West Valley, west of the White Tanks if this would help with diagnosis. Anyway, I had my pool installed/first filled about 1 year ago (Oct-Nov '22 for sure). Just after it was installed we moved cross country (Dec '22) for work and then just came back here in Aug. As you can imagine nothing was done to the pool for about 8-10 months. Luckily for us, nothing happened to the pool, and the water was as clear as day 1. Of course, my chems are all over the place so I'm trying to bring it back in line. The pool itself is 12,000gal, pebble, in-ground cleaning, salt water, and heat pump. My current (09/22/2023) chem levels per Leslie's are: FC-0.06ppm, TC-0.07ppm, pH-8.2, TA-129ppm, Calcium Hardness-26ppm, CYA-54ppm, Phosphates-621ppb, Salt-3496ppm. I just did the first filter cleaning ever 2 weeks ago and there was a ton of plant matter in the filter and of course the sediment on the bottom. I just took the salt cell out today to clean it but it is very clean, with no buildup of any kind. I keep the pool @ 85*F with the heat pump if it matters My current schedule is running the vs pump @ 3000rpm from 8 pm to 12 am, and then it drops down to 2000rpm until 6 am when it shuts off. There is also a mechanical timer that I guess is for the salt cell. But I took the tabs off of it because I didn't understand why I needed it—anyway, just looking for some info from a larger knowledge pool than just Leslie's. Any help would be awesome.
I have no doubt we can help get your pool back on track. Since this is an intro yourself forum, I would recommend you copy and paste the water chemistry stuff here into a new thread in the Balancing Your Water forum. That way we can be sure to keep it all together.
