New Pool Build In Winter Garden FL

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Anyone know if running the pump with the salt level being very low(2400ppm) is a problem for the salt chlorinator? My pool was recently drained by 40% to fix some tiles and the company owes me the salt they said they were going to put in. So far it's running at "very low" levels according to my chlorinator. I am supplementing liquid chlorine for the time being.
 
It has been about 7 months and I am having a few issues. Want to know if someone can shine a light on it before I go to the pool company for warranty purposes.

1. 5 days ago my chlorinator was saying my salt level is at 2550. I dumped 6 bags of salt in and it got the number back up to 3100(a little low per calculation I thought). Now 5 days later, my reading is at 2650. This doesn't sound right.

2. Are you guys usually experiencing a lot of water evaporation with an open pool this time of year in FL? I fill my pool every 4 days it seems. I fill it up to 4 inches on the tile marker, and refill at around 1.5 inch on the tile marker. I am on the lake so I do get more wind than usual.

3. My spa is losing a lot of water overnight (from 4 inches of tile to 3-5 inches below tile). What could be the problem here? Is there an actuator I need to adjust that can prevent water from escaping from the spa? Spa mode is not on. The return is connected to the spa in pool mode which gives it a small water fountain feature.

I'm going to get my water tested today to make sure the salt reading is correct.
 
Singuy said:
2. Are you guys usually experiencing a lot of water evaporation with an open pool this time of year in FL? I fill my pool every 4 days it seems. I fill it up to 4 inches on the tile marker, and refill at around 1.5 inch on the tile marker. I am on the lake so I do get more wind than usual..
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I have been experiencing this as well in FL. Do you have the heater on? The overnight lows and recent windy weather has made it even more noticeable. I see about 3" over a week. I was worried about a leak since it's a new pool. Have you tried the bucket test? I have performed the test and while it's not foolproof, it suggests it is mostly evaporation.


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Mystery Solved! Apparently the salt conc is different between the water from the top and the bottom. I had my main drain off and was only running the skimmer for the longest time since I have a Dolphin robot. Just turned on the main drain and my salt ppm shot up to 5800! I'll let this pump run for a bit to mix the water up.
 
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
kimkats said:
Singguy! That is awesome info. How deep is your maindrain? That is something I am going to try to remember!

Kim:kim:
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Main drain is 6 ft down at the deepest side. My salt level is at a perfect 3500 currently.

I do have a leak apparently. Did the skimmer mark test per PB and it was down an inch after 24h. They said it shouldn't evaporate more than 1/2 every 24. They will send out a leak detection company to help me look into it.
 
My daughter's first time in the pool!

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Yeah, she's using the resort filter on her camera! I need to get one of those.
 
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