- Dec 11, 2022
- 20
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-9)
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Hi
I was hoping to get some advice on the following.
I have had a pool for a year being cared for by a weekly pool guy and I have decided to part ways with him.
I was going to the pool store to get measurements but I feel like they are not very reliable.
Yesterday they told me my PH was 8, added a cup of muriatic acid and it is now 7. I believe the 8 was wrong. Two days before it was at 7.4.
In any case, I have a 16k gallon salt water pool with the following readings:
FC - 0
TC - 0
PH - 7 as I said above
Calcium - 240
TA - 75
CYA - 60
Salt - 3200
The 0 chlorine issue has been going on for a week, it is a 4 week old salt system that seems to be producing chlorine…but not enough? I say this because when I measure chlorine by the return jet, it is at 3ppm.
I have been running the chlorinator (hayward tcell 925 and all diagnostics are right, all lights are green) and pump 24/7 for a week at 100% output.
Tomorrow, I will try to measure phosphates, getting the test then. The water is cloudier (slightly, not much) than usual but not turning green.
I even thought it could have been overchlorinated and bleaching the reagents but I dilute 10:1 and 25-1 and nothing.
Could I be experiencing increased chlorine need that the chlorinator cant handle at this point or is there something else that could be creating this situation?
Any help/suggestion is welcome.
Thank you
Hi
I was hoping to get some advice on the following.
I have had a pool for a year being cared for by a weekly pool guy and I have decided to part ways with him.
I was going to the pool store to get measurements but I feel like they are not very reliable.
Yesterday they told me my PH was 8, added a cup of muriatic acid and it is now 7. I believe the 8 was wrong. Two days before it was at 7.4.
In any case, I have a 16k gallon salt water pool with the following readings:
FC - 0
TC - 0
PH - 7 as I said above
Calcium - 240
TA - 75
CYA - 60
Salt - 3200
The 0 chlorine issue has been going on for a week, it is a 4 week old salt system that seems to be producing chlorine…but not enough? I say this because when I measure chlorine by the return jet, it is at 3ppm.
I have been running the chlorinator (hayward tcell 925 and all diagnostics are right, all lights are green) and pump 24/7 for a week at 100% output.
Tomorrow, I will try to measure phosphates, getting the test then. The water is cloudier (slightly, not much) than usual but not turning green.
I even thought it could have been overchlorinated and bleaching the reagents but I dilute 10:1 and 25-1 and nothing.
Could I be experiencing increased chlorine need that the chlorinator cant handle at this point or is there something else that could be creating this situation?
Any help/suggestion is welcome.
Thank you
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